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--- In colonial-coins@y..., "njcopperjohn" <jlorenzo@o...> wrote:
> So with this die sharing family of English counterfeits and
evasions
> would not similar trace elements in thier compositions 'STRENGTHEN'
> the probabilty that they all came from a single counterfeit issuer
> and that they were iisued during a particular point in time
> regardless of their dates??? But I already knew this John --- then
> consider---
> Studying then these metallurgical compositions of these 'known'
> English counterfeits from above and then reviewing their
compositions
> would they possibly not be able to tie-in other Atkin (Cobwright)
> varieties or spidery lettered counterfeits that may not immediately
> be tied in by simple visual die sharing match-making techniques
from
> your studies? Would this 'other' tool hinder or help your
attribution
> process in the short or long term?
>
> JPL.
Yes, of course, but I wouldn't place any value on it beyond being
supplimentary. I also think it might reveal some interesting
metalurgical diversity within Families, such as the Simians, coin X,
coin Y, Atkins-232, Young Head Families, etc. as well as the American
made Atlee counterfeits which were likely made in different places
over a period of years. It might even reveal some State coinage
issues to be metalurgically more similar to, say, Conder tokens than
to other State series, or to the Atlee counterfeits. I might even
expect that with Washingtonia and a few other pieces. I wouldn't be
surprised if it were found that the mixtures within a State series
varied greatly. That would be interesting, I suppose, but certainly
not conclusive - it would not necessarily prove or disprove anything.
I wouldn't be in any hurry to declare any such metalurgical analyses
as the final say in such matters because it could also be missused to
falsely 'disprove' connections that are otherwise quite obvious. The
metal mixture for any issue could have changed from one moment to the
next. I would also think that there might even be some profound
differences between the ore and the processed metal in many cases as
a bit of this and a bit of that may have been added to the melting
pot. It would be a very interesting study though, but as I've said,
it would have to be all inclusive of as many Colonial/Confederation
era, American and British issues and varieties as possible. Otherwise
it might be too tempting for a researcher to skew the results with
too small of a sampling to get their own desired results and
conclusion. I've always felt that the information should be gathered
before the hypothesis or theory is developed and presented, not the
other way around. Unfortuantely numismatic research is often done
that way.
I hope that my pointing out all of these other unproven possibilities
may be of some help to you. I'll let you have the final say, John,
and then patiently await your study.
Byron
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