relief: Raised. In coinage and medallic numismatic items, a relief design is raised above the surface of the field. Sometimes called bas-relief. Opposite of incuse and intaglio.
replica: A copy of the original, a facsimile. A reproduction.
The High Relief remains to this day the favorite U.S. coin design and is considered by many to be the most beautiful coin ever made.
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The high-relief edition of Saint-Gaudens' double eagle became an instant collectible, pieces bringing as much as $30 within weeks of their issue.
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1907 Saint Gaudens High Relief Wire Rim NCS
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Ce type a été frappé, suite à la loi du 5 juin 1832, entre 1832 et 1844 avec la tranche en creux et de 1847 à 1849 avec la tranche en relief.
Euboia, Histiaia, AR Drachm. c 357-267 BC. Head of nymph Euboia right, in high relief, hair rolled and confined inside sphendone / EY, Bull's head and neck facing 3/4 to right, decorated with fillets.
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Relief
The height of the devices of a particular coin design, expressed in relation to the fields. See Also: HIGH RELIEF.
relief - The portion of the design that raises above the surface or field of a coin.
re-strike - A coin minted from genuine dies at a later date than the original issue.
Relief - Any part of a design that is raised above the coin’s surface is in relief.
Restrike - A coin minted after the year of its date from the original dies.
Relief - the portion of a coin's design which is raised above the smooth surface or field
Restrike - a coin made years after the original edition but from the same dies ...
Relief: The design of the coin that is raised above a flat surface.
Replica: A reproduction of a coin.
Re-Strike: Coins that are Minted using the original die from a previous strike, but the Minting is done in a different year.
Relief
This is any part of the coin's design that is raised above the coin's surface.
Re-strike
This is a coin that is produced from genuine dies but at a date later than the original issue.
relief
The part of a coin design that is raised above its surface (opposite of incuse).
repunched date
A date with one or more of the digits punched more than once in different locations and/or orientations.
Relief
The normal raised lettering or design on a coin. Such a design is also known as bas-relief. The opposite is known as incuse, intaglio or sunken lettering/design.
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relief
The height of the devices of a design in relation to the fields.
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Relief - Features rising above the field.
Repunched Date - A date with one or more of the digits punched more than once in different locations and/or orientations.
Relief - The raised part of the coin that is not the flat field or the rim.
relief: the raised portions of a coin, usually the design elements.
replica: a copy of a coin.
restrike: a coin from genuine dies, struck later than the year indicated on the coin, usually to satisfy collectors.
Relief - The raised portion of the coin design.
Restrike - When coins are struck from the original dies at a later time. Many of the coins from the Soho Mint were restruck when Taylor bought the old dies for scrap metal value.
RELIEF
Any part of a coin's design that is raised above the coin's surface is said to be in relief. The opposite of relief is incuse.
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Bas relief - A style of coinage in which the design elements are raised within depressions in the fields of a coin, so that no part of the design is undercut.
bas relief
Design elements are raised within depressions in the field.
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Low Relief
A coin with the raised design not very high above the field.
Luster
This is the glossy, shiny appearance of a coin or the coin's ability to reflect light; brilliance.
High Relief The Saint-Gaudens inspired effort of Charles Barber to reduce the Extremely High Relief down to a coin with acceptable striking qualities. After 11,250 coins, this effort was abandoned.
High Relief - A coin with deep concave fields, due to its design. High relief coins required extra pressure to be fully struck, and were difficult to stack. Some examples are the 1921 Peace dollar and the 1907 Roman Numerals double eagle.
bas--relief: Sculpture style featuring slight differences between the raised design and the field and in which no part of the design is undercut; used to execute models for coins and medals. See also relief.
High-Relief
The designing of a DIE so as to create a deep, concave field upon the surface of a coin for maximum contrast with the DEVICES.
Relief
Unlike modern coins made to stack neatly, some ancient coins show design raised in high relief. Even less high coins (left) are usually higher relief than modern coins.
Relief - The portion of a coin design that is raised above its surface. The opposite of incuse.
Restrike - A coin struck with authentic dies at a later time than the original date of issue.
RELIEF Those parts of a coin design which protrude above the field. Opposite of incuse.
RIM That portion of a coin where the border meets the edge.
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Relief - A design that is raised above the surface of a coin. The designs on a cent or a dime are in relief.
Repunched Date - A date with one or more of the digits punched more than once in different locations.
