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ambro51 Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 07/29/2013 06:29 am Anyone here a fan on these? Vere little is known about them but thankfully Howland Wood made sense of the die linkages and created a numbering system. This is Wood 23, one of the most interesting varieties in the series. There is an extensive die break dexter which widens and extends to provide several distinct die states. Here we see an early die state known as 23b. None are known without the die break but the variety designation remains open in case one is discovered. Canadian Blacksmith Coppers share a common feature of having no inscriptions or date, and were made from intentionally flatly engraved dies with little detail. Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 07/29/2013 07:31 am A tantalizing series of coins, that do turn up on the forum now and again, occasionally unidentified (to perplex the copper fanciers with their backwards Britannias!). That's a nice one. Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 07/31/2013 11:10 am I've just recently started dabbling in canadian tokens, the history of these pieces is pretty interesting. nice coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 07:59 am Very nice piece, many of these are nearly unreadable Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 11/11/2014 4:15 pm My first chapter in the Forgotten Book - Revisited between November - February 2015 is on Blacksmiths ... if you have questions I will try to answer ... John Lorenzo Report this Post to the Staff
billfrak Valued Member Canada 496 Posts	Posted 11/11/2014 6:26 pm I seen about 10 of these once in different states of die progression, very interesting Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 2:03 pm There are EIGHT reported die states of Wood 23. If you can find it - see Ernie Everingham Collection which is the ONLY catalg that pictures/describes all of them in detail (except for the terminal state DS8 as I recall). JPL Edited by colonialjohn 11/13/2014 2:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
billfrak Valued Member Canada 496 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 5:15 pm Sorry,could have been eight I seen ,it was a while ago , and it seemed like alot at the time Report this Post to the Staff
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