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  • umm... ah! i have no clueimage


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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,559 ✭✭✭
    Will you please reduce your sig photos to a reasonable size?
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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    theres a question at hand..hello, never mind the pics

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    Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
  • MJPHELANMJPHELAN Posts: 800 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a Gallery Mint item. The photo of the reverse looks like it may have been retouched (or is that part of the design at the bottom)?

    I have not seen anything like it.

    Mark
    Mark
  • EvilMCTEvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    Never seen one of these before.

    Ken
    my knuckles, they bleed, on your front door
  • Kinda cool, but pricey!
  • HootHoot Posts: 867
    Edited to correct the reference of what the 1993 commem portrait was modeled after.

    It's a concept design that is, I believe, post-1993 in origin. The seller claims that it's based on an original design submitted for competition in 1938 by Frans Karel Hejda. They also claim that the original plaster pieces were sold by Stack's in 1994 to a European dealer that used them to make dies for a concept piece. I have my significant doubts about this, but I am not certain of the authenticity or lack thereof. The design smacks of too many elements that are similar to other post-1938 pieces, and I think it's a bit conincidental that the bust of Jefferson used is nearly identical to that of the bust on the 1993 U.S. Mint commem, which is modeled after original portrait medallion by Gilbert Stuart. I simply believe this is a modern concoction. It's also done in medallic alignment, which is typical of token numismatics.

    Hoot
    From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. - Whitman
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    I offerd him 75 if it didnt sell...well he counterd with 100 and free shipping..ive since changed my mind, Ill go 20 bucks to throw it in my jeffery book.
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    Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
  • HootHoot Posts: 867
    Let us know if you find out more about the piece.

    Hoot
    From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. - Whitman
  • RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭
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    Edited to add: pontiacinf: Don't do it!
  • nOoBiEeEnOoBiEeE Posts: 1,011 ✭✭


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    Nice investigative work Sherlock...image

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