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OrderDesk:(888)558-MINT(6468) Questions:(479)253-5055 Website:www.gallerymint.com EMail:GalleryMintMuseum I absolutely LOVE your idea of creating this scrapbook. This is a great way of answering questions that come up a lot. Ron Landis ...Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:59:06 |
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Link: [ Bill Zach Carves In Solid Gold ] Link: Cliff Enjoys His Graphics Software Link: [ Baby Girl Hanna's Namesake ] Link: 2003 OHNS Tokens ... Whoops! Link: Time's Up! Link: LIBERTY Parent Of Science & Industry Link: All It Takes Is Two Bidders... Link: The Best Hobo Tokens Yet! | ||
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eBay item 3008604767 (Ends Feb-23-03 20:52:01PST) - Gallery Mint 3 BIG Errors-Brockage Pair/CUDS. Gallery Mint 3 BIG Errors-Brockage Pair/CUDS. This is a great combination of major errors with a twist, something I haven't seen before. Offered here is a pair of Gallery Mint 1793 Liberty Cap cents, a full brockage pair, with CUDS on both the obverse and reverse dies! Not only that, but the reverse has 2 big cuds, very late in the life of that die. This reverse die is occasionally seen with a single cud, but only rarely does a piece show up with both cuds, especially on a brockage, and really especially on a brockage pair with a cud on the obverse die, too! AND (here's the twist), this pair was struck using 3 DIFFERENT DIES! The obverse die of the first piece is NOT the same as the obverse die of the second piece! Not only does it NOT show the obverse CUD, it is a totally different die! Between the striking of the first piece and the overstriking brockage of the second piece, the obverse die was switched to the die with the CUD! Real Cool! As with all Gallery Mint reproductions, these are struck on planchets prepared to the same specifications as originally produced by the United States Mint back in 1793. Same planchet composition, weight, edge lettering, and hand punched dies. Clifford Bolling...Feb-16-03 20:52:01PST Actually Cliff's brockage pair was struck with four different dies. A previously struck "large bust" cent was paired with a blank planchet and struck with the very first pair of "large bust" dies. For those of you who follow such detail... the large bust cent was created with the third large bust obverse die paired with the second reverse die. This was the workhorse die pair for the large bust variety strikes. The brockage strike was done with the first large bust obverse die paired with the first reverse die... both in their extreme terminal die states. Here is your chance to bid on this current offering. Just use this shortcut Link:Brockage Pair/3 CUDS! If you are viewing this using a GMM ScrapBook CD-ROM click this Link:CUDS to see a closeup of both the obverse and reverse CUDS. EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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The Lady Liberty bust on this gold double eagle presented me with a problem of being shaped wrong and angled wrong to allow me to use her as a base for carving. Being as
I know it has to be nerve-wracking to carve on such an expensive host coin. There isn't any room for slips and if you don't like the results part way through you can't pitch it and start over again. Fortunately Bill has several years experience and a tremendous well of talent to draw on. Bet that doesn't relieve the pressure he feels as he works on such a fantastic carving as this Grant Double Eagle. Bill's patron for this carving is obviously happy as I understand he wants several more Double Eagles carved. COOL! Bill's in-process scans were taken under different lighting conditions and exhibited some drastic color differentials. I took the liberty of adjusting each scan to approximate a similar gold color for each... I'm not too proficient at this so what you see is what you get. EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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Attached are a couple interesting pics. I was dinking around with some photos of $1 replicas and came up with these. These make great letterheads. Clifford Bolling...Friday, February 14, 2003 8:02AM It has always been the high point of my day when I receive an EMail from Cliff with an attached graphics file. He is an astute observer and superbly skilled at capturing detailed digital photographs/scans of his subjects. In his toolbox is a through knowledge of his graphics software as these two bust images demonstrate. Thanks Cliff! EMail:Verne R. Walrafen |
13 February 2003... a landmark day in the Kansa Territories. A new Steven G. Adams nickel carving (shown here on the left) arrived and as I was opening the box I got a telephone call from our eldest daughter, Sonya, in California. She had good news... she had just delivered our second grandchild; a girl, Avery Bryn Hanna, 9lbs.3oz. Since both the nickel carving and our grandbaby were delivered on the same day I figured it was only reasonable that we establish an interesting relationship between the two events. Steve hadn't named the nickel carving as he usual does. So... the carving became Hobo Avery Bryn, namesake and Godfather to Baby Girl Hanna. Steve had the following to say; That sounds like a great name, and what hobo nickel wouldn't want the honor of Godfather. All in all Thursday the 13th really MADE my week! Somehow the small details of life always remain a puzzle to me. My American Heritage Dictionary tells me: "name·sake n. One that is named after another." It also tells me that: "cir·cus n. ...are carried over from its Roman namesake, the modern circus, despite occasional accidental violence, has little connection with its brutal namesake of long ago." I was taught in school that the younger was the namesake of the elder. I found in my WWW searches many examples where a person was referred to as the namesake of a city or university that was named after him or her. Clearly common practice has namesake being used to refer to both the younger and the elder of two things with the same name. So... I think I'll go take a Tylenol for my headache! Mike Wallace looked up namesake in a Merriam-Webster Dictionary which says: "name·sake n. One that has the same name as another; especially : one who is named after another or for whom another is named." Thank you Mike! EMail:Verne R. Walrafen This morning's email was especially nice, and I feel as honored as Avery. Although Avery has achieved Godfather status... I feel somewhat connected. Maybe hobo nickels are not born, but they are conceived. Interesting word conceived, we wait nine months to come into the light of this world after conception. Hobo Avery was conceived and finished in one day. Perhaps destiny awaited him. In my hobo drawer I keep carvings that are partially started, they're gestation period can be lengthy. Eventually they will be finished and find a new home, but none will ever become a Godfather. I can hear them rumbling now; "What about me?" I will go tell them they are all special, and at the same time remember when an average carving turned out to be very special. I hope your newest granddaughter and Hobo Avery will make acquaintance someday. Steven G. Adams...Saturday, February 15, 2003 7:12AM |
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I found another 1804 $1 to compare the doubling of the lettering on the motto
on the ribbon on the reverse. Both show the same doubling and die gouges, one
is a BU and the other a Proof. Ron must have made only the single Heraldic Eagle
punch and used it for both BUs and Proofs.
