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<p>[QUOTE="TTerrier, post: 2646160, member: 76835"]At the risk of looking foolish I realized I had formed an idea in my head of what this means but I don't think I have it right. I thought an emission of a particular coin referred to a minor change in the design of a particular type (not merely a change in dies) that was not worthy of declaring a whole new type (e.g. new RIC number). I thought it would be easy to clarify this but I cannot find a clear definition of what this means. Lots of references to it, but no clear definition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once I sort that out I am also interested in how the different emissions were determined and whether they are listed in one standard reference work that everyone agrees with - or is there some debate? Since us coin collectors love to debate the smallest details on these coins a better question might be how much debate is there?</p><p><br /></p><p>Your sage advice is most appreciated. If you have some examples that illustrate the concept that would be even better!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TTerrier, post: 2646160, member: 76835"]At the risk of looking foolish I realized I had formed an idea in my head of what this means but I don't think I have it right. I thought an emission of a particular coin referred to a minor change in the design of a particular type (not merely a change in dies) that was not worthy of declaring a whole new type (e.g. new RIC number). I thought it would be easy to clarify this but I cannot find a clear definition of what this means. Lots of references to it, but no clear definition. Once I sort that out I am also interested in how the different emissions were determined and whether they are listed in one standard reference work that everyone agrees with - or is there some debate? Since us coin collectors love to debate the smallest details on these coins a better question might be how much debate is there? Your sage advice is most appreciated. If you have some examples that illustrate the concept that would be even better! Thanks![/QUOTE]
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