Willson Dollar Die

Hello all,
I have a Willson Dollar Die that I am looking to know if someone would have a good idea of a dollar amount for it. It does have a little sentimental value to me since my grandfather had gotten it when he was in WWII when the mint was destroyed. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

 

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Ok, I'm lost. What mint was destroyed during WW2?
Guy

 

Manila Mint:

http://www.michigancoinclub.org/Bieda_Wilson.html

 

Can you post photos of what you have?

 

Was just looking into maybe getting a silver Wilson Dollar recently... would be really cool to see one of the dies though!!



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Welcome to the neighborhood!

I'd love to see photos of the die, too! I just hope that ownership rights aren't a problem since the facility where they originated was part of the US Mint.

Chris

 

here are a couple pics of it. I've talked to a guy from heritage and a one from NGC, there saying that its ok to have. Enjoy looking.

 

WOW! Very cool item you have there. Thanks for sharing.

 

You are a very lucky individual. I would not think there are that many mint dies out in the public hands that have not been defaced. I would talk to the major auction houses and see what it might fetch in one of the signature auctions. They are really good at estimating what items will sell at. I would have to believe they would be chomping at the bit to get this into one of those auctions. Personally, I do not know how you could part with such an item with the connected past. IMO: That is an incredible family heirloom. That said, I believe my wife would sell it in a heart beat. Only because she does have the same attachment to things of this nature that I do.

Good Luck!

 

I didn't know much about Wilson "dollars, but thanks to this thread I know a little now.

http://www.michigancoinclub.org/Bieda_Wilson.html

The medals themselves are a little pricey, but still affordable:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...w=&_osacat=139967&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

And like Darryl mentions above, I would think the sky might be the limit on this die. A great piece of history... thanks for sharing!

 

That is quite a wonderful piece of history, and there is no telling what it might be worth. I have a friend on the NGC forums who collects presidential memorabilia, and he would probably be drooling over this.

Chris

 

It's threads like this that make me wish there was a drooling emoticon. That is realy neat.

 

I would think that if you were thinking of selling it Heritage would be the venue. They could probably give you a fair idea of value as well. They handle cool stuff like this on a regular basis.

 

Yea, I met with Max Speigal from NGC yesterday in Baltimore to show him. I also talked with a guy from Heritage. Everyone that had looked at it was interested in it. I have also talked to Eric Martin from Coin World, he might be doing a colum in there magazine about it. I guess they say that its really rare to see one thats not been defaced. I have researched the coin allot, but nothing about the die or how much it could be worth. I almost bought a copper Willson Dollar from a guy at the coin show yesterday to have with the Die. It would be a great display of both of them.

 

The thing is, they gave me some prices. But, nobody really knows how much it is really worth due to there's never been one sold before. I had talked to a guy out of texas that had told me there are only 13 in the world.

 

Since it is a rare item that in not sold often... I think that you've probably gotten the best answer that you are gonna get.

 

I agree with Dutch:thumb:
If it a rare die here were you will get the best price for it if you planing to sell it ?
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My guess would have been between 10 and 20. I have only heard of 1 other from another member while I have been a member at CT. Advertised properly (which it would be for one of the major auctions) god only knows how much you would get for it. Keep in mind, in an auction like this, there is a good chance it would leave the country. That would be ashame to be recovered during WWII and then sold to an overseas buyer. I hope if you ever let it go, it ends up in a US Museam. again - just my opinion, it is a great piece with a great story!


BTW: Thanks again for sharing it with us!

 

WOW! What a great piece of U.S. history you have there. You might try contacting the Smithsonian museum directly to see what they might be willing to pay.

 

13 what? Wilson dies? Considering they only struck about 6000 Wilson "dollars" I doubt there would have been 13 dies.

The probable reason the die is not defaced is because it was a medal die and not a coinage die. The coinage dies have to be defaced at the end of the year but the mint often restrikes medals as long as people order them, so they kept it on hand in case there was any more requests for them.