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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3422604, member: 97383"]dadams, Thank you for the great detective work <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!!! I'd love to get one of those medals & your detective work provides some hope of doing so. Obviously the die is much older than I thought & was used on more than the Anniversary medal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The George Bauer storecard is a revelation & triggered old memories from the past <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. As a small kid I wandered into George Bauer's coin shop on East Main St. many times & enjoyed snooping thru his huge junk box <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. He shared the store with the stamp dealer Chauncey Wright. Wright also had a huge junk box of loose stamps that were priced at a penny each <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Bauer kept a sign in his front window with a picture of the 1955 double die penny saying "I'll pay $50.00 for this coin" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. If uniface strikes of the Arethusa side could be made at a modest cost without damaging or degrading the die your idea would be worth pursuing. It seems possible that a working hub could be made using CNC machining, that didn't exist when Kolb made this die, that wouldn't damage the original die. But at what cost <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3422604, member: 97383"]dadams, Thank you for the great detective work :jawdrop:!!! I'd love to get one of those medals & your detective work provides some hope of doing so. Obviously the die is much older than I thought & was used on more than the Anniversary medal :shame:. The George Bauer storecard is a revelation & triggered old memories from the past :D. As a small kid I wandered into George Bauer's coin shop on East Main St. many times & enjoyed snooping thru his huge junk box :D. He shared the store with the stamp dealer Chauncey Wright. Wright also had a huge junk box of loose stamps that were priced at a penny each :cool:. Bauer kept a sign in his front window with a picture of the 1955 double die penny saying "I'll pay $50.00 for this coin" o_O. If uniface strikes of the Arethusa side could be made at a modest cost without damaging or degrading the die your idea would be worth pursuing. It seems possible that a working hub could be made using CNC machining, that didn't exist when Kolb made this die, that wouldn't damage the original die. But at what cost :rolleyes:?[/QUOTE]
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