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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1335281, member: 24633"]Excellent question, Guy. The answer is, "Sometimes yes, and sometimes no!" </p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of your Queen Anne medal, it is safe to assume that it was an original strike since it had such a high mintage. I'm sure that the references available to NGC would indicate if there were, in fact, later restrikes, and they probably wouldn't have certified it if they had any doubt.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, this isn't always the case. There were a lot of medals and jetons produced in very, very low mintages by private mints, and the person or entity ordering them didn't want to invest any substantial sum for 4-, 5- or 6-figure quantities just to have them end up sitting in their inventory. As a result, there are instances of restrikes whenever the original supply was depleted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of a Ben Franklin medal that was originally designed by Augustin Dupre in 1786 to celebrate Franklin's 80th birthday. In 2006, the Monnaies de Paris produced this restrike to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1335281, member: 24633"]Excellent question, Guy. The answer is, "Sometimes yes, and sometimes no!" In the case of your Queen Anne medal, it is safe to assume that it was an original strike since it had such a high mintage. I'm sure that the references available to NGC would indicate if there were, in fact, later restrikes, and they probably wouldn't have certified it if they had any doubt. However, this isn't always the case. There were a lot of medals and jetons produced in very, very low mintages by private mints, and the person or entity ordering them didn't want to invest any substantial sum for 4-, 5- or 6-figure quantities just to have them end up sitting in their inventory. As a result, there are instances of restrikes whenever the original supply was depleted. Here is an example of a Ben Franklin medal that was originally designed by Augustin Dupre in 1786 to celebrate Franklin's 80th birthday. In 2006, the Monnaies de Paris produced this restrike to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth. Chris[/QUOTE]
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