extrafine Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hello, I'd like to know the realistic value for a Canadian coin set from 1984. It is a special set with *first and best coins struck from a pair of dies". By the way, can someone tell me please the english term for such coins - in Germany it's called "Erstabschlag" but could not find a translation yet. Thanks Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazinta Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Maybe, first day issue I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrafine Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 First day issue sounds good. I looked around in the net and mayby there is no specific english term for it. I only found gradings like MS-xx or GEM UNC concerning the condition of an UNC coin but not the way it was produced or handled. In Germany there is also the term "handgehoben" - that means that the coin was taken away from the dies by hand with gloves. This gives potentially a coin with MS-70. If you hit such a coin with a hammer, it is still "handgehoben" but no MS-70 anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 This is a "Specimen Set". In Canadian coin grading, they are assigned SP- grades (as opposed to MS- or PF- grades). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmackenzie3 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Yes. It's called a Specimen Set, and as of July 2016 it's worth around $8 CDN from Canadian dealers. Not sure what the value would be in other countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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