Another Thread Praising The Generosity of CT Members

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Randy Abercrombie, Dec 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM.

  1. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    My gratitude and heartfelt thanks goes out to @lordmarcovan for this Christmas surprise. I love early copper and I love coins with a story and this piece checks all those boxes. Thank you, Rob!


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    Randy Abercrombie, Dec 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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  3. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    This isn't a token. It's part of history... ;)
     
    SensibleSal66, Dec 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Very nice Randy! But Sal, it’s a token piece of history. ;)
     
    Collecting Nut, Dec 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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  5. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Great slave token and generous gift! thumbsup.gif I actually have one but no pics right now so I'll show a different one! :D

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    fretboard, Dec 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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    Collecting Nut, Dec 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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  7. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    @lordmarcovan, that's one sweet gift. Kudos to you.

    @Randy Abercrombie, obviously you made it to someone's 'nice' list this year. Good job! Nice addition to anyone's collection.
     
    masterswimmer, Dec 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Randy always makes my "nice" list. That antislavery HTT came from my own collection. I bought it at the FUN show in 2023. It was the only ANACS coin I had in my collection (with its departure, I'm now all PCGS/NGC).

    Here are my pictures of it. The slab is a little scuffy, and I was tempted to crack it out and hit the token with some Renaissance Wax to remove the overlying dirt on the slave lady's thigh, but in the end I left it alone. Both slab and loose dirt can be lived with.

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    lordmarcovan, Dec 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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  9. Randy Abercrombie

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    Hey Rob. Look closely at the reverse. Specifically the “N” in United.
     
    Randy Abercrombie, Dec 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Yep. Somebody was dyslexic with the punches! I was also told something about the strike- that these often don’t have the second 8 in the date on the reverse fully struck (I think it was), and thus this one has a better than average strike, apparently. Something like that.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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  11. Randy Abercrombie

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    I think this die sinker and the Spoot die sinker were related.
     
    Randy Abercrombie, Dec 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    The HTTs and CWTs are fun like that. Quirky! :)
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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  13. RonSanderson

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    I’m baffled! No matter how you rotate a punch when you hold it, an N still looks like an N. Where do you even buy a backwards N punch? From the same store that sells left-handed monkey wrenches?

    Actually, after a web search, I see that reverse letter punches are used whenever the workpiece is used to then punch (or impress) a final product. Like dies that then punch out coins. So the diemaker must have been missing his reverse N in that larger font, and made do with a regular N punch. This would have been OK for punching an N into leather or wood, but got reversed again when the die struck the coin.

    Dang, you made me think and now my head hurts.
     
    RonSanderson, Dec 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    I myself wondered how that could happen, but I didn’t go so far as to search about it, like you did.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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  15. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    I used to have a really cool proof 1848 French pattern 5-franc piece with a backwards “4” in the date. Alas, the old pictures of it are dead. Too bad- it was really lovely.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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