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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4845695, member: 101855&quot;]Here are a couple of genuine Fugio Cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was part of large hoard of Mint State pieces that held by The Bank of New York. The bank had this hoard dating back to the 19th century. Over the years they gave them out of favored customers. Finally, circa 1948, specialists were able to example the remaining part of the hoard which numbered something like 1,100 pieces. Those numismatists attributed the coins by die variety. </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were made from had made dies, and each die is a little different although the design is generally the same. This piece was made from one of those known die pairs, and therefore the assumption is this was in the Bank of New York hoard. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169856[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1169857[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another piece, which specialist call the &quot;club rays&quot; variety. The &quot;club rays&quot; are around the sun on the obverse. This was made from a die that was repaired and re-worked. This piece is scarcer than the previous variety. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1169865[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were made on a drop press. The &quot;sun dial&quot; side was probably the anvil or lower die and the &quot;rings&quot; side was the upper die. The upper die was mounted in a grip with a heavy weight on it. It is raised and then dropped on a coin blank or &quot;planchet&quot; to strike the piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you would like to see a drop press in action, there is one at the Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. It is in the Atlantis area which next to the Harry Potter section of the park.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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