The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 36, September 8, 2002, Article 9

OFF-METAL RESTRIKES?

Kavan Ratnatunga writes: "NCLT (Non Circulating Legal
Tender) is a well defined class of coins  which are made by
Mints to profit from sale to collectors.

Beyond NCLT,  there are some Lankan low denomination
coins minted in gold and silver with very very low mintage
not even publicly made available - some even way back to
Victoria although then anyone could order them.  See

http://lakdiva.net/coins/british_ceylon/royal_restrikes.html

Is there a standard name like NCLT for this class of coin?
They are not legal tender.  They may be off-metal strikes,
but that itself does not convey the full meaning.

Often I have seen these referred to as presentation pieces -
or pieces made for presentation purposes - quite a few
modern such pieces in the Oman section of 20th Century
Standard Catalog of World Coins.

"Presentation" seems to me the key appropriate term.
How about "Presentation Off Metal Strike"?   I would
like to know if other E-Sylum subscribers agree."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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