Canadian Blacksmiths and Die Links Publique Deposited
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As previously mentioned (briefly) back during 4/99 Wayne Jacobs sent
me his thoughts on Canadian Blacksmiths I just thought one short
passage would be enjoyable from his treatise on these fascinating
issues. I am seeing a surge in these issues "as of late" as with the
British imports contemporaries. His passage on "DIE LINKS" is most
instructive and clearly shows how well and disciplined a mind Jacobs
has in the field of Canadian numismatics:
Woods research showed that many of the "Balcksmiths" were linked by
their dies, indicating production in a "single house."
Wood Numbers 1-10 are all linked through dies which show a common
place of origin. Numbers 11 and 12 share a common obverse and,
although not die linked to the first group, resemble it in design and
style. The same could be said of numbers 16-18 which are, in
themselves, die linked. Wood 13 and 14/15 stand alone but "still"
resemble all of the above.
Wood 19-22 are all die linked but seem to be from a different mint if
not from a different era, being "Blacksmith" copies of
either "Tiffins or the Bust-Harp types.
The last big group is Woods 23-28 and Jacobs believes the common Wood
23 was an earlier issue and in later years became badly rusted and
broken and paired up with home-made and or/discarded dies of a couple
of storecards from the 1830's to create the "much rarer" Woods 24-28.
All the rest stand by themselves except for Wood 33. JPL-Believe this
to be a mis-attributed evasion due to its extreme "Common" nature.
The earlier Woods of George II seem to have been produced on a large
scale.
JPL-Again, metallurgical make-up of these specimens will no doubt be
different than the Georgian British imports or "dirtier" with their
trace metals. I am certain this will be seen over the next several
years. I await the information on these unlinked Machins but everone
at this point knows my opinion on these pieces. The "time period" in
which these Machin pieces were discovered, the diagnostices used in
the "80's" to classify these as Machins, the uncertainty in
undertypes which has recently been "called-up" as proof all need to
be reviewed again. Are State Coppers overstruck on Machins or are
these "imagined" to be O/S on Machins as one cataloguer recently
alluded to in an upcoming sale.
Contemporary Counterfeits-The last frontier in American Numismatics-
Love it or Leave It!!! - 2003-10-07
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