1942 BAKELITE PATTERNS Pubblico Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 24, June 9, 2002, Article 6
1942 BAKELITE PATTERNS
In a posting to the Pittsburgh Numismatic Society newsgroup,
Kavan Ratanuga writes: "I find it interesting that the U.S. had
experimented with Bakelite Patterns in 1942 and Aluminum
Patterns in 1974 at the same time, for the same reasons as in
Ceylon Patterns of 1942 1 cent in Bakelite, 1971 in Steel,
Nickel-Brass Clad Steel and Aluminum and 1975. Aluminum
was adopted in 1978 for these Sri Lanka 5 cent and 10 cent
coins.All these are very very rare with only 2 or 3 known to exist.
The SriLanka patterns are imaged and discussed in
http://lakdiva.net/coins/pattern/index.html and links from it
as in
http://lakdiva.net/coins/pattern/1942_george_vi_01c_pattern.htmlThanks to information in the U.S. pattern book by Andrew
Pollock lent to me by Wayne I have added a few comments
on the corresponding U.S. patterns and give online links for
more details."[I was pleased to have Kavan visit last weekend. While I
toiled on The E-Sylum, he was researching the bakelite
pieces in my library. You never know when having the 1942
volume of The Numismatist on the shelf will come in handy.
Please take some time to peruse his web site.Also, Kavan would like to contact Gary Alt with a question
about the patterns - does anyone have an address for him?
-Editor]- 2002-06-09
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