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Fresh from grading - 1959 Collis Restrikes in Silver - New Pictures...

LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭✭✭

Just got these back. I am absolutely thrilled with the grades...


Had this one (with Nixon countermark) graded at the same time...

USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,112 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never heard of that Nixon one.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Never heard of that Nixon one.

    Someone (Steve Hayden?) has/had a vintage supply of them and he's been selling them occasionally on Ebay. I finally managed to snag one a couple months ago.

    They also exist with a KENNEDY counterstamp. I am pretty certain I've also seen another name - perhaps a third party candidate, but a quick search just now did not pull up any clues on who that was.

    I also saw a nickel from that era on ebay a couple years ago that had just the KENNEDY counterstamp nicely placed over Monticello.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice grades.... Glad you are happy with them....First I have seen that Nixon counterstamp. Cheers, RickO

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice. Now I want one.

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    Never heard of that Nixon one.

    Someone (Steve Hayden?) has/had a vintage supply of them and he's been selling them occasionally on Ebay. I finally managed to snag one a couple months ago.

    They also exist with a KENNEDY counterstamp. I am pretty certain I've also seen another name - perhaps a third party candidate, but a quick search just now did not pull up any clues on who that was.

    I also saw a nickel from that era on ebay a couple years ago that had just the KENNEDY counterstamp nicely placed over Monticello.

    I’ve got a nice little hoard of these Collis strikes, including several counterstamps.

    • Kennedy 1960
    • Johnson 1960
    • Nixon 1960
    • Symington 1960
    • Stevenson 1960
    • Kennedy (no 1960)
    • Johnson (no 1960)
    • Symington (no 1960)
    • Stevenson (no 1960)


  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on some nice grades on these rare Collis silver restrikes!

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,112 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never heard of any of these!

    I have held the die in the ANA Museum. Still in good shape.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are a couple recent pick-ups...

    A new variation from what has been posted above.. "Stevenson" stamped twice.

    And here is a Nixon counterstamp that seems to be an early attempt. All of the counterstamps posted previously seem to be struck in some kind of press. The weak strike on this piece, combined with the concrete pattern on the reverse, suggest to me that it was struck with a hammer while the token was sitting on a cinder block or cement floor.


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