1788 Massachusetts Cent, "Evanson" restrike ?

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• MWallace Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 21, 2010 8:23PM

  Nice looking copy. I've never heard of them either. I look forward to reading something about them.

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• rjsvt Posts: 163 ✭

  August 21, 2010 9:59PM

  I found this reference to a coin dealer named Henry Evans.
  
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• BillJones Posts: 33,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 22, 2010 12:00AM

  This is not really a restrike. Restrikes are made from the original dies at a later date than the original coins. These are really fancy counterfeits although they have long had a level of acceptance in the hobby.

  Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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• yellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭

  August 22, 2010 1:00AM

  
  
  << <i>This is not really a restrike. Restrikes are made from the original dies at a later date than the original coins. These are really fancy counterfeits although they have long had a level of acceptance in the hobby. >>
  
  
  
  I thought it looked too crisp to be from the original dies, nevertheless, very nice looking!

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• coinsarefun Posts: 21,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 22, 2010 3:02AM

  I have a post about these but need to do a search.
  But some info when I purchased mine.
  
  "Pair of 1788-Dated Massachusetts Coinage Restrikes by Evans. Red Uncirculated. Breen-972/973.
  A beautiful 1/2 Cent and Cent pairing with mostly orange-red surfaces. According to Walter Breen,
  these were struck sometime after WWII by Springfield, Massachusetts coin dealer Henry Evans.
  Examples are scarcely seen and seldom offered at auction."
  
  
  

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• dcarr Posts: 8,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 22, 2010 5:13AM

  Thanks for the info !
  That is what I needed to know.
  
  The only ramaining mystery is, I haven't found any records of what they sell for.
  

  Moonlight Mint

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• coinsarefun Posts: 21,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 22, 2010 6:14AM

  
  
  << <i>Thanks for the info !
  That is what I needed to know.
  
  The only ramaining mystery is, I haven't found any records of what they sell for. >>
  
  
  
  
  
  i have never found any auctions for them, but understand they sell for +-$100 depending
  On condition.
  

  CoinsAreFun Pictorials Album
  .
  CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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  Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
  .
  More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC

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• dcarr Posts: 8,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 22, 2010 9:00AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>Thanks for the info !
  That is what I needed to know.
  
  The only ramaining mystery is, I haven't found any records of what they sell for. >>
  
  
  
  
  
  i have never found any auctions for them, but understand they sell for +-$100 depending
  On condition. >>
  
  
  
  Thanks. I bought it for $30, so pretty good deal it seems.
  

  Moonlight Mint

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