Relief
when a coin's design is raised above the surface (opposite of incuse).
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relief
In coin collecting terms raised. In coinage and medallic numismatic items, a relief design is raised above the surface of the field. Sometimes called bas-relief. Opposite of incuse and intaglio.
Relief
Degree to which the DEVICES on a coin protrude outward from the FIELDS.
High-relief coins are more time-consuming to produce, as they require several blows of the coin press, and they do not stack as well as lower-relief coins.
Lower relief than that demanded for Saint Gaudens' controversial high relief double eagle made it possible to begin minting the new $10 coins in 1907. First to be struck were the "Wire Edge" pieces, without the raised rim traditionally on U.S. coins.
Indian relief of probable Indo-Greek king, with Buddhist triratana symbol on his sword. Bharhut, 2nd century BCE. Indian Museum, Calcutta (drawing).
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1034 1866 pattern five-cent piece. P-571, J-481. Rarity-7. Washington portrait. Proof-64 (PCGS). Nickel. Plain edge.
Ultra High Relief
Alternate name for the Extremely High Relief.
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MCMVII High Relief pieces are scarce today, although probably at least 2,000 or 3,000 exist. The demand for them is such that they have always found a ready market.
Mediterranean relief map Excellent view of the ancient world from the Interactive Mediterranean Project
Dragons Modern coins with an ancient theme.
Essays, articles, etc.
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1907 $20 High Relief, Wire Rim MS69 PCGS. REALIZED: $575,000.
1907 $20 High Relief, Flat Rim PR69 NGC. REALIZED: $534,750.
1933 $10 MS65 PCGS. REALIZED: $517,500.
Extremely High Relief
The 1907 double eagle issue designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The coin had so much depth that multiple punches from a powerful press were required to fully bring up the detail.
Begun as a low relief (in art, called a bas-relief), Saint-Gaudens' monument increased in depth from its background so much that it approached a complex point between two and three dimensions.
bag marks Small scratches and nicks resulting from movement of coins in the same bag (also known as contact marks or keg marks) bank note Paper money issued by a bank bar A non-numismatic form of precious metal bullion bas relief ...
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1907 Ultra-High Relief Saint Gaudens Double Eagle - ex Trompeter collection
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"IN GOD WE TRUST" OMITTED FROM REVERSE (1907-1908)
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The large metal relief used in the portrait lathe from which a positive reduction in steel, called a hub, is made.
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Lettered Edge The outside edge of a coin containing an inscription. Low Relief A coin with the raised design not very high above the field. Luster Appearance of a coin's ability to reflect light; brilliance.
I had my Ultra-High Relief Saint-Gaudens gold coin encapsulated by NGC to authenticate and help protect it.
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Ear of corn in high relief, often accom- panied by a locust (Fig. 35).
Ear of corn incuse; where there is a locust on the obverse a dolphin usually takes its place on the reverse.
Staters, 129 grs. max.; Thirds, 42 grs.
Conroy a PCGS Mint State 64 1907 High Relief $20 gold piece for his opinion as to whether it might get a higher grade if resubmitted.
Dies are usually engraved incuse, so that the devices and inscriptions they produce will be in relief.
an artist who sculpts a claymodel of a coin's design in bas relief.
error:
an improperly produced coin, that was overlooked in production, and later released into circulation.
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relief - the part of the design that is raised from the surface of the coin field (background). Example: Washington's face on a Washington quarter.
The affinities of coin design are not with sculpture, which in all its early stages appears in the round; the relief, high or low, being the product of a more advanced state of art education.
In modern times, hubs have carried the process of die manufacture back a step further: whole dies are made from masters cut in relief and used to manufacture an intaglio image in a die; this explains why modern coins all look alike.
When the dies sink it is like adding extra relief to fill in. Imagine a set of coin dies. the fields are flat (not domed). Each coin die has an image depth of say .005". The coin blank only has to fill a total of .
The experimental high-relief $20 coin struck on December 22, 1907 was the work of two famous Americans: President Theodore Roosevelt and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
lowered relief of the Sully/Gobrecht/Hughes design of the seated Liberty,
modified by William Barber, the mint's Chief Engraver. It depicts Miss
Liberty seated on a rock with a shield inscribed with the word LIBERTY at her
right foot.
 See also: Coin, Revers, Mint, Reverse, Silver
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