Modification - A minor alteration in the basic design of a coin.
Moneyer - An authorized mint master or coiner.
Motto - An inspirational word or phrase used on a coin.
Modifications were made to the design from the very beginning, first by Kneass, later by his successor, Christian Gobrecht. The 1834 issues were struck with two different heads, characterized by collectors as the "Small Head" and "Booby Head.
The modifications made to the Type 2 coins exacerbated problems with striking up the design completely, and five years later more changes were made in hopes of bringing up all the design elements.
The first modification to the theory came in 1972 when Russell Rulau and George Fuld suspected the Success tokens were game counters, listed them in their work, American Game Counters.
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series Related coinage of the same denomination, design and type, including modifications, or varieties, of design. The Lincoln/Wheat Ears cents of 1909 to 1958 represent a complete series. sestertius An ancient Roman coin; plural, sestertii.
Modifications were soon introduced, but the weight at first remained unaltered.
Athenian tetradrachms of the ‘old style' also penetrated into the countries north of the Indus, as is proved by the provenance of nu- merous specimens; and when the supply of these began to fail, they were copied with various modifications of ...
Barber again made minor modifications in 1916 by lowering the relief of the head and strengthening several details, including the nose. In addition, the lettering of the word LIBERTY was made heavier.
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to expand the life of the coin in circulation, but MacNeil also wanted to add a ...
Under pressure to get the new eagle into circulation, Barber omitted the triangular periods and made other minor modifications. Finally, 239,406 regular-issue rolled edge pieces left the Philadelphia Mint in the fall of 1907.
The hob is inspected closely (under a microscope) for flaws and any last minute modifications made to it using specialised hand tools. It's at this point that any special treatments are made to the design (such as frosting or polishing).
Speaking of the Shield nickel reverse, a major design modification splits this series into two distinct types. The first reverse type, struck only in 1866 and 1867, features rays in between the stars that encircle the '5'.
Although we may never know exactly how they came about, there is no question that these varieties arose as a result of an accidental or deliberate modification to the two obverse dies.
However, reverse design modifications are readily apparent for the 1974 25c, $1.00 and higher denominations that clearly needed their spelled-out denominations reformatted after the dates were removed.
The second modification came in 1975, when Jack Ahr's Bicentennial "Drummer Boy" design appeared on the reverse, with the dual-date 1776-1976 on the obverse. In 1977, the regular design returned.
5mm and certain other modifications occurred, under the direction of William Kneass.
This coin is identical in size and appearance to the predominantly copper cent issued before 1982, but this modification saves the Government an estimated $25 million in metal costs every year.
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Some of these varieties were only minor modifications of previous types while others were completely different from their predecessors. These assignments to issue and officina were based on studies of style and hoard evidence.
The reverse design, used with minor modifications in both years, was pure self-promotion, with a figure of Fame blowing a trumpet, proclaiming Lackington's firm the cheapest booksellers in the world.
During 1993 the reverse underwent minor modifications. The most obvious is the shape of the P in PENCE. It seems that both 1993 reverses are equally common. I am grateful to Brandon Hamer for bringing this to my attention.
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Evidently this modification did cause the dates to withstand circulation better. Only in production for fifteen years, the Standing Liberty quarter was to suffer an early demise.
Modified Effigy - A modification of the Monarchs Effigy. Usually only used when referring to the minor changes to George V' bust in 1926 in an attempt to reduce the ghosting on the coins.
Work has been in weather modification research and remote sensing. Some college and university instructing. Recently designed the snow accumulation software for the NEXRAD radar system in the U.S.A.
There are Shield and Liberty nickels both dated 1883 and a design modification of the Liberty series within the year. Altogether three distinct nickel designs were minted and today these variations cover a wide range in value.
His winning design went through some modification with the moving of the motto "In God We Trust", the removal of a pair of dolphins from the wall, and an overall reworking of the wall.
The Seated Liberty design would continue with some further minor design modifications through the end of the production of the denomination in favor of the nickel composition 5-cent coin of today in 1873.
It is easy to imagine that McNeil might have been a little resentful about the modification chore he had to undertake.
This design was first employed by Christian Gobrecht, with later modifications by Robert Ball Hughes and James Longacre. Morgan dollars and Barber coinage sometimes are referred to as Liberty Head coins.
Il sera abondamment repris par ses successeurs et il fut même encore utilisé sous Charles V (1364-1380) (Cf. Dy.366) après avoir toutefois connu quelques modifications. Jean Duplessy recense quatre variétés de deniers frappés à Paris sous Louis VII.
The lack of tooling marks in the modified areas are consistent with "tooling" in the form of modification to the wax prior to casting.
These modifications resulted in the depiction carried on the nickel from 1938 until 2004, when legislation calling for the redesign of the nickel resulted in the Westward Journey Nickel Series™.
Later date large cents: A new style of cent design, the Coronet type, was introduced in 1816 and was continued through 1835, at which time it was modified slightly. Several other modifications took place through 1839, ...
The last minute modification was made introducing Tiger instead of Lion. ALL the currency notes (which are issued by RBI) of modern India has this design which originated from William's double Mohur.
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Thus, it is unlikely that anything other than a regular laureate, helmeted, cuirassed D6 bust type example would be a candidate to explore with respect to modifications.
The basic design was continued into 1907 with two modifications to the reverse; in 1866 the motto "In God We Trust" was added to the reverse and in 1877 the denomination was changed from 'TWENTY D.' to 'TWENTY DOLLARS'.
A pair of earrings approximately 16mm in diameter made from a single piece of gold wire with a loop at one end covered by a shield-shaped boss and closed by tying off at the other end, intact and wearable with modification, nice and attractive, ...
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Lincoln's term, the following modifications : Sec. Chase, after a brilliant administration of the finances, resigned in 1864 from personal reasons, and was succeeded by William P. Fessenden, of Maine ; Sec.
If you are trying to create an "ideal" picture of a certain type of coin you may wish to brush away blemishes and defects, but if you are trying to represent the coin as it is, don't make any modifications that would change the surface itself.
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