Whats the approx value of this piece and its history?

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• STONE Posts: 15,275 ✭

  September 21, 2008 11:45AM

  Cancelled Die re-strike. If I remember right the originals are rare and very valuable.
  
  Don't know the value of one of these re-strikes.

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• tjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭

  September 21, 2008 11:47AM

  Those were struck for the centenial of the War of Northern Agression in 1961 from cancelled original dies. They apparently struck many of them. I would guess under $5.00, but cool never-the-less. Brasslow created the originals in the 19th century, so these are called Brasslow restrikes. I believe them to have been struck from bronze.

  Tom
  
  

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• commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭

  September 21, 2008 11:48AM

  Ambro would be the perfect person to answer this question.
  
  -Paul

  Many Quality coins for sale at http://www.CommonCentsRareCoins.com

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• AOEDAD Posts: 107 ✭

  September 21, 2008 11:55AM

  Made by Robert Bashlow in 1961. Worth about $30 .. but have seen some NGC certified examples sell on e-bay for as much as $100
  
  Bashlow decided to strike a second run of CSA restrikes using the 1873 Lovett defaced dies. But these dies had been poorly stored and had been badly pitted from rust. It was decided to have August Frank Co. make a second set of dies using the “ transfer “ process to create a set of dies that is exactly the same as the original set in every detail.
  
  In 1961 the minting of these restrikes began in Copper, Goldine and Silver plus several test strikes.
  
  Both the original dies and the transfer dies were then taken to the Smithsonian where they are now preserved as part of our national heritage

  "Authority on Exonumia" - DAD
  
  "many contacts among the Lumberjacks "
  
  NGC Registry AOEDAD sets:
  
  Set #1 Major Expositions
  Set #2 So-called Dollar Collections
  So-called $50 Slug Facsimiles
  Bashlow re-strikes
  
  
  

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• gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭

  September 21, 2008 12:28PM

  Many thanks for the help guys!

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• firstmint Posts: 1,171 ✭

  September 21, 2008 12:33PM

  FYI -
  
  John Ford sold these to Robert Bashlow in 1961 for $4,500.
  
  Ford bought them from Michael Zeddies (who was a grandson of Virgil Brand) in 1954 for $65.
  
  
  
  

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• jonathanb Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 21, 2008 3:24PM

  If those are spots near the date (and not just in the picture), they'll hold back the value some. These come VERY nice -- MS-68 grades aren't exactly common, but they're not particularly noteworthy either.
  
  Otherwise, I agree with AOEDAD -- about $30, give or take a smidge. Check eBay sales history for "Bashlow restrikes".

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