Powerhouse Museum Collection Search 2.53
Category history:
   

Support the Powerhouse with a tax-deductible gift

Make a donation
Make a donation
Make a donation
User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. You can add keywords that may be useful in helping others find this object.

We are experimenting with tagging because sometimes museums describe objects in language that is highly specialist and user added keywords are useful in bridging the 'semantic gap' between the language of the museum and that of the user.

Any keywords listed have been added by other users like yourself. You can click on them to use them as search terms to dicover other objects. User tags
This object belongs to
+ W.D. Bush Numismatics Collection
Parent object
+ 2008/218/1 Numismatic material including...
Here you can find links to other objects in our collection that belong to the same formal classification categories as the object you are viewing. Similar objects
> Coin proof sets

+ 88/134 Coins, (8), proof sets, (2), Aust...
+ 88/615 Coins, (14), Australian Commonwea...
+ 89/802 Coins (7) in case, silver/gold, 1...
+ 2008/200/1 Coin sets (13), Royal Austral...
+ 2008/201/1 Coin sets (11), Royal Austral...
+ 2008/218/1 Numismatic material including...
+ 2008/218/1-1 Cased coin proof set, Briti...
+ 2008/218/1-2 Cased coin proof set, Briti...
+ 2008/218/1-4 Cased coin proof set, Briti...
+ 2008/218/1-10 Proof coin set in folder, ...
+ 89/1604 Coins, commemorative, set of 5 s...
+ 89/1617 Coins (8), proof set, plaque and...
+ 90/140 Coins, proof set of four (4) gold...
+ 90/618 Coins,in box, Proof Set of Seven,...
+ 87/91 Coins (21), Commonwealth of Austra...
+ 96/369/1 Collector set, proof finished c...
+ N20788 Coin proof set (-1:6) in case (-7...
+ N20955 Coin proof set (-1:6) in case (-7...
+ N21162 Coin proof set (-1:6) in case (-7...
+ N21329 Coin specimen sets & proof set, A...
+ N21434 Coin proof set (-1:7) in case (-8...
+ N21477 Coins (21), specimen sets & proof...
+ 2008/221/1 Numismatic material including...


Coin proof set, British Virgin Islands, 1977
zoom image

Object statement
Cased coin proof set, British Virgin Islands, 1 Dollar / 50 Cents / 25 Cents / 10 Cents / 5 Cents / 1 Cent, copper alloy / silver, made by Franklin Mint, United States of America / British Virgin Islands, 1977
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Proof sets are specimen examples of coins produced generally for collectors. Using highly polished blanks (planchets) and specially prepared dies to accentuate detail, a special process involving 2 strikings from the coin press at increased pressure produces a very attractive cameo effect and mirror like surface. Occasionally a frosted section is included, most commonly on the raised design but alternatively on the flat background.

Reference: Krause, Chester et al. 1996 Standard catalog of world coins, 23rd edition, Krause Publishing Inc, Iola, Wisconsin, USA, 1995, p. 282, PS 6

 This text content licensed under CC BY-NC.

Description
Cased coin proof set, British Virgin Islands, 1 Dollar / 50 Cents / 25 Cents / 10 Cents / 5 Cents / 1 Cent, copper alloy / silver, made by Franklin Mint, United States of America / British Virgin Islands, 1977
Made: 1977
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
2008/218/1-3
Production date
1977

 This text content licensed under CC BY-SA.
Acquisition credit line
Gift of the late William D Bush, 2008
This object belongs to:
W.D. Bush Numismatics Collection

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Short persistent URL
Concise link back to this object: http://from.ph/381432
Cite this object in Wikipedia
Copy and paste this wiki-markup:

{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/381432 |title=Coin proof set, British Virgin Islands |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=24 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


Copyright
Images on this site are reproduced for the purposes of research and study only. Whilst every effort has been made to trace the Copyright holders, we would be grateful for any information concerning Copyright of the images and we will withdraw them immediately on Copyright holder's request.
Object viewed 2090 times. Parent IRN: 2132. Master IRN: 2132 Img: 247795 Flv: H:3046px W:4300px SMO:0 RIGHTS:.