Essai equals Pattern Coin ? DQ #2

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• MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭

  December 27, 2004 9:52AM

  Essai or Pattern is any coin struck from a prototype die or dies to test a new design or concept...I think

  Omnicoin

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• GDJMSP Posts: 799 ✭

  December 27, 2004 12:27PM

  Well kinda - but not really. The French essai issues were usually done as part of a competition - to see which design would be used. Sometimes there were big elaborate competitions and sometimes the folks at the mint just made their choice.
  
  There were times when dies were tested - but these issues are called die trials or trial strikes and are different from patterns or essais.

  knowledge ........ share it

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• Fairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 27, 2004 9:41PM

  Thanks much for the explanations.
  
  Ken

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