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SPECIAL QUALITY [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1997-01-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Coins and Bank Notes
- Numismatics
- Coining
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- "special" quality
1, record 1, English, %5C%22special%5C%22%20quality
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
From 1949 to 1953, an internal designation at the Royal Canadian Mint for the quality of strike superior to circulation but inferior to specimen. 1, record 1, English, - %5C%22special%5C%22%20quality
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The term was first used to mean the coins and the sets of current coins put aside for collectors from 1949 to 1953. During these years, by changing the dies more often and packaging the coins with care instead of bagging them, the Mint produced individual "special" coins and the "Special" Set of 1953 coins. In 1954, the Mint chose to label this quality of strike as "uncirculated", but the market had been using "proof-like", a term still widely accepted. 1, record 1, English, - %5C%22special%5C%22%20quality
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
- Numismatique
- Monnayage
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- qualité «spéciale»
1, record 1, French, qualit%C3%A9%20%C2%ABsp%C3%A9ciale%C2%BB
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Entre 1949 et 1953, désignation interne à la Monnaie royale canadienne pour une qualité de frappe supérieure à celle de la monnaie courante mais inférieure à la qualité spécimen. 1, record 1, French, - qualit%C3%A9%20%C2%ABsp%C3%A9ciale%C2%BB
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La Monnaie utilise d'abord le terme pour désigner les pièces et les séries de pièces qu'elle prélève avant l'ensachage (pratique en vigueur pour les pièces de la série courante entre 1949 et 1953). Puis, elle les rend encore plus «spéciales» en changeant les coins plus souvent et en emballant les pièces avec un soin particulier au lieu de les mettre en sac (c'est le cas de pièces individuelles entre 1949 et 1953 et d'une série en 1953). Vers 1954, la Monnaie désigne officiellement cette qualité de frappe «hors-circulation»; mais le marché a, entre-temps, utilisé l'expression «semblable à épreuve» qui a été largement admise. 1, record 1, French, - qualit%C3%A9%20%C2%ABsp%C3%A9ciale%C2%BB
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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