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From: "Byron " <bkweston@netzero.net>
Thanks, John, I appreciate the feedback and your opinions. This is an
area that I obviously need to study more than I have. As I am off to
mandatory overtime this morning and the wedding of a nephew to attend
this afternoon I cannot reply in detail at this time. This is one
controversy that I don't mind stirring up though....
Byron
--- In colonial-coins@egroups.com, johnmenc@m... wrote:
> Usually when it comes to Blacksmiths-I will admit I am very
sensitive
> when anyone even remotely critizes the provenance of any of the
> varities listed with the exception of Wood 33 which I believe is an
> Evasion. But it stops there. The other related Blacksmiths in
Wood's
> article are unquestionably Blacksmiths of Lower Canada Woods 1-42
> except Wood 33. Blacksmiths with legends are indeed debatable as
the
> one's that appear after the Wood listed types. Planchet metrologies
> on these are different than the English and Irish counterfeits
Byron
> has been exploring and his theories that many are from England was
> never a suprise to me. The Machins are die linked in 1787/1788 very
> nicely to the State coppers but as you proceed to the earlier dated
> ones their is some speculation on the attribution of these as
> American if their is no obverse or reverse die link. Rather than
> flashing pictures at us over the past several months you would
> benefit everyone much more by an article involving a detailed
> obverse/reverse family tree of Machins followed by similar obverse
> and reverse tree of CC's in your collection. It would not suprise
me
> that only the Machins with current Vlack numbers are the pricipal
> American counterfeits and everything else in terms of George or
Irish
> motifs are English imports.
> Kleeburg's C2R obverse/reverse die sharing scheme is were you
belong. - 2000-10-21
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