Mint Copies For Collectors....

I see that you have many happy memories from your visits to Egypt "if we didn't count the fearful one"

Hope that you will be able to visit us for the seventh time and have many more happy memories.

Egcollector Egad ! I see you almost have your 50 posts ! I can only imagine that Arabic being your native tongue..you will be an asset here on the forum !

Thanks philb, but pardon my ignorance what does "Egad" stands for?!

Common expression of surprise. Actually, I'm not even sure specifically what it means and I've heard it all my life. Too lazy to google.

Fro the Oxford Dictionary Online:
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egad,
Pronunciation:/ɪˈgad/
exclamation
archaic

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expressing surprise, anger, or affirmation

Origin:

late 17th century: representing earlier A God
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and it doesn't tell me what 'A God' means back then. Sigh.

I have heard it used as 'egads' or 'egad's' also. When reading novels it seems to me that it was a similar expression to 'by the Gods' or 'Oh my God' or something like that. It might also have been an abbreviation for the above expressions, to keep any mention of 'unwise' or antisocial language utterances to a minimum or change them from something offensive to something that sounded similar but did not offend. Like saying 'darn it' instead of 'da*n it'.

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By the way, you mention stamps being printed by the mint. This is a strange expression to my ears. I think of stamps being printed by different printers or printing companies, but then again I suppose that these printers probably printed bank notes also.

Minting is, to me, a term for metal work. Cojns are minted at the Mint or at a mint. The term 'mint', while used by stamp collectors to mean 'brand new' or 'pristine' or 'post fresh' does not denote that the stamp came from a mint. At least I hope I am correct on this.

I knew what you meant, and I think that everyone also knew. As rojumpy says, English words can have so many meanings for the same word. It depends on the context they are used in. One of the hardest languages to learn, after Hungarian I think.

By the way, the Hungarian language is only similar to other languages only found in upper Finland and somewhere in Siberia. No other language is similar. Anthropology sneaks in unexpectedly.

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Stamps are printed in certain quantities in a 'print run' or 'a printing'. Older stamps used metal plates to print the stamps with, transferring ink from the engraved plate to the paper.

At times, these plates wore out or were discarded or changed printer companies or just the design was used to print again more copies of this same stamp, but with different paper or perforations (or none) or gum types or a slight change in the design, or a re-engraving or different colours or inks. All of this was by official decree. No faking involved.

For instance the Castles series of four stamps from Great Britain were reprinted at different times using the same design but something was slightly different about each printing that collectors could tell.

Look at the thread on here under Canada also about the modern 3 cent insect stamp. https://goscf.com/t/9017 This is the same stamp, from the same printer or printing company, but the design has been changed slightly, so it is a different stamp to collectors. There were millions printed in the first printing and probably millions more in the second printing. They are all official. They are all from the same officially authorized and most security conscious company.

A reprint is one officially sanctioned. A fake or counterfeit is not officially sanctioned.

Sorry, I talked on quite a bit there.

Thanks khj

Thanks Puzzler, you have been very informative




I am still using coin collecting terminology, I am sorry for that

I think it is gonna take me some time to get used to stamp collecting terminology.

EgCollector,
this is one forum where you are permitted to make mistakes.
No one gives a hoot, we all learn.

Every day I learn, and then unlearn, and then relearn.

I may seem to be 'learned' but really I am trying to learn and 'get it right' most of the time.

I always appreciate the opportunity to learn.

I like to learn to appreciate what I have (or what there is) while I have the opportunity to appreciate it. If I do not take that opportunity then I will have to await a new opportunity. This happens and re-happens all the time.

It is like a flower opening to the sun every day. Wow, I am surprised at my own imagery.

You are very gracious. Do not be sorry. I had only hoped to help clarify some terminology for you. I know for some terms it took me years of using a term one way and then I learned there were other ways to use it.