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I saw this set a few years ago before the auction at a Whitman show (IIRC). I believe I actually said Wow out loud.

 

Is that a pattern set of different alloy?

 

All aluminum.

 

That's dope as hell.

 

4 total, 1 to the mint director, 1 to France, and one to England, and one was found in an auction, and is said to have been confiscated and destroyed. So there are 3. Must have sent them by FedEx to France and England because they landed in the US.

 

The set that I saw was all certified by PCGS and came with the original presentation box. The dealer who bought it told me that the new owner was going to crack the out to put them back where they belonged in the box. I’m kind of the fence about that idea, but you can’t deny that it’s spectacular as a set as it was intended to be. Strange thing to me about this set is that aluminum was pretty expensive in the day and I wonder if the normal materials would have actually been cheaper to produce.

 

Yes it would. Aluminum was a precious metal until the late 19th c. I think on par with gold until they developed a better way of refining it

 

it says to post things that make me say wow
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RELIGION

 

Ummmm...... That has nothing to do with coins.

 

hey, all it says is to post something that makes you say wow. i was actually going to post this ike. just figured id say something else with it

 

Wow Indeed!

 

WOW!!!!

 

I saw that set in person. Really spectacular

 

That’s been on my numismatic bucket list for a while now. RCW owned it when I was in their office ten or so years ago, but they weren’t going to break it out for me to see unfortunately. Steve did show me his PDS 1943 copper set though. Pretty cool, but not the king.

 

Aaron Berk just posted this teaser of imminent inventory on Facebook:

 

I'm digging the 1877 RD. WOWSER.

 

That FE is easily a high 5 figure coin.

 

I'll put this one on my Secret Santa wish list for 2019 - a WOW present for sure