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Broadstruck
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1842- Unique 28mm Diameter Brass Die Trial Striking of the American Institute Medals struck in Gold by diesinker Robert Lovett, Sr.
It is unlisted by Russell Rulau in brass although a copper HT-M3 struck over a large cent which surfaced in 2000 is considered Rarity-9 on the Hard Times Token rarity scale. Andrew Harkness did mention the existence of brass as Rarity-9 and copper as Rarity-8 in his 1989 article on American Institute Medals. The only public sale for a brass example was in Elliot Woodward’s 1882 Dohrmann collection auction in which a brass & copper pair offered as proofs sold for $6.00.
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I am sure glad the weekend started early. Broadstruck, that is a cool medal. Did you ever think about having _your _ name engraved on the back? After all, if the piece is unique, it will stay unique with your name engraved on it.
Mark, Thanks... Nope the thought of having it engraved never crossed my mind. As even with my name inscribed it would still probably devalue it by a huge margin
Broadstruck, that's an impressive item there! The fact that it is unique and also looks nice is pretty awesome, Congrats.
Here is my contribution to the thread...
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
One of my favorite HTT's
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC FOR SALE
One of my favorite Conder tokens.
PENNY 1796 G.BRIT HEREFORDSHIRE - HEREFORD E: PLAIN
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC FOR SALE
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
(1837-8) HT-279, Dr. J. G. Hewitt, New York, NY, Thin Flan
ANA LM
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I just picked this little rascal up, and nobody seemed to "catch on" to it's variety
BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
Is that the small moto
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
No, the "Small Motto" was only in 1864 for the 2 Cent Piece.
BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
I'll keep guessing.......fancy 5?
probably not
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Looks like a re-punched or doubled date to my eyes.
Aside from that, let me just add my two cents --
Crappy Picture Ebay buy...FS-401 Re Engraved Die.
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No, Plain 5.
There does seems to have something going on with the date, but...
Variety: Doubled-Die Obverse FS-101
Pick Up Point: TRUST, berry stems and leaves, shields horizontal lines and the left leaf above the "1" in the date, to the right of the arrow fletching.
Here is a PCGS CoinFacts images you can see in higher definition;
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/38250
BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
Thank you sincerely @oih82w8 for the enlightenment.
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Hoard the keys.
U.S. Type Set
@coinsarefun ...Nice PENNY 1796 G.BRIT HEREFORDSHIRE - HEREFORD E: PLAIN...being a Taurus, that appeals to me. Cheers, RickO
Andrew Jackson might get kicked off the $20 bill sometime in the future, but he'll be on this Bolen Medal forever --
Looks like we have dueling C4TW threads as last weeks resurfaced
1834 Running Boar HT-9 / Low-8.
Nice !
I note that it appears to have been double struck on the reverse.
Or, more accurately, struck once, reverse die rotated, and then struck again.