alteration - see altered date.
altered date - a coin with the date manipulated or altered after the coin was produced. Often done to try to deceive someone.
Alteration - The tampering with a feature of a coin's surface such as the date, mint mark, etc. to give it the appearance of being another date, mint mark, or variety. An illegal practice.
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Illegal practice of tampering with the date, mint mark, or other feature of a coin in an attempt to be deceptive. For example, adding an "S" mintmark to a 1909-VDB Lincoln Cent struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
alteration
Coin that has been changed in some manner to simulate a more valuable issue.
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Alteration
A coin that has a date, mintmark, or other feature that has been altered, added, or removed, usually to simulate a rarer issue.
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Alteration of Mint Act, Mar. 3, 1794
Supplementation of Mint Act, Mar. 3, 1795.
An Act Respecting the Mint , Mar. 27, 1796.
Alteration
The deliberate tampering of a coin's feature, such as the date or mint mark, to make it appear to be a more valuable coin. Perpetrators are subject to prosecution.
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Alterations - A fraudulent and illegal practice of tampering with the date, mint mark or other feature of a coin (or paper currency) in an attempt to be deceptive.
Alteration by mechanical polishing to include a shiny surface.
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Any coin with a thin, sharp rim that is caused when metal flows between a die and a collar during striking.
- an alteration in the basic design of a coin. Comes from slight differences in the designs on the dies used to stamp coins.
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These alterations were apparently enough to make the tiny silver pieces (derisively called "fish scales") strike up better than their Type 1 or 2 counterparts.
minor alteration to a coin design.
Dipped
coins that are cleaned in a mild acid (or cleansing) solution to remove tarnish and unwanted toning. Cleaning coins is not recommended except by professional conservationists.
Covers: Alteration (tooling, adding mint marks); Casting; False Dies, Collars; Planchets; Striking; and Wear/Patina.
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Alteration by mechanical polishing to produce a shiny surface
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Coins issued by various nations, as in a collection comprised of coins thereof
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Toning is an alteration of the chemical makeup and color of a coin's surface. It takes place naturally over time as the metal reacts with chemicals in its environment, typically to various sulfur-based compounds.
modification - A minor alteration in the basic design of a coin.
motto - A word or phrase on a coin.
mule - A coin struck from obverse and reverse dies not originally intended to be used together.
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For the date and mintmark collector these minor design alterations provide variety; ...
This may have led to an alteration in the legend which is awkwardly divided around the unusual shape of the Pannonian cap and ends with the curious epithet "PERT", presumably an abbreviation for Pertinax with the meaning 'firm' or 'constant'.
The latter (1804) was an alteration of an 1803 cent die, since collectors recognize that 1803 cents are common but 1804 cents are not. Most of these dies were bought back by the Treasury Department in 1878.
Finally it is worth mentioning some terms which describe the alteration of a coin's appearance after striking, or simply mint errors. A brockage is an early form of mint error which results from the use of a previously-struck coin as a die.
This exceptionally long span of time still stands as the longest uninterrupted use of a coin design without a major design alteration.
Beginning in the 1850s, the most common form of coin alteration was the "potty coin," engraved on Seated Liberty coins (half dime through trade dollar).
Coin "doctoring" involces the alteration of the appearance of a coin to attempt to increase its value, and may involve, among other things, adding substances to coins (such as, among other things, putty, wax, facial oils, petroleum jelly or varnish); ...
When Walter Breen was studying the ANS collection during preparation of the present section in his Early United States Cents 1793-1814, he found -- to his surprise -- that there was no way in which any such alteration could have been made from 1797 ...
A form of alteration regarded as misleading by the numismatic community, and which actually lowers the value of the coin. widow's mite An ancient Jewish lepton denomination coin of the time of Christ.
The year 1603 saw the accession of Mary's son James to the English throne and the Scottish coinage underwent several alterations incorporating his new title; the arms of England are also now placed in the second and third quarters of the shield.
Today, I was directed to one of these alterations made from two half dollars, that at the point of this writing, has seen 23 bidders and has been bid up in excess of $50 in an online auction.
An alteration of the coin caused by exposure to a corrosive chemical, gas or substance which has pitted, abraded or altered the coins surface, but, unlike in CLEANING, unintentionally.
