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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 7837122, member: 114169&quot;]<p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347868[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s taken me a while to do the proper research to put this post together. You see, I found and purchased what I believed to be Ron Landis&#039; Brasher Doubloon and Half Doubloon reproduction strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The difficult part was attributing these pieces to him. Most photos I could find were of some other Brasher copy, and not Ron&#039;s. The other part was the sellers photos, as typical sellers photos go, weren&#039;t large enough or clear enough to verify. I had to wait until I had these in hand to begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second hurdle was finding example photos of Ron&#039;s work. To me, the die engraving style was a dead giveaway, but unfortunately, that just wasn&#039;t enough. An <b>opinion</b> of style is just that . . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>Poring through the old Gallery Mint and Vern Walfren&#039;s GMMNut websites were helpful with information, but not so much with images. Here is Ron&#039;s original article introducing the Brasher strikes, and a snippet from his sales catalog. It seems that Ron made these on &quot;special order&quot; so I suppose there weren&#039;t a lot of them lying around for photo opportunities.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1347533[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/2d/1e0diypfgy2m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center">.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, not enough image quality for a positive identification.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>However . . . . . . . .</b></font></p><p>I knew that the EB counterstamp used on these strikes was uniquely Landis, so when the opportunity to buy a pair of counterstamped Sacagawea Dollars presented itself, I had to jump on the opportunity. I&#039;ve seen many, many pieces bearing either the RL or EB counterstamp. I knew that once I got the following pair in hand, looking for the unique signatures on the initials counterstamped into the Brasher reproductions would be all I would need for a positive identification.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two Sacagawea Dollars with the counterstamps.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347534[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347535[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All that I needed to do now, once the Doubloons and the Sacagawea&#039;s were in hand, was to compare the EB counterstamp on both.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Here are the Brasher Doubloon and Half Doubloon reproductions.</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347536[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347538[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347539[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even though much of the host coin remains under the EB initials counterstamp, to my eyes, there is a positive match.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The top and center horizontal lines of the &quot;E&quot; with their drooping serifs are a feature unique to this coiner.</b></p><p>.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347510[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347540[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1347511[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thanks for reading . . . . . . . . . .</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;Z</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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