Perhaps a new numismatic collecting category is required? Blunder collecting...
As it can be explained, a few intact specimens slipped by the manufacturer who eagerly holed-out the "49" as to remove the obvious timing blunder as Alaska became the 49th state. This is not an error. It's an unfortunate timing of the Alaska statehood event when this SCD was struck.
Actually, SCD HK-722A can be claimed as a specimen from the Territory of Hawaii period (and while the US had only 48 states)
This blog entry is not Hawaiian related....
While performing research on my book on the http://www.potus-sgm.com/ I tracked down the dual torch design of Frank Gasparro (I previously shared this research find at another numismatic website and wanted to share it here). In the image:
Left is the obverse of a Class 2 Eisenhower President of the United States (POTUS) special Government medal (sGm) with the dual torch by Frank Gasparro and manufactured by the Bureau of the Mint in 196
Within the book Hawaiian Money, 2nd Edition, by Medcalf & Russell (book listed in NGC US Coin Reference, American Overseas Territories), a series of private mint issues from The Hawaiian Mint (THM), aka Royal Hawaiian Mint (RHM), are cataloged.
Several of the original issues are not listed as per the official RHM database (it's a spreadsheet provided by the RHM documenting its issues, mintages, and specialized notes). This spreadsheet is titled Waifs in Gold Boots which was produced by
I just submitted a US copyright on an article discussing a research find I made. For those who are familiar with my discovery models, this find adds a new piece of knowledge to the King Kalakaua 1 Coronation Medal knowledge domain.Background:The 1882 dated King Kalakaua 1 coronation medal has befuddled Hawaiian numismatics for decades due to its unknown mintage, designer and manufacturer. This medal is identified as:2RM-9 (Hawaiian Money Standard Catalog 1991 Second Edition by Donald Medcalf
1 and 7 in the date can be seen as repunched on the 1997 Princess Kaiulani 1/10 oz gold Hapaumi. This is the second repunched date I found in the Princess Kaiulani issues by the Royal Hawaiian Mint.
My previous find was the 1996 Princess Kaiulani 1/4 oz gold Hapaha.
Acquired from a collector in France.
The DVD of my Money Talks presentation at the 2015 ANA World's Fair of Money is available for borrowing from the ANA Library. The first book that cataloged this "lost" presidential medal series is ISBN 1511786744.
The image is a composite of a snippet of my ANA presentation slide (lower portion) and of my latest acquisition from a collector in France.
It's a remarkable acquisition in that it supports my original research findings (in my book) in that Pr
How can an entire US Mint series be discovered?
I created six numismatic discovery models for a numismatic book I'm working on. The first three models explains the different types of US numismatic discoveries (these models can be tailored for specific area of US numismatics or non-US numismatics). I shared my first three models at my ANA blog (link below).
www.money.org/collector/drdarryl/blog/us-numismatics-discovery-models-part-1-2
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This is how a new US Mint series was discovered!
www.money.org/collector/drdarryl/blog/us-numismatics-discovery-models-part-2
The image below is of the Class 2 series of the President of the United States special Government medal (POTUS sGm) series.
Each POTUS sGm is presidential artifact (see link in my ANA blog).
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My high school was next to Pearl Harbor
My unique NGC registry set.
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