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1938 nickel pattern???

closing on ebay in like 20 mins...never seen anything like it...struck in alumimun
1938 nickel on ebay
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  • It's in Norway, run, run.

    Ron
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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭
    ever see anything like it???
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • No, it's probably a fantasy piece.
    But I could be wrong. It doesn't resemble any of the patterns I have ever seen for
    the Jefferson Nickel.

    Ron

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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There was one in the patterns section of the last Goldberg auction. Forgot what it went for. BNB also has one for sale on eBay, now doing business under qualityrarecoins:

    Link to eBay
  • Common as hen's teeth.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭
    so i guess this was "per se" a fantasy piece
    some london guy bought this plaster of a submitted design by a dutch artist who lost to felix
    the guy in london had dies made from the plasters he bought from stacks auction
    i guess he struck shy of 2,000 pieces
    not so sure as common as hens teeth but the history behind these are neat
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  • Well, here's another one, by Christian Arpad Jakobb:

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  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭✭
    I kinda like the reverse on that Jakobb piece.
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  • No this was not a fantasy piece.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No this was not a fantasy piece. >>


    from what i read on them...they fit that mold fine
    the piece never was minted by the us nor were dies ever made/cut from the plaster molds
    someone had a fantasy to make dies from the plaster and mint them
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just a curio.... Cheers, RickO
  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,031 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do not believe pattern is the correct term for this piece. It is a privately produced piece based upon a submission for the coin, but as far as I understand was never considered a pattern or even thought of as a serious contender.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,671 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>so i guess this was "per se" a fantasy piece
    some london guy bought this plaster of a submitted design by a dutch artist who lost to felix
    the guy in london had dies made from the plasters he bought from stacks auction
    i guess he struck shy of 2,000 pieces
    not so sure as common as hens teeth but the history behind these are neat >>



    I remember seeing the plasters at the Stacks table at an ANA convention. The dies were made later, and they did not do a very good job of copying them. See that row of dots above the right side of the building? That is supposed to be the top of a tree.

    I thought these were struck in silver, but I may be wrong.

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  • << <i>I thought these were struck in silver, but I may be wrong. >>



    Yah, sterling, which is why it seems odd.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭
    off all things that surprise me is that "the men in black" don't have this on a hit list

    they'll go after any n all 33' saints or 64 peace
    69 ddo lincolns even made such list at one time

    but here
    a foreigner in another country produces coins bearing us five cents
    hmmm

    btw..."I remember seeing the plasters at the Stacks table at an ANA convention"
    thats kool
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There was one in the patterns section of the last Goldberg auction. Forgot what it went for. BNB also has one for sale on eBay, now doing business under qualityrarecoins:

    Link to eBay >>

    So did our buddy just "make up" that image of the piece selling in the August 2001 Auction?
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>There was one in the patterns section of the last Goldberg auction. Forgot what it went for. BNB also has one for sale on eBay, now doing business under qualityrarecoins:

    Link to eBay >>

    So did our buddy just "make up" that image of the piece selling in the August 2001 Auction? >>

    Here's the Heritage Listing.

    What's wrong here? $920 in 2001 and $57 this week?
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why does the listing say 1916 G$! J-1802?

    Hacked listing?
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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,355 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've had two of these in my showcase for the last three shows. Priced at $20 each.

    A number of people have looked at them, but none have pulled the trigger. Interesting pieces, but obviously not everyones cup of tea.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,425 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I've had two of these in my showcase for the last three shows. Priced at $20 each.

    A number of people have looked at them, but none have pulled the trigger. Interesting pieces, but obviously not everyones cup of tea. >>



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