Are there any Mint dies you all have?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-P-VERMONT-COIN-DIE-SET-WITH-BOX-AND-COA-1370377-/131684895273

 

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The entire die face is not always removed. On rare occasions, a small part of the details may remain. I always wondered if those coin and die sets really did contain a defaced die that actually struck the coin that came with it in the set. About a year ago I bought (in an on-line auction) a New York (Denver Mint) state quarter coin & die set. I wanted one of those because I designed that coin for the US Mint. When I took a close look at the die, I noticed that the "N", a couple stars, and Liberty's torch were still visible:

 

You also designed the quarter for my home state. Nice job.

 

This thread inspired me to track down and snag an Ohio die and quarter set. Just a neat conversation piece and only $45 shipped.

 

Interesting, I hadn't seen any of the ground down dies that still showed any of the design.

In the 19th century there is also references to dies being destroyed by "fire and sledge" I'm not sure what this referred to but I would assume it might mean heating the dies until they were softened, and then smashing the die faces with a sledgehammer. I don't know if any of those dies have survived.

And I do the believe the CC dies that were discovered were canceled with a X cut in the face with a chisel. (this could also be the "fire and sledge" cancellation. Heat and then use the sledge to drive the chisel into the die face.)

 

How did this only sell for $199?

 

I could have sworn that a friend of mine had a state quarter die that wasn't defaced at all with a COA from the mint. Can't remember who though.

 

Not impossible, but highly unlikely!

Chris

 

I recently found a 1959 dime face die , non-canceled with just light surface oxidation. Is this a good site to start investigation and pricing?

 

Ok i will try to do that shortly, just signed up to the site to try and gather info.

 

I have wanted this one so badly

From the hobby center and think tank of MTS.LLC

 

I have a set of 1968-S quarter observe and reverse dies that I purchased from a vendor in the early 1970's. They were LONG missing, until recently. I have no idea what I paid, but they came with certificates that describe their origin.

 

I owned several die coin sets at a time

 

I have a set of 1968-S quarter observe and reverse dies that I purchased from a vendor in the early 1970's. They were LONG missing, until recently. I have no idea what I paid, but they came with certificates that describe their origin. Does anyone have a clue about their worth today?

 

Now that is something I would have expected the Mint would do, besides putting a set of dies from each mint location in storage or a vault somewhere, maybe even a mint museum. The modern dies seem to just have a cancel pattern mark on them, like an X or whatnot.

 

Here's one similar that sold on eBay earlier this year: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-US-MI...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I think yours likely has some added value to the right collector with the platforms they are on and the paperwork. Would probably fetch $70-$100 at auction.