1909 Elder Pennsylvania Gold Restrike

A collaboration between John Dean and Daniel Carr led to the restrike of the Elder DeLorey-71 dies. John Dean is the current owner of the dies.

Overview

In 2019, Dan Carr used the original Thomas Elder dies for the 1909 Money Talks token to create a number of restrikes. 10 were done in 24K gold with both original dies and the counterstamps “JD”, “DC” and “24K”. These were not made for sale on the DC-Coin.com website. Additionally, a number of others were done with a new Thomas Elder portrait die created by Dan.

Obverse

Text:

• LOUISI·A·N·A·PIKER’s·EXPOSITION
• NIHIL FACIENDO
• JD DC (counterstamp)
• L P E
• 1909
• MONEY TALKS

Reverse

Text:

• PENNSYLVANIA GOLD
• 24K (counterstamp)
• 1/2 NERVE
• OTHER·HALF·BRASS

Mintage

10

Sale

While struck by Daniel Carr, these were never issued directly by the Moonlight Mint and were obtained directly from John Dean.

Census

JRH Specimen, ANACS MS68

During September 2019, JRH Specialty Services offered one for $949.95. This is certified by ANACS as MS68 with cert number 6100841.

The following are photos from the JRH sale. The featured photos are matted versions of these.

Related

Daniel Carr sold 4 related items on DC-Coin.com:

• Thomas Elder store card, struck on a US Large Cent with vintage die from Delorey-71 (obverse)
• Thomas Elder store card, struck on a US Large Cent with vintage die from Delorey-71 (reverse)
• Thomas Elder store card, silver, struck with vintage die from Delorey-71 (obverse)
• Thomas Elder store card, silver, struck with vintage die from Delorey-71 (reverse)

The following is from the Moonlight Mint Catalog:

• Thomas Elder Store card [2019]

Moonlight Mint Catalog.

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First published on the original Private Mint News site in September 2020.