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PUNCH VARIETY [1 record]

Record 1 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

The difference in punches by modification that will produce different working dies and subsequent coins from a year to the other but without a change in type; it occurs mostly in modern coinage where obverses and reverses stay the same for a long period.

OBS

See related terms: variety, die variety, non-die variety.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
OBS

Habituellement, seule la date est modifiée.

Spanish

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