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Valued Member
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My fiance' did some research on this medal and posted it on NGC coin forum. Dan Carr replied about the medal, his reply aligned with what another fellow collector said which was that: Don and Kenneth Schmitz contracted with the Nevada State Museum to strike medals on the Carson City mint press. (Make a long story short) in 1997 they restruck silver dollars from canceled dies. They struck uniface copies, both obverse (1884) and reverse (1878 cc) on 1 oz. Planchets. For a restrike using both dies, obv.& reverse, a 2oz planchet was used. It is said that they were struck on a hydraulic press in Nevada City because of the fear of breaking the old canceled dies. After striking, the dies were returned back to the museum and supposedly they never were used again. We were thinking of sending into ANACS but first I wanted to ask Coin Community members if this medal is worth the money to send to TPG?   
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Interesting story, first I heard of it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very interesting.
Congratulations, but how did you manage to come across one?
Any idea how many were struck?
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would love to see the canceled die, for my concrete opinion on this...
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I remember reading about the making of these medals. Very unique items. Very few made.
I would contact PCGS and ngc to find out if they will slab them. They probably won't grade them but can certify them as genuine. The genuine label along with their description of the medal will guarantee it won't get lost in history.
Very nice and thanks for showing.
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Very interesting!  |
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My fiance' dad passed away and I didmt think nor did anyone else in the family know he had some cool stuff in his collection. He was my friend who always said he was broke at coin shows. I met his daughter on a dating app and when we found out who each other's family's were it was one of those has to be the lord at work moments. Her dad passed and then my dad passed away the next year. We are getting married in just a few weeks. My soon to be mother in law has tasked me my soon to be wife with selling the collection. Medals and random items like this 1884 Morgan struck from a canceled die is one of tbe items where research is needed
... I would Obviously like to maximize the value of it for her mom.
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I am sorry for your losses, but congratulations on the upcoming nuptials.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm sorry about your losses.  That's a very cool coin you have! Never seen it or heard of it before. Errers and Varietys.
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Here is a thread on NGC where Dan Carr describes the striking. The coin in that thread looks almost identical to yours. He estimated the value at $200-300 and said that ANACS will certify them. The whole thread is worth a read. https://boards.ngccoin.com/topic/43...s-happening/Quote:
The piece shown in this thread was struck by Don Schmitz in conjunction with the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.
For those strikes, an 1884 obverse die was paired with an 1878 CC reverse die.
Strikes exist uniface and 2-sided, on 38mm copper blanks, 38mm silver blanks (about 1-troy-oz 999), and larger 2-troy-oz 999 silver blanks.
I believe that all 38mm strikes were uniface and all 2-troy-oz silver strikes were two-sided (but I am not certain of that). |
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