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US Coins, World Coins, and More => US Coins, tokens and medals => Topic started by: coinsarefun on September 09, 2013, 06:49:12 PM
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Something you don't see every day and yet I really like collecting them.
They are electrotypes
Description from Stacks auction:
1766 Pitt token, nicely made from a high grade specimen, hints of lead showing;
1787 Standing Indian / New York Arms copper; much lead visible on central devices, a well made electro; and
1796 Castorland medal, a very unusual piece, superbly made, but after a later Castorland restrike using the post
1845 copy reverse die, almost certainly a professionally produced museum electrotype, lustrous and coppery on the obverse.
1766 Pitt Token
(http://i39.tinypic.com/20svthi.jpg)
1796 Castorland Medal
(http://i43.tinypic.com/30wm1yg.jpg)
1787 Standing Indian / New York Arms Copper
(http://i39.tinypic.com/4jakbn.jpg)