A New Blacksmith Connection? Publique Deposited
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From: "Byron Weston" <bkweston@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: A New Blacksmith Connection?
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...originally they were said to have come from Germany, but the one=20
thing they all have in common is Michigan.
BTW, John, email attachments are limited to 1MB by Yahoo but Files=20
and Photos uploads are not.
Please upload your better large file images there.
Byron
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "Byron Weston" <bkweston@v...>=20
wrote:
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> --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "John Lorenzo"=20
<johnmenc@o...>=20
> wrote:
> >
> > A new blacksmith connection based on clashed dies on a Wood 14=20
> > example:
> >=20=20
> > Although tough to see - here is the blacksmith which has=20
purposely=20
> > been rotated 180 degrees to view in my opinion this FANTASTIC die=20
> > clashing EFFECT on Britannia's head for this blacksmith. When=20
> > looking at the actual coin you can make out which appears to be=20
the=20
> > whole outline of a ship!?
> > I studied the coin for three hours and here are some of my=20
initial=20
> > thoughts:
> > It appears there is an outline of a ship similar to BL-24C in=20
terms=20
> > of the multiple small holes in the body of the frigate ship which=20
> > relate very closely to this Breton number. See W.K.Cross page=20
214.=20
> > On the left side of the ship I do see lines which appear as small=20
> > waves.=20
> > The object above the body of the ship? seems to be a distorted=20
> sail.=20
> > There is nothing on the other side of the coin but the typical=20
> > Britannia figure.=20
> > This is a Wood 14 host coin.=20
> > The ship design seems to be from die clashing and is NOT an=20
> > undertype or putting it more plainly a Wood 14 O/S on a Breton=20
> > 999,W657 or Lees 5A.
> >=20=20
> > Any thoughts? Never seen a Wood 11-18 with any die clashing of=20
this=20
> > magnitude, any proof of its linkage to the Ships Colonies &=20
> Commerce=20
> > series within this die family and of course this die family (W11-
> 18)=20
> > is not known with an O/S on any issue like a Wood 19 for example.
> >=20
> > See the FILES.
> >=20
> > John Lorenzo
>=20
> Perhaps the answer may lie in the pedigree, John, where did you get=20
> this coin?=20
> There seem to be a lot of modern O/S on contemporary coinages=20
> floating around out there these days. Some people say they are made=20
> in Canada, others say they are made in Michigan.
> Faking clashing from another coin would be even easier to do with a=20
> hydraulic press.
> Just a thought...
> Byron
> - 2005-12-07
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