Définition

• Terminal Die State.  The final state of a die before it retired, or breaks completely, as evident on a struck piece. This is determined by a study of as many specimens of that particular variety as possible by an advanced numismatist. It is the desire by such a numismatist to determine the EMISSION SEQUENCE of all the states of that die, from the first hairline crack to its terminal die state. See DIE STATE.

  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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