Tom DeLorey, please tell us the story of the ANACS MUSHROOM.....
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you and the ANACS crew of old must have been behind this one night......
Auction Here (not mine but i have bought from this seller in the past with success)
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Mary Thompson, our office manager, used to say that we were mushrooms, because the ANA management kept us in the dark and covered us in bullcrap.
Of course, my pocket piece said "SENIOR MUSHROOM!"
TD
Whats the back look like? Did you hammer an FEV?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Why'd you pick an IKE??
Whats the back look like? Did you hammer an FEV? >>
Because High Relief double eagles were too expensive.....
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<< <i>Why'd you pick an IKE??
Whats the back look like? Did you hammer an FEV? >>
Because High Relief double eagles were too expensive.....
Well yeah but think of what they'd be worth on the market today whereas the IKE is now just a damaged coin!
You were being naughty weren't you?
The name is LEE!
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Well yeah but think of what they'd be worth on the market today whereas the IKE is now just a damaged coin!
It's a clad Ike dollar! What are they worth on the market today?
<< <i>Defacing US coinage... Tsk, tsk. >>
I think it's an improvement; something interesting on an IKE!
<< <i>19Lyds,
Well yeah but think of what they'd be worth on the market today whereas the IKE is now just a damaged coin!
It's a clad Ike dollar! What are they worth on the market today? >>
One dounut with cream filling I don't like jelly.
Thats what I used the last bunch for when I broke up the mint sets looking for full step nickels.
<< <i>I made those pocket pieces with a set of letter punches, a six-pound sledge and an anvil for every ANACS authenticator/grader and the senior office staff until I left there in 1984.
Mary Thompson, our office manager, used to say that we were mushrooms, because the ANA management kept us in the dark and covered us in bullcrap.
Of course, my pocket piece said "SENIOR MUSHROOM!"
TD >>
<< <i>Defacing US coinage... Tsk, tsk. >>
No law against it....
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<< <i>Defacing US coinage... Tsk, tsk. >>
No law against it.... >>
.........unless you are altering a coin to commit fraud.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>19Lyds,
Well yeah but think of what they'd be worth on the market today whereas the IKE is now just a damaged coin!
It's a clad Ike dollar! What are they worth on the market today? >>
It kinda depends on what you're looking for.
There are also two newly discovered RPM's for the 1971-D coin as well as a new RPM for the 1974-D coin.
The name is LEE!
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<< <i>Defacing US coinage... Tsk, tsk. >>
No law against it.... >>
.........unless you are altering a coin to commit fraud. >>
Even then it's the fraud that is illegal, not the alteration.
Revived thread from 2009 (Original post from 2009)
Now I know the story behind the counterstamp. This one has a hole drilled in it, probably was worn around the neck for awhile.
Great story Tom -- could only have been told by someone who was there, and you were that someone!
So Good Cap'n, Enquiring minds want to know...
Do you still have your "Senior Mushroom" pocket piece?
???
Saw it in a box of stuff a few years ago............
Helped me through the dark shitty times.
J.P. Martin ANA 1984-1998
My first thought was of hallucinogens.....
Oops.
At least the MUSHROOMS didn't cause the problems that these bad boys did...
https://images.proxibid.com/AuctionImages/4465/94897/FullDetail/1770.jpg
During the ANA Convention every vending machine in downtown Milwaukee was jammed and non-functional -- and I heard that the counting rooms in area banks were swearing for weeks after at the perp who counterstamped hundreds and hundreds of these poor little quarters.
Well, not quite here. The doughnut of choice here is "Paula's". They're about as big as a softball, and twice as heavy.
They might go 1.25 or 1.35 a pop. Damn good doughnut though.......They have a peanut with white cream filling. It's killer......
Now I will be searching for a mushroom Ike....Where to get bags of Ikes?? I may have to go to a coin show....
Cheers, RickO
RickO, This wasn't a bag find. I bought this from a dealer in Washington State. On the listing he wrote -
_1776-1976-D Bi-Centennial Eisenhower Dollar, with a Curious Countermark, Counterstamped "ANACS / MUSHROOM" - Very intriguing! Also a hole at the top. I have been a dealer many years and never seen such a stamping. Novel addition to any collection _
Certainly something that you don't see often, it caught my attention and I had to have it.
@Leroy ....Thanks for the back story... Yep... I would have purchased that one as well..Cheers, RickO
What did it sell for? I still have the punches!
How about a limited edition on Proof Eisenhower commemoratives?
;-)
I'll take two!
What did it sell for? I still have the punches!
Don't do that!! It would be like Rambo ll, It's just not the same
Do we have a price estimate on these likely beauties? Or can we provide our own Eisenhower commemorative to be punched?
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
DO IT as a commemorative with proceeds going to the YN auction after your expenses. Use the same punches and 1971 Ikes. Add "reissue" or "restrike" to the reverse but much lightly so as not to ruin the obverse. I'll bet you can raise at least $200. I'd pay $20 for one easy.
In the 1990's when I worked for PCI in TN (12+ hrs a day for our fast turnaround time) we joked that: "We ain't got no life!"
**DO IT as a commemorative with proceeds going to the YN auction after your expenses. Use the same punches and 1971 Ikes. Add "reissue" or "restrike" to the reverse but much lightly so as not to ruin the obverse. I'll bet you can raise at least $200. I'd pay $20 for one easy. **
Now that's a good idea, so you can tell the originals from the 2nd batch. I would take one of those myself.
Perhaps "COPY" would be more appropriate.........
Disagree, you made it and you could make more "originals." IMO, they would not be copies. No one would know a piece was not an original except you. Next, you can put punches all over the Ike's as cancelled strikes. LOL.
What is the estimated mintage of "originals"?
Were most 1971 or do you have any memory as to the dates used?
Around 15-20. Random dates from mixed rolls I’d get at the bank and spend.
That's awesome, not only did I find the history of the counterstamp, there were very few of them made -
From this day on, I will always remember you as Senior Mushroom.
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So what did you pay for it?
BTW, from the wear around the hole, I would guess that it was on a key ring rather than a necklace.
$20 + Shipping / Now that I know the story behind it, $20 was a steal. I never thought about the key ring, I think you're right.
Do you still have yours?
Yes
It would be great to see pics!