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A Sad Turn Of Events
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Online Numismatic Resources Abound!
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Hot Struck 2000 ANA Exhibitor's Medal
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While We Are Looking At Strips
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Every Last Piece Of Metal In The Building
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And Now You Know The Rest Of The Story
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If You HAVE To Go... Then QUICK Is The Best Way!
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NOT The REAL Thing ... An Altered GMM
Creation
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A Sad Turn Of Events
Time to drag out my soapbox! This specimen just sold today on eBay for
$200! Now then... this is strictly my personal opinion but I wouldn't
have given $20 for this piece. I know that one's viewpoint is influenced
by all sorts of things and it is not my intention to throw rocks ...but...
here goes anyway. It makes me cry to see one of Ron's wonderful creations
damaged in this manner. Now this piece is neither a genuine chain cent
nor a genuine Gallery Mint Museum creation. It is my opinon that it
should have been illegal to sell on eBay or anywhere else for that matter.
The Seller described this specimen as a "very deceptive die struck copy."
It doesn't seem all that deceptive to me. The crook who altered the piece;
1) didn't eliminate all of the "C" in "COPY", 2) removed the
period behind "AMERI" and 3) created a depression by removing the
metal around "COPY" that is quite obvious. All-in-all, a REALLY
sad turn of events!
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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Images courtesy of
Link:Heritage
Numismatic Auctions and
Link:www.CoinFacts.com
The REAL Thing ... Almost as good as
Ron's!
Note the use of different sized letter
punches in LIBERTY.
Link:1793 Flowing Hair Cent, Chain Reverse
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Online Numismatic Resources Abound!
I have been concentrating on this Gallery Mint Museum ScrapBook
for most of a year now and haven't been paying attention to some of the newly
created, as far as I know, numismatic resources now available on the Internet.
The wonderful scan of a chain cent shown above is from a webpage entitled
Link:"1793 Flowing Hair Cent, Chain Reverse" that I stumbled across
while looking at the results a search engine returned on "chain cent".
There are now numismatic websites too numerous to mention here but one I
think is really superb is
Link:www.NumisMedia.com.
I honestly don't know whether that is because it is better than any of the
others or just because it is the first one I encountered... but it is COOL!
It has the following main topic areas;
1) NumisMedia Online Auctions,
2) Numismatics 101,
3) Law and Coins & Insider's Report,
4) NumisMedia Books & Supplies,
5) NumisMedia Online Price Guide,
6) The Coin Guys - Bubba and Zemo,
7) Series Spotlight,
8) NumisMedia News,
9) State Quarter Collecting,
10) NumisMedia Classifieds, and
11) Find a Dealer in Your Area.
Rather than trying to make all these subjects into live links I'll just
let you go to the link provided above and that will provide access to
everything mentioned and MUCH, MUCH more.
If you have a favorite Numismatic Resource website not mentioned here I
would love hearing from you. Maybe I can find time to add a couple other
reference links here for everyone to enjoy.
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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He is much too modest to mention his own
Link:United
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Hot
Struck 2000 ANA Exhibitor's Medal PATTERN?
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Hot Struck 2000 ANA Exhibitor's Medal
The real joy in collecting ANYTHING is the search for some elusive piece. If
one is fortunate enough to purchase a piece only to find that it is something
unexpected then that is an indescribable feeling that everyone should have a
chance of experiencing for themselves. In this case, I just purchased one of
Ron's 2000 ANA Exhibitor's medals thinking I was acquiring a duplicate piece
for my midden heap. Ron's large hot struck silver medals are my absolute
favorite Landis creations so I rarely pass one up for any reason. When I
dug out the medal I already had I found it was struck from a totally different
set of dies than the one just purchased!
The easiest way to describe the apparent PATTERN reverse die, my original
medal, is that there are extra design elements in the field of the reverse die
at the top and at the bottom (shown here on the right) where the REGULAR ISSUE
dies have plain fields. There are many other differences of course, with the
wording in completely different places and such, but this is just the easiest
way to differentiate between the two dies.
The apparent PATTERN obverse die is a bit harder to describe although it
is clearly different. The most obvious thing is that the legends "PEACE" and
"2000" are distinctly larger on the PATTERN than on the REGULAR ISSUE. I am
beginning to sound like a Lincoln Cent collector with "Large Date", "Small Date"
and such... but you can readily see the difference if you have the two pieces
together. Either obverse die by itself would be a bit hard to identify with
nothing to compare to.
But... wait a moment! ...the story gets even better! Knowing now that
there were two different sets of dies I scurry off to look at a die adjustment
specimen I have for this medal. Lo and behold... it is quite obviously a
mule of the PATTERN obverse die with the REGULAR ISSUE reverse die. I
think I've just died and gone to heaven! Talk about an unexpected discovery!
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Die Adjustment Strike For 2000 ANA
Exhibitor's Medal
Mule Of PATTERN Obverse
And REGULAR ISSUE Reverse
Struck On A GMM Large Cent Copper
Planchet
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So... I suspect I have a PATTERN medal, a PATTERN/REGULAR mule adjustment
strike, and a REGULAR production issue medal given to the exhibitors at the
2000 ANA convention. Whatever these are they make a really COOL set!
This isn't something you could reasonably expect to put together in a lifetime
of collecting unless you just got lucky. I count myself as EXTREMELY lucky!
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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Hot
Struck 2000 ANA Exhibitor's Medal REGULAR
ISSUE?
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2000 Hobo Tokens Struck On A
Copper Strip
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While We Are Looking At Strips
Since GMM normally strikes their Hobo Tokens over Jefferson Nickels
we are used to seeing them almost exclusively on nickel planchets.
My corresponding friend Cliff Bolling just sent me the above scan of
his recently acquired copper strip of trial strikes of the three
different 2000 Hobo Tokens. He says they really look COOL in copper
and I totally agree with him.
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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Every Last Piece Of Metal In The Building
Here is what Lindy Stone has to say about these two creations:
This is a two piece set. The token is struck 20%
off center on a straight clip planchet with a 1996 ANA Summer Seminar
obverse and a counterbrockage Lincoln cent Obverse on its reverse.
The second huge piece is a punched out planchet strip that also has a
lamination blow hole in it. It was struck and received the reverse die
impression of the TIN D. and its obverse is a brockage of a Lincoln
cent obverse. These Seminar dies were made to resemble the famous
Clark,Gruber&Co. of Denver, Colorado Territorial Gold pieces of 1860.
Look it up in your RED BOOK. Ron Landis did a fine job recreating this
die pair with a twist of humor. You know, TIN D. instead of TEN D.
cause its made of pewter instead of gold, get it? Though intentionally
struck during only one four hour evening at the ANA Summer Seminar in
July of 1996, these two are great examples of a variety of major errors
that you could not easily duplicate. Lindy Stone ... Wed, 21 Mar
2001 20:04:56
Since I am not an error collector I am certain I don't appreciate this
set of pieces adequately. I had the chance to own them and passed on
them ...but... these might be just your cup of tea. They are currently
being offered on eBay as I write this so go take a peek... ah, peek!
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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1787 Brasher Doubloon Copper Trial
Strike
Heavy "ONE HUNDRED F" Edged Planchet
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And Now You Know The Rest Of The Story
It is always COOL when a person stumbles across a piece they already know
something about. Above is the "other half" of the 1787 Brasher Doubloon
copper trial strike I showed you on
Link:Page21 in a ScrapBook Subject entitled
Link:"Yes... I Did Ask For A Half Doubloon".
I know I'd been completely through the MintMaster's trashcan on a previous
trip but I recognized it while pawing around in the trashcan on my most
recent trip to Eureka Springs. Just had to grab it before it got melted
and show it to you here. :-) By the way... the trashcan is an
overflowing five pound coffee can and you wouldn't believe how much stuff
can be crammed into such a small receptacle.
For the sake of completeness I'm showing you the first half of the copper
trial strike I found below.
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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1787 Brasher Doubloon Copper Trial
Strike
Heavy "OR A DOLLAR" Edged Planchet
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Canceled 1787 Brasher Doubloon Copper Trial
Strike
Struck On A GMM Large Cent Planchet
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If You HAVE To Go... Then QUICK Is The Best Way!
MORE interesting pieces from the Mint Master's trashcan. These two brothers were
run through a roller mill... the more normal method of cancellation that I saw
the artisans at GMM use. Often the detail is obliterated to the point one can
just barely determine what the resultant piece of scrap metal was in a former
life. I also understand that Timothy recommends that one shouldn't hold onto
the piece being canceled too tightly. The roller mill is most indiscriminate
as to what it will roll FLAT! :-(
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These two pieces also have nice clear edges. As you all know by now, I just
LOVE anything struck on GMM's large cent planchets. If anyone out there has
anything unusual struck thusly, particularly on the early vine and bar edge
large cent planchets, I would GREATLY appreciate receiving a scan.
EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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Canceled 1787 Brasher Doubloon Copper Trial
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Struck On A GMM Large Cent Planchet
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