He further explained: "The skillful alteration was carried out by removing the final 0, carving a replacement 4 of wax and plating it onto the coin through galvanic action.
Most coin grading scales assume that the coin is free of any major faults, such as surface damage, improper cleaning, alterations, etc. Since coins with these problems cannot be graded in the normal way, the system of net grading evolved.
only be in countries like Persia, where a strictly bimetallic currency was established, or like Athens, where (down to B.C. 408) a monometallic silver standard had been adopted, that the weight of the silver stater would not be subject to alteration ...
Altered Surfaces - A designation given to coins which cannot be certified due to any number of alterations to its surfaces after it left the mint. Such alterations include cleaning, lacquering, tooling and artificial toning.
Since the mint mark can contribute greatly to the value of the coin, the addition of the mint mark to a coin is the principle method of altering a coin. The 1916-D dime and the 1909-S VDB cent are very prone to alterations.
Die Variety - Any minor alteration in the basic design of a coin.
Disme - One tenth of a dollar. An early spelling of the word "dime."
Double Eagle - A United States $20.00 gold coin.
1980 Saw Altered Buffalo Nickels
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It constitutes an alteration of the coins. Ira Reed had the coins reeded and brought them to the 1941 American Numismatic Association convention where they ...
Cleaning a coin, or mounting it in jewelry, are examples of alterations. Coins should always be returned in the original envelope. Purchaser is responsible for cost of shipment and for loss or damage of returned articles in shipment.
As always these carvings vary in quality from roughly etched basic alterations to the existing portrait to intricate, imaginative works that completely transform the coin to something all together different.
Thus, we must assume that the alteration represents a deliberate economy move to extend the use of old dies to create new coins much in the same way as dies are well-known to have been re-dated by punching a newer date over an older one for the ...
whizzing: The severe polishing of a coin in an attempt to improve its appearance and salability to the uninformed. A form of alteration regarded as misleading by the numismatic community, and which actually lowers the value of the coin.
Variety: Coins that are variations of an original coin design are considered varieties. Alteration of the Morgan's tail feathers are an example of a Morgan variety.
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Real Numismatic slang for genuine coin. See also counterfeit, alteration.
The most notorious of the re-engraved coins is a Lincoln cent with a tiny head of John F. Kennedy facing Lincoln. This particular alteration accompanied a card comparing the life of Lincoln and Kennedy.
[The type appears to be an alteration of RIC 24 with second G in AVGG obliterated; there is some controversy whether this was done intentionally by the mint officials, or is a coincidental plugging of the die.]
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Surface alteration in the form of dipping, acidic or alkaline to achieve a desired color (white, for example); lighten toning, or to open the pores for chemically induced colors will remove the original protection and perhaps either downgrade a coin, ...
A designation given by PCGS and NGC to coins which cannot be certified due to the coin’s surfaces being altered from their original state. Such alterations include CLEANING, lacquering, PUTTYING, TOOLING and ARTIFICIAL TONING. See also BODY BAG.
Doctoring: A method of fraudulently altering a coin by physical, chemical or other means to enhance its appearance and grade, and thus its value, without disclosure of the alteration to the purchaser of the coin.
coin doctor: someone who attempts to improve the appearance of a coin by cleaning, repairing, plugging and/or any other deliberate alteration.
or Liberty Head or Braided Hair style, by Christian Gobrecht, appeared on the quarter eagle in 1840 and was continued uninterruptedly through 1907, the longest span in American coinage history of a design in use without major change or alterations.
for condition and/or price water mark A design put into paper at the manufacuring stage by pressing it while wet between rollers bearing the design wear Metal lost during handling and contact with other objects whizzing Alteration by ...
The same coat of arms design as on florin, but with these alterations. Emu to be slightly smaller in relation to the kangaroo. Crown to be relatively smaller in relation to whole design, and wattle to be eliminated.
This important alteration in the denomination of one coin tied the Hawaiian
silver coins to that of the United States coins in size, weight, and composition
which lowered the cost of production significantly.
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It has been observed, why do not Congress recommend the necessary alterations to the States as is proposed in the Confederation? The friends to Convention answer---;It has been already done in some instances, but in vain.
Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronet, preserved from the injury of time, and expos'd to public light, for the benefit of posterity, edited by James Howell, first edition, London: Francis Leach for Henry Seile, 1651 (Cotton's speech on the alteration ...
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