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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,606 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trial strike?

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    more info needed on this one
    looks like a die trial
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image on imageimage
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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a splasher/die trial.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • ajmanajman Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    Is it made out of gold or some other metal? Maybe it's the picture but I have to admit I've never seen a coin with that type of look with gold before. Very interesting to say the least.
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  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It is a splasher/die trial. >>



    produced after the die had been retired? The die looks pretty rusted.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tin? Or lead? Is there newspaper stuck to the other side?

    Very cool.
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about a picture of the other side?
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lead uni-face splasher image
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always liked splashers - here's one for CA gold fans.

    Tough to get closer to the die makers hands......unless they are latter day fakes.

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  • LogPotatoLogPotato Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image on imageimage >>



    image This cracked me up!
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shouldn't it be:

    image on image ?? image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,622 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that's pretty cool. i'd like to see the obv.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No idea, but certainly different... Cheers, RickO
  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll have to photograph the other side - it is has a ghost image of the reverse - it looks as though it was on a piece of leather or something else with a little give to it when the impression was made.

    Goldeneye - I think the die is fresh - a lot of what you are seeing is oxidation - the areas without oxidation show VERY sharp die striations - I think it would be a safe bet that this die had not struck any gold coins when this impression was taken.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The back:

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    Tim - is that a Moffat $20 or a Kellogg?

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Regulated:

    Kellogg K1A from the Robert Bass sale.
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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's actually both a Moffat and a Kellogg - I discovered that they used the same dies a while ago.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Regulated

    It's actually both a Moffat and a Kellogg - I discovered that they used the same dies a while ago.



    Great piece and discovery! It's neat to know Moffat and Kellogg used the same dies. Is the die maker known?
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  • WHPRATTWHPRATT Posts: 114 ✭✭✭
    @Regulated: That is cool, but for my taste I'd prefer the LakeSammie piece : )

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