Neat Long Beach Newp

Struck using authentic US Mint cancelled dies from the Carson City Mint Museum collection on a 2oz .999 planchet. I've wanted one for a while

 

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An 1884 obverse die paired with an 1878 reverse die is slightly beyond Neat...That is frigging awesome....

 

Kool indeed.......

 

Who stole the canceled dies?

 

So bloody jolly to see you posting, old sod.......

 

Way cool pick!! Nice to see you back on here.

 

Nobody. From what I understand, they were struck in the early 90s using die press #1 as a promotional draw to get people to visit the museum. They were done in 1oz, 2oz & copper as far as I know but I still need/want to do research on them and the event to pin down exact details.

 

What does newp mean?

I saw this word on your other thread also

 

Cutesy way of saying "new pickup"

 

It's numismatic shorthand for New Purchase

 

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Thanks guys!

 

What is the story behind these? What do you mean "struck from cancelled dies?"

I am looking forward to a cool story.

 

From what I remember of the story (I haven't done any looking into it yet) they were made as a sort of advertising to get people to visit the CC Mint Museum using die press #1 with authentic cancelled dies from the collection. From what I understand they were made in 1oz silver, 2oz silver & copper and/or brass. I'd also like to find the mintage figures of each type.

 

Where did the "authentic cancelled dies" come from?

That's the real story.

If you don't know, look it up... it's well documented.

 

I read something about this when I first started here. It was a good read if I remember right.

 

Oh cool coin by the way.

 

Very nice Chris.