emission sequence The order in which die states are struck. Also, the die use sequence for a particular issue. engraver The person responsible for the design and/or punches used for a particular numismatic item.
The emission sequence and relationship of various obverse and reverse dies for both 1797- and 1798-dated coinage is clearly delineated in Anthony Taraszka's new reference discussed at Lot 1303.
Trudgen placed these related halfpence into two subgrouping and suggested an emission sequence.
"The Continental Currency Coinage of 1776, a Trial Die and Metallic Emission Sequence", The American Numismatic Association Centennial Anthology, Colorado Springs, CO., 1991. Mossman, Philip L.
See also: Reverse, Revers, Collection, Struck, Obverse
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