QUERY: ADMIRAL BYRD DIE SHELL INFORMATION SOUGHT

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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 40, October 7, 2018, Article 10

QUERY: ADMIRAL BYRD DIE SHELL INFORMATION SOUGHT

Mike Sanders has an interesting Depression-era item. Can anyone provide more information on it? Thanks. -Editor

I wonder if any of the readers have information about this capped cent. A die struck shell covers the obverse and edge of a 1934 Cent leaving the coin's obverse exposed. A bust of Admiral Byrd is pictured with the date 1935. the coin is contained within a cardboard holder which I am certain is original to the piece.

Alpert & Elman have included this piece in their Token & Medal book along with others that picture the Morro Castle disaster and the Bruno Haupmann trial, All three of these events occurred within a short period of time. Is anyone aware of other front page news that might have been commemorated in this fashion?

I'm curious to know who produced these and how they were distributed. I do not regularly encounter any of these designs. Any guesses as to their scarcity?

Interesting item. Can anyone tell us more about it? -Editor

Wayne Homren, Editor

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