For this and the next three weeks we will explain the terms of copies. There are 13 different kinds. You will find their entries define the term and how they differ. First alist of all 13, then an overview of all this week.

KINDS OF COPIES:

Deluxe Copy - Made with authority for sale to the recipient only in better materials or workmanship than the original (as a decoration prepared in more preciousmetal-it was issued in silver, but the recipient may order it made in gold at his own expense).

Custom copy. -- Made with authority for sale as a second or replacement copy (say for a second uniform ) or to replace a lost original, or other official use.Called replacement medal or sometimes jeweler's copy.

Reissue - Copy made with authority after lapse of time without change from original issue and reuse of original dies to strike a new piece or a new productionrun.

Revision - Copy made with authority and with a change of design no matter how minute, requiring retooling the original dies or creating entirely new copy dies.Such change might be a new date, new logo, change of sponsor's name, correct a design error, or similar reason.

Replica - Made with authority where a major portion of the previous design is used to make a new coin or medal. REPLICATION is the most common form of copymaking. No unauthorized use here, and new dies or molds are used to make the new issue.

Collectors' Copy - Made with authority for sales primarily to collectors or public; these copies are usually electrotypes (as copies sold by museums of specimensin their collections).

Reproduction - Made without authority and reproduced in a new model or composition. A large gray area of legality.

Facsimile - Copy without authority, closely resembling the original and made by any method, as costume jewelry medals.

Private Copy - Made without authority for private use; these copies are usually cast in plaster or metal and if sold may be questionable status (studycopies) cast in plaster for scientific or scholarly study are certainly legal; private metal copies in off metal are a gray area, but copies the same as the original areoutright forgeries).

Imitation - Copy made without authority and technically not illegal; usually of poor quality, or a souvenir status (to be given away), or play money (as child'splay copies, or play coins).

Restrike - Copy made without authority from original dies at a later date (and often in deteriorated state, as struck from cracked or rusted dies).

Forgery - Copy made without authority and with intent to deceive.

Counterfeit - Copy made without authority and with intent to deceive and defraud both collectors and the public. Fake and spuriousalso denote a counterfeit status.