Paper die trial impression strike from the San Fran Mint in 1973 Extra cool as one of the Ike impressions is partially struck over the Kennedy. Very, very cool and a very nice addition to my collection. Not sure if these have been faked but I am going to submit this to NGC. ~Joe Cronin
Nice pickup Joe! You can even see the reeding! Imho, I would put it in a nice glass frame and light it up from behind and display
Cool find, I have the silver coin that die probably struck! well probably not, my S is smaller? I like the ikes, nice heavy coin.
I'm not disputing the issue but just curious. I've never seen one of these. Always interested in learning something new. I'd appreciate it very much if you could let me know what indicates that this was done by the US Mint?
They look like embossings made by putting a coin under the paper, then blotting it was something hard but spongy. Striking with dies would either clash them, or ruin them against a metal plate. Now I want to make one using an old, cheap mint set.
Odd way to test the strike clearance, when you consider the expense if you're wrong. I worked with a Columbia press from the Denver Mint, and while I knew operators that could make it sing, they would never have thought of trying something like this. I still have my doubsd - especially seeing so many denominations on one sheet.
They make no sense. Maybe playing around after dies were retired. What die was used for the reverse? Were these laid over planchets, then struck?
