I was playing with my cancelled CC dies strikes

Yes, a must own for any CC collector. Have had many. That's the silver variety. There are coppers too (which you know and could post for us, Todd!!).

bob

@Insider2 said:
Who made them?

This is hopefully responsive:

"The CC Mint did strike some medals with the cancelled dies on CC coin press 1. Specifically, they had 170 of the following struck by Don Schmitz, owner of the Nevada City Mint. The following was sold last month on the bay:"

For the full discussion here is a link to the sourced thread:

(Take note particularly of posts dated from April 18, 2016 to January 31, 2017 which focus on the subject of the Carson City cancelled dies.)

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/914924/remembering-the-pony-express-at-the-carson-city-mint-a-photo-essay

Awesome looking dies.

Donato

@divecchia said:
Awesome looking dies.

Donato

Those aren't dies. Rather they are silver rounds struck from cancelled CC dies. Todd was kind enough to sell me several including two copper versions. One was a uniface strike on an oversized octagonal copper planchet. Todd had some great pics and perhaps he could share them.

I was the underbidder of a canceled morgan dollar obverse die a couple years ago - it went went cheap and I should have tried bidding a bit more.... Those are super cool strikes!

Very cool indeed

Where are the dies now? Can DCarr borrow them?

Here's a uniface copper from the same obverse die:

There are worse things to play with Todd ( and better )

Bought this from you Todd a few years ago.

In the mid 1970s I purchased this one sided "coin" at the Carson City Mint Museum Store. I had it mounted on a sterling money clip. I heard the man who ran the Nevada City Mint had (25?) two ounce coins with both the front and reverse made up. But I am not sure this is true.

What a refreshing thread. Thanks. Very informative

I find modern Cancel die strikes quite desirable. I am wandering ever deeper in the World of EXONUMIA. I just dig this coin art.

Questions on the 2oz silver Don Schmitz medals struck with cancelled CC dies:
1) Sources vary on the location where they were struck. Some say the Nevada City Mint. Others say the old Carson City Mint, on coin press #1.
2) Sources say that they were struck in the late 1990s, but no specific year is provided.
3) I have not read whether the VAM has been investigated for the 1884 obverse or the 1878 reverse. Although there was die rust/damage, it looks to me like possibly 1884-CC VAM 4 obverse, and possibly 1878-CC VAM 7 reverse.

Can you help in providing an answer or reliable source for any of these questions?