~ Copper 4 The Weekend™ ~

Broadstruck · December 9, 2016 6:49AM

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.

Mark · December 9, 2016 6:57AM

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.

Broadstruck · December 9, 2016 7:06AM

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

keyman64 · December 9, 2016 8:30AM

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...

coinsarefun · December 9, 2016 8:37AM

One of my favorite HTT's

coinsarefun · December 9, 2016 8:51AM

One of my favorite Conder tokens.

PENNY 1796 G.BRIT HEREFORDSHIRE - HEREFORD E: PLAIN

1630Boston · December 9, 2016 8:53AM

EXOJUNKIE · December 9, 2016 9:08AM

(1837-8) HT-279, Dr. J. G. Hewitt, New York, NY, Thin Flan

oih82w8 · December 9, 2016 12:43PM

I just picked this little rascal up, and nobody seemed to "catch on" to it's variety

1630Boston · December 9, 2016 12:55PM

Is that the small moto

oih82w8 · December 9, 2016 1:14PM

@1630Boston said:
Is that the small moto

No, the "Small Motto" was only in 1864 for the 2 Cent Piece.

1630Boston · December 9, 2016 2:04PM

I'll keep guessing.......fancy 5?
probably not

cardinal · December 9, 2016 3:31PM

Looks like a re-punched or doubled date to my eyes.

Aside from that, let me just add my two cents --

Desert Moon · December 9, 2016 4:13PM

WaterSport · December 9, 2016 5:36PM

Crappy Picture Ebay buy...FS-401 Re Engraved Die.
WS

oih82w8 · December 9, 2016 6:45PM

_ @1630Boston said:_
I'll keep guessing.......fancy 5?

No, Plain 5.

@cardinal said:
Looks like a re-punched or doubled date to my eyes.

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

1630Boston · December 9, 2016 6:47PM

Thank you sincerely @oih82w8 for the enlightenment.

Type2 · December 9, 2016 9:47PM

SkyMan · December 9, 2016 10:36PM

ricko · December 10, 2016 6:56AM

@coinsarefun ...Nice PENNY 1796 G.BRIT HEREFORDSHIRE - HEREFORD E: PLAIN...being a Taurus, that appeals to me. Cheers, RickO

cardinal · December 10, 2016 1:44PM

Andrew Jackson might get kicked off the $20 bill sometime in the future, but he'll be on this Bolen Medal forever --

Broadstruck · December 10, 2016 5:19PM

Looks like we have dueling C4TW threads as last weeks resurfaced

1834 Running Boar HT-9 / Low-8.

silverpop · December 10, 2016 5:27PM

dcarr · December 10, 2016 8:11PM

@cardinal said:
Andrew Jackson might get kicked off the $20 bill sometime in the future, but he'll be on this Bolen Medal forever --

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.

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