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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 19, May 13, 2007, Article 13 BASHLOW CONFEDERATE RESTRIKE DIES: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Last week, responding to Harold Levi's question about the dies used for the Bashlow restrikes of the Confederate Cent, Dick Johnson noted that when the stock of the August Frank company was acquired by Medallic Art, "Unfortunately, there were no Bashlow dies amongst [them]. He must have retrieved every one of them." Tom DeLorey writes: "This is incorrect - Robert Bashlow did not retrieve the dies. I spoke with him shortly before his fatal trip to Spain, and he told me that he had not been able to recover his dies when August Frank's children had placed him in a nursing home and sold off all his assets, but that he intended to begin legal action to recover them after he returned from Europe. Of course, he never did. "At about that time, many of the dies were being advertised for sale (I believe in Coin World, though there might have also been a mailed circular), including many Elder dies. I had decided not to buy any because of the questionable title, but after Bashlow's death was contacted by a dealer who wanted to know if I would be interested in a partnership to buy the Hudson and Fulton small-sized dollar dies and restrike them. I did not think that this was a good idea, so I bought the dies to keep them from being restruck." Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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