Sunday Morning Fugio Restrike Tifecta ...

... Silver, Brass, and RB Copper

 

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Wow those are nice

 

What unique pieces, Just awsome!!

 

Beautiful coins. Are they yours?

Bruce

 

Absolutely ... I am looking at them right now

 

Nice looking restrikes.

Are these of the New Haven "restrikes"?

 

Yes, they are the New Haven restrikes ... although the term "New Haven" and the term "restrike" may or may not be correct. The jury is still out on the issue ...

 

Yes. Jury is out... that's why I put restrike in quotes

 

But that said they still can command a pretty penny! (pardon the pun)

 

Very Nice!!

 

You might put "New Haven" in quotes because we really don't know where they were struck. (The dies did supposedly turn up in New Haven.) Technically they are not restrikes because they aren't the original dies, and aren't really even close copies of the dies. The fact that they are nice is not surprising, they were never intended for circulation. They were created to sell to coin collectors.

 

Totally right Conder. I just didn't want to be the one perceived as having rained on the guy's parade! :whistle:

Pursuant to Bowers, written in the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins (2009), Q. David Bowers:

"Modern scholarship has suggested that the dies were newly created about 1859 or 1860 by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. These copies, dated 1787 and similar in general appearance to the originals, differ in detail and, most particularly, have narrow rather than wide rings on the reverse. Neither restrikes nor from New Haven, these are usually seen in a brassy alloy, sometimes called copper. Silver impressions are rarer, and gold rarer yet."
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Oh I'm sure Fletcher know what they are, and even as mid-19th century copies they are still highly desirable. They are pieces to be proud of. I know I wouldn't throw them out of my collection if I was lucky enough to be able to afford them.

 

Fine then ... if you don't like those, I'll just post another trifecta

 

okie dokie :whistle: - looks like fletcher doesn't play around! very impressive!

Fletcher's set registry for Fugios - http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=71242

 

Ok. Alright....... Yeah. Fletcher got some street cred. lol

 

Looks like Fletcher came to play ball boys. Nice Fugio's Fletcher and thanks for sharing the registry link.

 

judging from the condition of those specimens, I don't think he's playing ball... he owns the team!

 

I am trying to put together a complete set ... I have another 20 or so varieties that don't fit into any registry set so I never get to display them. Unfortunately, I am now at the point where most of the varieties that are lacking from my collection are so rare that to find any one of them would be a complete coup. Nonetheless, the search continues ...

 

yeah... judging from the condition of your coins, it would seem rarity would be the stopper rather than price!