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ESSAIS AND PROVASThis week, Kavan Ratnatunga adds: "The non-english words "essais" and "provas" are used in Krause without definition. Do they have precise numismatic meaning, and are they the same or in some way different from these terms - ? Pattern - official design that did not go into production. Trial - coin with some Test mark identifying them as a Test piece. A uniface strike also indicates it obviously a Trial OMS - off-metal-strike of a regular coin in circulation with no other markings I could not figure why "essais" and "provas" are Trial or OMS, or different. Krause as usual does not seem to be consistent."Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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