Hopefully this ebay url will paste below okay. Any ideas as to how these folks alter these coins??? bigd http://cgi.ebay.com/TRIPLE-DIE-COLO...391QQihZ001QQcategoryZ524QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
make a die using electroplating method off the real coin, then use a gravity hammer and portable planchet holder to re-stamp the image onto the coin, twisting it a bit so the image is off.
Did I miss something? You paid $56+ for a coin that you know was altered? "Coin is real. Error is not. Coin has been altered" I'd rather pay $15 for a "shruken" coin, but that's just my tastes I suppose.
Somebody did, but I sure hope bigd was just telling us about it - not bragging. ) A piece of mind may be all the buyer has.
How How did they get the other images to stand out? Looks like those images did not disturb the top impression.
These triple hubbed die electrotypes have been made since the mid 1800s. During the mid 1800s Electrotypes were made with the intention of showing the general appearance of the original coin. Some of these electrotype coins where made at the mint. There weren't to many cameras around at that time. Lou
This new seller ID identifies the coin as altered and still makes $50 profit. However will the new owner also identify the coin as altered? I see no permanent marking on the coin. The same seller has already sold a altered double die for $102. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=524&item=110028801029 Soooo the question is (a) This is a really good deal on a new specialty collecting?and we miss it. (b) The bidders didn't read the text of the description and are cursing themselves. (c) They knew exactly what they were buying and know where and how to sell it as the "real McCoy" for many times more to unsuspecting buyers. Duhhh. JMHO
(A) The early electrotype coins are collected. Just like some folks collect chopped trade dollars.(B) As for a bidder not reading the text that would be very unlikely. But I do have a friend that buys the silver plated fifty states quarters and thinks he's getting a great deal and that they will be worth many times what he paid for them. As a matter of fact my friend would probably buy some thing like this and hope it goes up in value. (C) I hope that's not the case. Lou
