A customer walked in with this today. It's marked D on the side... probably for dime... and on the top in light autopen writing you see "US 10C 226" I thought it was cool and wanted to share since I'd bet most folks have never seen one of these. It looks like it was partially defaced so you couldn't use it... but still very cool none the less. Enjoy!
I was just thinking the same thing. I don't know of another dealer who gets the kind of items you do Matt. Nice addition!
is there any way to research the significance of 226? It would be neat to say "This collar was used on coins of XXXX year"
As a machinist I'm always interested in seeing the actual pieces and parts of the coining process. Thanks for posting it, interesting.
I talked to Fred Weinberg about these as I figured he would know. He did not disappoint. He said that these came from the San Francisco mint circa 1968-1969. He said they are relatively common and not worth a lot... he did mention that they do make great desk weights. haha!
You were right about one thing...I'd never seen one! :too-funny: What a fascinating bit of...well.. would this rightly be called exonumia?
It may not be worth much but it certainly is cool. How did Fred Weinberg identify this collar as being used at the SF Mint circa 1968-1969? Does it have something to do with the autopen writing? Or was this particular design only used at SF those years? Dan Carr has a quarter collar. (I got to see it and hold it when I toured his Midnight Mint recently. I'll try to post a photo later.) He found his collar inside the surplus coin press that he bought. It has not been defaced and it does have a serial number. I visited Fred Weinberg's table at the ANA show in Denver last week. In fact, I spent a good bit of time (and money) there. He is a super nice guy. Among the items that I purchased are five dies (three quarters and two cents) used at the Denver Mint. All have been defaced. I would love to have a collar die to go along with them.
That would make sense, about the same time as all those torch defaced 1968 proof dies came on the market.