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The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 8, February 24, 2008, Article 27 GALLERY MINT MUSEUM DIES AND MOFFATT & CO. STRIKINGS Edwin Johnston writes: "You posted a query this week in your reference to the Moffatt & Co. press release on whether limited edition Gallery Mint Museum products could be jeopardized due to restrikes by Moffatt & Company. It would be my opinion that they would not restrike limited edition GMM products, since Tim Grat, now with M&C, has previously stated (when with Striker Token & Medal, M&C's previous incarnation), that he would honor the limitation (linked below). "What is noteworthy in the press release is the aspect of using 'design elements' to create custom coins and medals. (see quote from press release linked below) I have a couple of pewter show tokens struck by Greg Franck- Weiby for the Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association's 2007 coin shows. (see link below) These were made from patrix hubs of elements from Ron Landis' half dime designs." "This agreement will also allow Moffatt & Co. to utilize design elements of these classic US coin replicas so that professional numismatists, and numismatic clubs and organizations can also create custom coins and medals with these original Gallery Mint classic US coin designs." Full Story “If it was a limited edition coin made by Gallery Mint, we will honor that limitation and not produce any more of those specific reproductions.” - Timothy Grat, Dec. '06 Full Story Elements of Ron Landis dies on newly minted items by Greg Franck-Weiby Full Story MOFFATT & CO. REACHES AGREEMENT TO PRODUCE GALLERY MINT PRODUCTS esylum_v11n07a32.html [I hadn't heard the term "patrix hubs" before, so I asked Edwin for further explanation. -Editor] Edwin Johnston adds: "A matrix hub would be like a regular coin die, with the design elements incuse, and the patrix hub is the impression from that (when they are "married") where the elements are in relief, or as they would appear on the coin. Sculptor/engravers work on either type hub to refine their designs. "A die engraver could use a patrix hub of a design element, like a bust profile, and sink that into a blank hub, then individually sink the letters surrounding the bust to create either a matrix hub or even a working die. "The first time I saw the term referenced was by Greg Frank-Weiby, which he relates specifically in the fourth paragraph of his Subject topic concerning using Gallery Mint Museum hubs at Verne Walrafen's "Ron Landis' Workbench" website: Full Story" 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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