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Hah, high bidder and nobody falling for it!!
AUandAG
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lol, yeah, an "o" and a "cc" look alike.
Yeah, I did send him a message saying it was the most valuable CC and not a cheapo O.
oh no!
i fell for it.
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Lance.
Bet he doesn't know what he's got!! A Mint worker, a friend of my Great Grandparents, named Josh Tater and a few of his cronies snuck into the Mint on April 1st, 1888. The scaled the outside walls and then entered via the cupola. Having fooled all the guards they made there way to the die room in the basement and took the cruddiest, rustiest die they could find and it just so happened to be an 1883. With just a little bit of die prep they made this example. The only one, as as soon as they fired up Press #1 the guards came a scampering. One got minted and into the mix of those already made. After having a few sips of Rye Whiskey (they were prepared) with the guards they talked them into letting them remove the die and put it back in the basement. Of course we know, now, that they never put it back and it fell out of a pocket onto the ground neath the bushes only to be covered by the gardeners. Many decades later it would be dug up and put on display as the only die that they found that for some reason had not been cancelled. Remains a mystery to this day as I'm the only one left to tell the story.
Lips are sealed..you didn't hear it from me.
bob
Photo of the "deed": shows Josh, seated with a guard (note the badge) next to press #1 (color enhanced by me).
Example of a copper uniface minted with another die found in the same bushes (note the cancellation X).
lol, yeah, an "o" and a "cc" look alike.
Yeah, I did send him a message saying it was the most valuable CC and not a cheapo O.
But once an auction has bids, I don't think the seller can edit the auction. His only choice then is to cancel bids and end early.
But then again, the 1888-CC doesn't exist in official government issue.
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Carp, can't leave well enough alone, 'eh?????? I WAS WINNING and it was CHEAP. Famous Canton China Mint.
Bet he doesn't know what he's got!! A Mint worker, a friend of my Great Grandparents, named Josh Tater and a few of his cronies snuck into the Mint on April 1st, 1888. The scaled the outside walls and then entered via the cupola. Having fooled all the guards they made there way to the die room in the basement and took the cruddiest, rustiest die they could find and it just so happened to be an 1883. With just a little bit of die prep they made this example. The only one, as as soon as they fired up Press #1 the guards came a scampering. One got minted and into the mix of those already made. After having a few sips of Rye Whiskey (they were prepared) with the guards they talked them into letting them remove the die and put it back in the basement. Of course we know, now, that they never put it back and it fell out of a pocket onto the ground neath the bushes only to be covered by the gardeners. Many decades later it would be dug up and put on display as the only die that they found that for some reason had not been cancelled. Remains a mystery to this day as I'm the only one left to tell the story.
Lips are sealed..you didn't hear it from me.
bob
Only one problem with your story.
The "1888-CC" in question has the obverse hub style of 1921
deja vu?
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Oh, I got this one.
bob
Oh, he eliminated the O or mintmark from the title. Is this another attempt at theft? Is yours on the way to you Lance?