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RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trial strike?

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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    more info needed on this one
    looks like a die trial
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image on imageimage
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a splasher/die trial.

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    ajmanajman Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    Is it made out of gold or some other metal? Maybe it's the picture but I have to admit I've never seen a coin with that type of look with gold before. Very interesting to say the least.
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    GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It is a splasher/die trial. >>



    produced after the die had been retired? The die looks pretty rusted.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tin? Or lead? Is there newspaper stuck to the other side?

    Very cool.
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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about a picture of the other side?
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lead uni-face splasher image
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always liked splashers - here's one for CA gold fans.

    Tough to get closer to the die makers hands......unless they are latter day fakes.

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    CircOnlyCircOnly Posts: 2,214 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image on imageimage >>



    image This cracked me up!
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shouldn't it be:

    image on image ?? image
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that's pretty cool. i'd like to see the obv.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No idea, but certainly different... Cheers, RickO
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll have to photograph the other side - it is has a ghost image of the reverse - it looks as though it was on a piece of leather or something else with a little give to it when the impression was made.

    Goldeneye - I think the die is fresh - a lot of what you are seeing is oxidation - the areas without oxidation show VERY sharp die striations - I think it would be a safe bet that this die had not struck any gold coins when this impression was taken.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The back:

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    Tim - is that a Moffat $20 or a Kellogg?

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Regulated:

    Kellogg K1A from the Robert Bass sale.
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    RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's actually both a Moffat and a Kellogg - I discovered that they used the same dies a while ago.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Regulated

    It's actually both a Moffat and a Kellogg - I discovered that they used the same dies a while ago.



    Great piece and discovery! It's neat to know Moffat and Kellogg used the same dies. Is the die maker known?
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    WHPRATTWHPRATT Posts: 114 ✭✭✭
    @Regulated: That is cool, but for my taste I'd prefer the LakeSammie piece : )

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