Cancelled Morgan dollar die copies

jmcu12 · June 4, 2009 1:47PM

I got these off the bay. Can anyone tell me about the history of these? They are unique, at least I have never seen them before.

The Obverse die is an 1884, not sure if it is a CC or not, I have not tried to VAM it - but I think so.

The Reverse die is an 1878 CC

HTubbs · June 4, 2009 1:54PM

So, these are actually made from real canceled Morgan Dollar dies? If so, very cool! How much were these?

coinkid855 · June 4, 2009 1:56PM

I have a set of these as well. I got them off the bay.

-Paul

Barndog · June 4, 2009 2:04PM

edit: a trusted source told me that the Washington quarter "die" image I first posted (quoted by someone else) was a fake...in other words the image was not that of a true die for a Washington quarter.
So I removed the image. To make the point I originally intended to make, which was showing a "mirror image" appearance of a die face, I went to Fred Weinberg's site and found a useful image of an item he has for sale:

Coinosaurus · June 4, 2009 2:07PM

I think those are legit - they have recovered hundreds of CC dies from the old mint site and a number of trial strikes exist. I think they are issuing them pretty judiciously tho.

coinkid855 · June 4, 2009 2:10PM

<< <i>not a copy of a die if you consider dies should appear as "mirror images" like this one:

>>

They're not copies of dies, rather, they're strikes made from canceled dies.

-Paul

Barndog · June 4, 2009 2:11PM

<< <i>

They're not copies of dies, rather, they're strikes made from canceled dies.

-Paul >>

that makes much more sense

coinkid855 · June 4, 2009 2:19PM

Here's mine:

-Paul

GoldenEyeNumismatics · June 4, 2009 2:43PM

<< <i>I think those are legit - they have recovered hundreds of CC dies from the old mint site and a number of trial strikes exist. I think they are issuing them pretty judiciously tho. >>

It's from an original pair of CC dies---I had the chance to handle the original dies this past summer.

However, this pair is not from any of the dies recovered from the old CC Mint yard.

CaptHenway · June 4, 2009 11:51PM

Are those transfer copy dies used to make the medallions?

COINB0Y · June 4, 2009 11:57PM

Get some to Dan Carr so he can try them in his press.

You know, that's a pretty *BIG* VAM you got there!

Byers · June 5, 2009 12:03AM

They are NOT unique. Here's a link to uspatterns.com which shows several different ones:

link

numobri · June 5, 2009 1:45AM

Check this out...

jmcu12 · June 5, 2009 1:52AM

<< <i>They are NOT unique. >>

Oh, I know they are not unique from a "They are the only ones in existance" but they are unique in that you dont see them everyday.

I would LOVE to get one in silver - if anyone finds one let me know, I might like to pick it up!

numobri · June 5, 2009 2:06AM

Mine is made of GOLD and Silver

Brian

Cancelled Morgan dollar die copies

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