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From: "dadpleasesendmoney" <books@bowmanstonepress.com>
Subject: Re: DANSKE AMERICANSK
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The one I have has scarcely any wear. I doubt that it ever had any silverin=
g. Will
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "colonialjohn" <johnmenc@...> wrote:
>
> Byron - one last comment - NEVER assume total brass after a quick 5X magn=
ifier look - I have examined (XRF) brass counterfeits of silver denominatio=
ns to the eye they llooked like brass and have picked up 2-4% Ag in the ana=
lysis in a FEW cases - check the edges of all the lettering with a loop - j=
ust saying ... the silvering could be 99.5 % gone ...=20
>=20
> --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "dadpleasesendmoney" <books@> wrot=
e:
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> >=20
> > Byron, I believe that Syd has found pretty compelling evidence that the=
y are of Birmingham origin. At the time I was holding out the possibility =
of anorher mint site. Robert Vlack's assertion that the GTs circulated fir=
st in the West Indies seemed to suggest a possible second distribution sche=
me and the mulings made me consider the possibility that a mint might have =
existed there (long shot). I also thought that Ireland was a long shot piss=
ibilty. When asked, Mr Vlack could not recall the source of his assertion.=
I have a nice unsulvered counterfeit and several originals. I believe rh=
ey shiuld be upgraded as ti American status. Typing on my phine si sorry fo=
r typos. Will
> > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "Byron" <bkw11@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, Santa didn't bring it but it arrived on Christmas eve, and it h=
asn't been paid for yet. Each year about this time a dealer sends me a of =
coins he thinks I may have an interest in and among those was a 24 Skilling=
Danish West Indies - now the American Virgin Islands - piece. Interestingl=
y it is in brass, not silver, and weighs 5.3 g compared to the standard 6.5=
g.
> > > In Will Nipper's "In Yankee Doodle's Pocket" he mentions , on page 27=
0, that "In 2002 two examples of a very interesting counterfeit surfaced. B=
oth mule a die-worn Georgivs Triumpho obverse with an imitation of the reve=
rse from a 1767 twenty-four skilling pieces of the Danis West Indies. Genui=
ne six, twelve and twenty-four skilling pieces are fifty percent silver. Th=
e newly discovered mulse, however, are coppers." Will then goes on to quest=
ion where such a counterfeiting operation may have been.
> > > There were no pictures of these mules in Will' s book, and the differ=
ence between those muled counterfiets and this one is the date; this one is=
dated 1763, and it is not muled. To me, the muling with the GT obverse sug=
gests Great Britain as a minting location, and circulation perhaps in Ameri=
can as well as the then Danish West Indies for these copper/brass counterfe=
its.=20
> > >=20
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >=20
> > > Byron
> > >=20
> > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, CMcdon0923@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyone want to share any numismatic goodies Santa may have dropped =
off?
> > > >=20=20
> > > > Nothing for me.....I never include anything on my list, since I don=
't think=20
> > > > any of my family would be interested in buying me an R6+ CT or VT =
that I=20=20
> > > > need.
> > > >=20=20
> > > > Although, we did have a white Christmas here in Texas!=20=20
> > > >=20=20
> > > >=20=20
> > > > It began with thunderstorms starting around 2:30am Christmas morni=
ng which=20
> > > > by around 9am had turned to sleet, but by 10:30 or so it was=20=20
> > > > snowing......and it kept up until about 6pm. We got a total of bet=
ween 3 to 4".
> > > >=20
> > > >=20=20
> > > > I can only recall maybe two since we've lived here but I'm pretty s=
ure this=20
> > > > is the first one where it actually snowed on Christmas day !!
> > > >
> > >
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