BANK OF NEW YORK FUGIO CENTS IN LUCITE

I was lucky enough to recently find a very nice original, in the box, with enclosed "Fugio history book", and related ephemera Bank of New York Lucite Fugio Cent on eBay. I have been looking for one of these in this kind of original condition for literally years.

I have seen about a half dozen at the most since the early nineties when I started looking. What I have noticed is that they came not engraved (mine), modestly engraved (Syd's), and heavily engraved (Byron's). They all seem to be positioned 1/3 from the top (for engraving) and all seem to be entombed at a slight angle (must have been something to do with how they were made). They all seem to be uncish Newman 13-Xs.

Looking at the date on Byron's, I am guessing that they were made in the early sixties. That seems right, the era of plastic....around the time of Dustin Hoffman and Mrs. Robinson....plastic is the future ;-)!

I have enclosed pictures of Byron Weston, Syd Martin, and my examples.

Syd Martin specimen

Byron Weston specimen

I would love to take advantage of our vast and numismatically literate E-Sylum audience to ask if anyone knows the real story on these. When were these made? How many?. For how long? Did they know what they were encasing was valuable (was it then?). About how many remain? I know I tried to acquire one through BONY in the early Nineties and they told me they ran out years ago.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
LUCITE-ENCASED BANK OF NEW YORK FUGIO CENT HOARD PIECE (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n26a17.html)
BANK OF NEW YORK FUGIO CENT IN LUCITE (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n48a26.html)

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