The device punch must have been all carved by hand then the incuse letters were punched in by hand, with some resulting doubling. I suspect Ron would have been a little more careful if he'd figured anyone would be looking at his work with a magnifying lens. Still, these are the kinds of things that make his works so authentic. Cool! I expect these types of things will become a bit more scarce since Ron bought himself a microscope. Clifford Bolling...Friday, February 07, 2003 11:03PM As far as the "doubling" on the motto of the 1804 dollars. Cliff is correct in saying this kind of thing will disappear since I'm working with a scope now. The lettering is hand engraved, not punched, into the eagle device punch. Therefore this doubling will show up on all dies made from that punch. Ron Landis...Monday, February 10, 2003 10:54AM It sure didn't take Cliff long to track down a proof 1804 GMM dollar so he could research the puzzle he posed in Link:Only Time Will Tell. Yes Cliff... it is precisely this sort of authentic detail that results from a human being creating something both challenging and beautiful that makes Ron's creations so desireable. Ron's creations are fantastic quite simply because they are a product that is handmade by a skilled and talented craftsman/artist. EMail:Verne R. Walrafen |
FIRST UNITED STATES MINT ISSUES. Many members of the House favored a representation of the President's head on the obverse of each coin; others considered the idea a monarchical practice. Washington is believed to have expressed disapproval of the use of his portrait on our coins. The majority considered a figure emblematic of Liberty more apporpriate and the Senate finally concurred in this opinion. Robert Birch was an engraver employed at designing proposed devices for our coins. He, perhaps together with Adam Eckfeldt, engraved the dies for the disme and half disme. He has also been associated with a large copper cent of unusual design known as the Birch Cent. - A Guide Book Of United States Coins by R.S.Yeoman, 51st Edition 1998, page 65. I know various Landis advocates... who shall remain unnamed ...have been bugging Ron for these 1792 recreations. I've had a few dreams about them myself and they finally have arrived. Ron has done his usual bang-up job... just when you think Ron couldn't possible get any better at his craft he shows up with 2003 Hobo Tokens and 1792 Half Dismes and Dismes that clearly have moved the bar up another notch to a new level. It would have been nice to have the COPY counterstamp a bit more discreet but we have the size requirements forced on us and on small specimens it just seems quite large. EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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...but having three can't hurt! Admittedly this GMM recreation of a 1793 Liberty Cap cent has a lovely patina but I watched it sell with considerable interest. All three bidders were willing to pay in excess of $100 for this specimen. The winning bidder agreed to pay $115.50 plus $2.75 shipping for a total of $118.25. I don't have any accurate records but it is my feeling that this is a record price for this particular GMM recreation. EMail:Verne R. Walrafen |
Ron has carved his self-portrait on nickels previously and, other than the banjo player sitting on a stump Link:Treasures From The Past, I've never been able to obtain a scan of one. It would appear that my constant whining may have imspired Ron to carve this year's obverse carving Hobo Token in his own likeness just to shut me up. Regardless of why... Ron has outdone himself on the above 2003 Hobo Token. I am assuming they are struck in silver again this year as has been Ron's practice as of late. Shown below is this year's reverse carving Hobo Token. An impressive beast to say the least... in addition to being an impressive carving from Ron's creative and busy workbench. I am a big fan of critters carved on nickels so here is a fantastic creation for our collections. Be sure and call (888)558-6468 and order yours now... you can't go wrong on this fantastic pair of tokens! EMail:Verne R. Walrafen
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