The New Orleans Mint had persistent problems with alloy mix and improper annealing of blanks. The Philadelphia Mint sent an engineer there in 1900 and he corrected most of the problems. But pressure from Mint HQ in Washington forced NO to revert to their old practices in order to meet production targets. Naturally, the problems returned.
(A speculation of mine is that the 1900-O/CC dies were actually repaired test dies used by the engineer and the coins not intended for circulation. But, so far there are only hints in the documentation about this.)
<< <i>Another prime example of the quality control at the New Orleans mint! >>
I saw a guy today with a t shirt on with big letters across the back, "DEA, New Orleans"... as I got closer I made out the small print, Drunk Every Afternoon...
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That's pretty cool, brother.
The detached lamination could, at one point, still have been attached, and someone could have just separate it more recently for sumbission, right?
<< <i>It's really cool, but I'm not too sure about the price tag
The detached lamination could, at one point, still have been attached, and someone could have just separate it more recently for sumbission, right? >>
I just saw it this morning on CU... Guess it could have been a clam shell error at one point?
TC71
Now ain't that just something. You're right, that's something I don't see everyday.
Very cool!
-wes
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The New Orleans Mint had persistent problems with alloy mix and improper annealing of blanks. The Philadelphia Mint sent an engineer there in 1900 and he corrected most of the problems. But pressure from Mint HQ in Washington forced NO to revert to their old practices in order to meet production targets. Naturally, the problems returned.
(A speculation of mine is that the 1900-O/CC dies were actually repaired test dies used by the engineer and the coins not intended for circulation. But, so far there are only hints in the documentation about this.)
<< <i>Very cool. What's it worth? >>
Not Sure
On a dealers site with an ask of $5.5K for the combo slabs.
how rare is it
how much
thanks
Cool indeed.
Mike
You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
<< <i>Another prime example of the quality control at the New Orleans mint!
I saw a guy today with a t shirt on with big letters across the back, "DEA, New Orleans"... as I got closer I made out the small print, Drunk Every Afternoon...
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