What am I?.. Magazine/Catalog Printing Plates?
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Really really...... Who are YOU?
Not printing plates.
Can't be a hub trial because of the "D" mint mark (which in 1961 would have been added to each working die and was not present on any hubs).
Looks like a "vice job". Neat though.
Thought that might be the case. Was hoping not though. Oh well. Sure isn't the typical vice job we normally come across..
Here is what a printing plate for an older book would look like (pictures posted in another thread):
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1010326/
Vice job.
Possibly intended for use in embossing paper. The work looks unprofessional so they may just be the result of someone fooling around.
Looks like someone was trying to make a mold or dies to counterfeit nickels similar to the Henning counterfeit nickels. A genuine coin was placed between two pieces of steel plate and was squeezed in a vise or impacted with a hammer or some other way to impress and transfer the images of the nickel into the steel plates.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Someone had too much time on their hands and these were just experiments?
Still crude, but must have picked up a good book and tried to imitate. Or, maybe wrote a book.
Appears a cutting torch was used to cut the blocks (molten beading on edges).
——-Another train of thought
Interesting that “Dye” plate was written on the 2x2. Perhaps the whole purpose was to make a bunch of these, cut them up, stick them in 2x2s, and sell. Call them imitation “dye” plates.
Nope, that is a photogravure plate for printing to paper. In a previous life, I was in that union when I worked at the NY Daily News, Brooklyn plant where we printed the Sunday funnies and the color magazine section. Those parts of the sunday paper were printed weeks in advance. The dots held ink, it's still usable. Nice find. Peace Roy
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Interesting... Looks like a vise job... Roy could be right as well.... what material is the metal plate? Must be softer than regular steel. Cheers, RickO