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This closed yesterday on Heritage and wanted to share with everyone.......such a cool design image


1911 Fraser Electrotype trial uniface




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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice. It's great to see more work from the artists we know and love image
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    JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    The date is in a weird place, but that's an amazing piece. I've never seen it before.
    Let's try not to get upset.
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    nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Superimage

    Thanks for sharing this!
    I like it a LOT!

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    edix2001edix2001 Posts: 3,388 ✭
    Would be a good subject for a hobo carving.
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    kazkaz Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had no idea that even existed, thanks for posting it. Interesting reading in the auction description, too.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice piece.... and 1911 - would like to have that for my firearm esoterica... 1911 being the single best semi-auto .45 design ever by John Browning. Cheers, RickO
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,125 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The date is in a weird place, but that's an amazing piece. I've never seen it before. >>




    +1
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The roundness of the hair and high points gives it a bit of an unfinished look that is interesting.
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,504 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Would be a good subject for a hobo carving. >>



    +1

    My first thought

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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very buffaloey
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    BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 6,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Never seen that, thanks for posting it........neato....image
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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Very buffaloey >>



    great description
    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Old Thread Update

    Has this shown up anywhere? Does anyone know who owns this now?

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have not seen it referred to again on the forum.....nor heard of it anywhere else. I think it is the only piece certified. Cheers, RickO

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 13, 2019 1:57PM

    A similar Lincoln portrait was proposed by Fraser for the 1-cent coin in 1954. Trial pieces were made, but all were destroyed.

    During design of the Buffalo nickel, Fraser made many nickel-size electrotypes (he called them "electroshells") to show Treasury Secretary MacVeagh. This process allowed Fraser to interact directly with the person who would make the final decision, and also permitted MacVeagh to see what a final coin might look like. About 30 years ago a large number of these were sold at auction for very modest prices. Now - as collectors have recognized these as legitimate pattern and experimental pieces - prices have advanced considerably such as the 1911 Lincoln at $42,000.

    (See the book Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915 for details and illustrations.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Didn't see this the first time.

    He looks to me like the man in the moon. :D

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is a similar electrotype with a Native American that became part of the Buffalo Nickel. Some electrotypes are uniface and others are filed and soldered to resemble a coin.

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 13, 2019 5:10PM

    Pretty neat, thanks for sharing !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice but I'm glad they settled on the Buffalo design.

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    Walt_AltmenWalt_Altmen Posts: 184 ✭✭✭

    Love the head shot. Pun not intended.

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The location/style of LIBERTY brings to mind the Roos. Dime.

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    Eric_BabulaEric_Babula Posts: 448 ✭✭✭✭

    @coinsarefun said:
    This closed yesterday on Heritage and wanted to share with everyone.......such a cool design

    1911 Fraser Electrotype trial uniface

    See, that's why I keep coming to this forum every day! I seem to learn something new every day! I never knew this existed - nice!

    Rocking my "shiny-object-syndrome"!!!

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,900 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I worry about those prongs......

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    I worry about those prongs......

    It’s white metal which is soft so it need to come out of that prong holder. Hopefully it’s not damaged already.

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
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    emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WOW never knew or seen that before. Just one observation. Is he sleeping ?

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:
    Old Thread Update

    Has this shown up anywhere? Does anyone know who owns this now?

    Pretty sure I know where it went. Unlikely to return to the market in the foreseeable future,

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool. I wish we could go get that guy and put him to work redoing our coinage. Anyone have a time machine? Hot tub maybe?

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @Zoins said:
    Old Thread Update

    Has this shown up anywhere? Does anyone know who owns this now?

    Pretty sure I know where it went. Unlikely to return to the market in the foreseeable future,

    Hopefully it’s out of the NGC prong holder which has harmed soft metal coins before. Might be worth reaching out with a warning just in case.

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists

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