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Fenntucky Mike

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    Need advice from veteran. Newbie in coin. 1862 Hong Kong Pattern Coin. Just got NGC returned my coin with "Questionable Authenticity".

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    The coin Jason posted is Pridmore 290, below are two, supposed, authenticated examples of Pr 291. They are a much closer match to the OP's coin, that's not to say that the OP's coin is authentic, or any of the other coins posted for that matter. 

    Letters and numbers on the coin below look spindly compared to the PCGS coin with stems missing from the wreath, could be due to polishing but the upper loop of the "6" seems to be missing similar to the OP's coin.

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    The coin below was pulled from an auction in 2023. Why? (shrug) This coin exhibits full, or nearly so, details as opposed to the other two. 

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    Auction description:

    "KM-Pn35; Prid-291. A laudable and interesting Proof Hong Kong emission, Pridmore relays that this example is a Mule Pattern Cent, with the reverse of Prid-261 being paired with the obverse of Prid-288. The overall appeal of the example is only increased by the proof nature of the strike, with fully formed and crisp details and rims, with a fair amount of mint red being retained. Light tone even adds a touch of character, making this Pattern one that is certain to capture many excited bids."

    Which if any are authentic? I'm not familiar with these at all but only one of the three is of the quality I would expect for a pattern of this type. 

    Copper 'Droplets' Obverse & Reverse on US Penny 1964 Denver

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    On 4/8/2024 at 7:33 AM, tonyzz said:

    @Fenntucky Mike I thought about this too, that the picture could create a kind of visual illusion and that it's in fact a drill cavity on the reverse creating a protuberance on the obverse. But when doing the coin alignement experiment, we can see the two anomalies are not perfectly aligned, what could eliminate this theory isn't it?

    Looks like two drill marks to me, one on each side. You can see where the drill bit or tool walked on the obv and both sides have what appears to be metal displacement. The alignment, meh, who knows. Damage is damage, doesn't really matter how or why.

    Issue of Sovereigns to United States Sailors, Australia 1925

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    On 4/7/2024 at 2:33 PM, Zebo said:

      A total of American gold dollars weighing 58,979.94 ounces were melted in Melbourne during 1925. Possibly all from the transfer mentioned above. The Melbourne Mint archives should have additional information on this melting. This amount was recorded in the Royal Mint reports and the information was provided to the Royal Mint by the the Superintendent of the Melbourne Mint.

    I assume that by "U.S. dollars" it is meant any U.S. gold coin, presumably double eagles. It would be interesting to know what U.S. gold was exchanged, type and date, but it's highly unlikely such information was recorded.  

     

    Favorite Mint?

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    For the love of silver

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 4/3/2024 at 12:05 PM, zadok said:

    ...i think u r correct, after looking further his coinage designs were considerably more than i first realized... british honduras, iraq, jamaica, new zealand, hong kong, jersey, cyprus, mauritius...im sure u have more.... 

    Nice, a couple more for the list. (thumbsu

    I have a handwritten list going right now, if I get time this weekend I'll start entering everything into a spreadsheet and do a deep dive to see if I can add to it. After that, it's coin finding time.

    I may start a Journal here to track progress, post the list, images, etc.. We'll see...

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    For the love of silver

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    On 3/31/2024 at 10:30 AM, zadok said:

    ...i believe his coinage designs were minimal...he was more of a designer for medals, trophies, works of art...later he was prominent in designing architectural works i.e. interior facades for hotel, banks commercial n possibly govt bldgs...especially in the areas of metal designs...i didnt see written comments but i believe he shied away from those submissions that required govt commission acceptance/approval...time consuming, red tape n probably lower commissions...early on he sought out submissions for medals, awards, trophies etc but went more commercial after his reputation was established....

    I'm thinking the number is going to be between 24-36 obv and rev designs by PM on coinage, current list is up to 20 or so. I'm not planning on picking up examples of the same design used on different denominations or by different countries, the number of pieces would be huge if going that route. The unknown is the number of unmarked designs such as the British '37 three pence reverse and Figi six pence turtle rev, pieces with no initials will be more difficult to identify and add to the list. 

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    For the love of silver

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 3/31/2024 at 9:28 AM, zadok said:

    ...the only info i have in my notes...

     

    war memorial for durban, south africa...

    great seal for england...

    trophy for king presented to cadet corp of british empire...

    british empire exhibition medals 1923, 1924...

    king's trophy medal r.n.a....

    nobel medals...

    mond medals...

    egypian coin obverses king fuad...

    irag coin obverse king feisul...

     

    ...he also worked pre ww1 in london n post ww1 in paris from 1914-1924 for various medal design studios...bout all i have....

    Updating my list now, I was missing a few of those.

    Percy was a busy guy, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a list of his designs used on coinage or one of medals produced. Going to check with the RM and see if they have anything.

    For the love of silver

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 3/30/2024 at 9:14 AM, zadok said:

    ...percy would be proud of u, one of my favorites...nice even toning as well

    Thanks for the assist on this one Z. (thumbsu

    I'm working on a P M type set of obv and rev designs, do you know of a list of his coin and medal designs? I have not been able to find one as of yet. 

    Latest ANA Online Auction

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    On 3/28/2024 at 12:51 PM, Just Bob said:

    Sad to say, I'm not familiar with these auctions. Can you post a link?

    I get a notice from the ANA when the auctions are live and they have them starting the third Thursday of every month on ebay, I think the bidding is open for seven days. The lots can be pretty underwhelming a lot of the time but this time they had some more interesting things, well, to me anyway. Also, if you're the winning bidder and are a member of the ANA you receive a 20% discount on the winning bid if remember correctly, and they combine shipping.

    https://www.money.org/museum-auction/

    https://www.ebay.com/str/moneymuseumdeaccessionauctions

    Latest ANA Online Auction

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    Did anyone pick up anything at the latest ANA auction?

    I walked away with the complete set of Numismatic Review booklets, some copies of the New Zealand Numismatic Journal, and missed out on a few other lots. 

    I was bidding on the book below but was sniped at the end, I was really hoping to win this one. :frustrated: Congratulations to the winner whomever they may be. :golfclap:

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