COIN RESTRIKES ARE USING THE ORIGINAL DIES OF THE COIN AND STRIKING THE COIN, AT A DIFFERENT TIME THAN THE NORMAL STRIKE YEAR. EG. A 2001 PENNY STRUCK IN THE PRODUCTION YEAR OF 2001 IS AN ORIGINAL. IF IT IS...
The Confederate Cent is a great rarity. Originals were made by a Philadelphia engraver named Robert Lovett, in 1861. Soon after the dies were engraved it became law now to do business with the South. Lovett...
A COPY OF A COIN IS JUST THAT, IT IS A COPY, NOT USING ORIGINAL DIES (SEE RESTRIKE). THEY WAY TO MAKE A COPY IS TO USE AN ORIGINAL COIN AND MAKE DIES FROM IT, THEN STAMP OUT COINS USING THESE DIES. A COPY TO...
A COIN REPRODUCTION IS NOT A RESTRIKE OR COPY, DIES ARE REPRODUCED AND THE COIN IS STRUCK. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A SOUVENIR AND HAS NO NUMISMATIC VALUE. A REPRODUCTION CANNOT BY DEFINITION BE AS ACCURATE AND...