Not sure what it is. 0

[jimbo27]

I saw this on ebay and thought I would share, not looking to bid, just thought it was interesting.

[Sandon]

   This is almost certainly some sort of fake. I doubt the seller is being truthful about seeing it struck at the Carson City mint museum.  As I recall there were some cancelled dies found buried near the mint some years ago, but they were rusted and wouldn't have produced a "coin" that looked like this.

[zadok]

On 12/8/2022 at 11:10 AM, Sandon said:

   This is almost certainly some sort of fake. I doubt the seller is being truthful about seeing it struck at the Carson City mint museum.  As I recall there were some cancelled dies found buried near the mint some years ago, but they were rusted and wouldn't have produced a "coin" that looked like this.

...possibly one of Daniel's fantasy issues?...correct on the buried dies they were from seated issues 1870's....

[Henri Charriere]

Two things this thing's got going for it:

1-  the coin, all other things being equal, is of a purer persuasion: .999 fine vs. .900 fine, and

2-  the seller has "100% positive feedback.

Unfortunately, its eye appeal, to me, is negative three.  I fail to see the point in "minting" anything that requires you to manually cross-score (gouge out) a side.  Why wouldn't a counter-punch suffice?  Why would it even be necessary to do anthing at all if the reverse is blank? I have never found desecration to be charming.

[Greenstang]

A Chinese counterfeit die that has been defaced then minted. Wonder how many more are out there.

[zadok]

On 12/8/2022 at 7:51 PM, Greenstang said:

A Chinese counterfeit die that has been defaced then minted. Wonder how many more are out there.

...doubtful it is chinese if its .999 silver....

[Just Bob]

On 12/8/2022 at 8:57 PM, zadok said:

...doubtful it is chinese if its .999 silver....

If the story about how the coin was acquired is false, the statement that it is .999 silver is likely false, too.

[Just Bob]

According to Daniel Carr, the 1884 die that was used to strike examples at the Nevada State Museum (the old Carson City mint) was paired with a CC reverse from 1878.I found an example struck in copper here: Link

[zadok]

On 12/8/2022 at 10:50 PM, Just Bob said:

According to Daniel Carr, the 1884 die that was used to strike examples at the Nevada State Museum (the old Carson City mint) was paired with a CC reverse from 1878.I found an example struck in copper here: Link

...nice to know, im sure the vam collectors could easily verify that die pairing....