Definition

• Collectors' Copy.  A copy of a numismatic item, often an electrotype, intended for collectors. Such a copy is not illegal and fully honorable, as a cast of a specimen, perhaps the original of which is in a museum collection. The British Museum provided such a service of electrotype copies of items in its collections for sale to the public in the 19th century.  See electrotype. See also copies and replicas.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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