presentation striking: a coin struck for a special occasion. These may or may not have been struck as Proofs, but they are generally prepared under special circumstances.
press: the machinery used to strike coins.
presentation striking A coin, often a Proof or an exceptionally sharp business strike, specially struck and given to a dignitary or other person.
presentation striking
A coin specially struck and given to a dignitary or other person.
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No proofs were struck from the 1796 quarter dies, but several presentation strikings are known, coins that evidence an inordinate amount of care in their manufacture and exhibit much stronger striking details than usually seen.
Walter Breen has written of special strikings (Encyclopedia, 1988): "Real presentation strikings have brilliant prooflike surfaces and are better struck.
 See also: Grading, Frost, Gold, Denomination, Silver
  
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