Farran Zerbe's 1904 Gold Louisiana Purchase Exposition (LPE) Medals
Zoins
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I just ran across this gorgeous flip over double struck clashed dies piece on CoinFacts!
I love how the under type ghosting comes through so strongly on this!
Does anyone know who struck these for Zerbe?
Here's more info on Joseph Farran Zerbe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farran_Zerbe
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Medallette - gold - PCGS MS66 POP 29/1/0
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@Zoins
Very cool flip over double struck!
Actually looks like a die clash to me.
I think you’re right! The undertype is reversed!
This makes it more interesting as it’s a variety. I wonder how many are struck like this as I’ve never seen another!
Is this a known variety or did we just make a discovery here? 😃
Very cool clashed dies!
The one I owned had clash marks, but I don’t remember them as being this strong.
Do you know if there's an existing variety designation for this die clash?
Found some info:
Mount Vernon (Ky.) Signal, FAIR MANUFACTURING COINS, Gold Pieces Comparing with California Quarters and Halves Are Made at the Exposition, September 30, 1904.
Thanks for the info! Here's some better formatting:
Definitely a medal struck from clashed dies based on the mirror image on the medal. This is quite common on US gold dollars because of the very thin planchets used required that the dies be spaced very close together. Die clashes seem to appear on the Type 2 gold dollar more often than not.
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That is a very clearly defined die clash.... Likely the most prominent I have ever seen. Cheers, RickO
Thanks.
Couldn't figure it out.
I don't think so.
The majority of the Zerbe gold 1/4 (both varieties) & 1/2 1904 show clash marks or weak, uneven strikes due to the very thin planchets even thinner than the US gold dollars mentioned above. The piece in the OP is an unusually clean and bold strike in showing the clash.
unless there is more than 1 pair of dies at work here, imo, based on the 3 images on CF, the dies clashed early on, were then noticed by someone, then they got a team of 10 people with grinders and systematically and emphatically started doing their best to remove all detail from the dies and judging by the later die states, they nearly accomplished their goal ! also, the dies started failing probably not too long after this.
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Here is a link for you:
https://filmsgraded.com/mehart/lfr/index.htm
Very cool.
That CoinFacts link shows one with the came die clash, but I just ran across one with a different die clash!
Same die clash:
Different die clash:
I also found the one with the die crack: