What Is A Feuchtwanger?

You stole that one! Great buy, Dave.

 

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I know. Thanks.

 

My one and only.........

 

British, I assume (insert smiley face here). Us Irish are a bit more backwards in the pronunciation. No class.

 

What is the correct pronunciation?

Foykt-wanger? (I read it this way, like how "Freud" is pronounced "Froyd".
Fyookt-wanger?

And it that a long "a" or short?

 

You got it right…. Couple of years back I was going to a coin show and had one of these on my list. I imposed on a friend of mine that is well studied in German to teach me the proper pronunciation so I sounded like I knew what I was talking about when I went to the coin show. You are dead on.

 

The three cent piece with the New York State Seal are the only affordable examples at a bit over $1,000.

 

German pronounciation is not too hard… try to pronounce each letter. The « ch » in Feuchtwanger is soft (it’s not a hard k) you pronounce it like « sh » but without the s.

It’s a short « a ».

…and if you want to go pro then watch this clip:

 

I rest my Case....... the "non" part supports my position.

 

They can be expensive. As I said earlier, I paid over $100 for this one.

 

And that is half what that beauty is worth

 

You got it! If only I could find the $.03 at the price. LOL and more LOL as they about $1000 each.

 

Here's mine. Just picked this up in April.

 

Very nice. You can see the wear in the same place. It is very high on the eagle.

 

It's not wear, it's characteristic of the obverse die (#6). The 6-I die pairing is the most common, and also (IMO) the worst looking because of the high points.

 

Sorry, Dave, have to correct this one. Belle Fourche is in South Dakota.

Alan Herbert called Belle Fourche home:

https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n04a06.html

 

You are correct. One of my growing memory lapses. I’ve even been there. It’s in central western South Dakota. About 10 miles north of Spearfish if I remember correctly.How could I make such a mistake? Thanks for the correction.

 

One of these whatchamacallits is on my “want list”. I’ve ran across a few lately, but none that spoke to me.

Very good write up, Dave, and you have a very nice example.

 

Thank you. I got this one at a really good price. They can get expensive.