Some observations and questions about a coin nobody here really liked.
DNADave
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Set aside for a second the fact that nobody really liked the coin pictured below (the bottom one).
The first coin pictured is a Mel Wacks counterstamp design. Notice that the moon and stars in the
center are RAISED designs and how thin the lines are that separate the three motifs.
On the second coin the same devises are incuse in the design and the lines are thicker that separate the motifs.
It couldn't be that the second coin was a counterfeit counterstamp (tee hee) or the letters
would have been backwards i.e. if the coin had been struck with the master die.
Could this be a test strike or a trial pattern for the design?
Maybe that would explain why it was double struck....I still don't know why the nickel would have been on the other side.
Even if you don't like it. Can you help explain it?
The first coin pictured is a Mel Wacks counterstamp design. Notice that the moon and stars in the
center are RAISED designs and how thin the lines are that separate the three motifs.
On the second coin the same devises are incuse in the design and the lines are thicker that separate the motifs.
It couldn't be that the second coin was a counterfeit counterstamp (tee hee) or the letters
would have been backwards i.e. if the coin had been struck with the master die.
Could this be a test strike or a trial pattern for the design?
Maybe that would explain why it was double struck....I still don't know why the nickel would have been on the other side.
Even if you don't like it. Can you help explain it?
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I think there was a nickel behind it for the first counterstrike and something else (The circular rings) behind it for the second strike.
I find it more interesting though, that the design is different than all the other ones I've seen
for example, the first strike was weak so they put a nickel under it to get a stronger strike.
There are many differences in the design between the genuine Wacks c/s and this thing. The font may be the same style but the size is different, especially on the three names, and the stars and crescent are considerably smaller on the fake(?) and placed further from the names.