Tom Casper writes:

Editor's Note: We acquired these dies, along with others from Dale Noll, a California collector about 1984/1985. We sold them to a local collector, and reacquired them in the last few years. Atleast the 25¢ obverse die was use to make fantasy restrikes before we acquired them the first time.

MORE ON THE CHISANA RESTRIKES

In the June, 1991 issue of Alaskan Token Collector & Polar Numismatist, I did an article on "Mint Sports." These are "tokens" that were struck using the wrong die pairings, made to deceive.However, in this case, either that was not the purpose, or they were so badly done that anyone knowledgeable about Alaska tokens would not be deceived. I purchased several dies in 1984/1985. From thearticle, it appears that I still possessed the Chisana 25¢ obverse die in 1991.

There are several token dies paired with a 5¢ reverse. These rubbings show something interesting. In this grouping, all of the planchets appear to be oversized, the tokens showing a very broadrim.

Jump ahead to 2017. I have re-acquired the Chisana dies, and decided to "play" with them. When I tried to make a blank for the Chisana 25¢ and 50¢ dies, I did not have a disc cutter the correctsize. And I have 3 sets of disc cutters, all with cutters larger and smaller than the required size.

What does this tell me? It tells me that the last person to use these dies, and make the "mint sports" also did not have a disc cutter the correct size. As a matter of fact, it was the same sizethat I used to make the blanks for the 25¢ die!

It is interesting to note that the maker of these "mint sports" did not have the right size disc cutter, but did have access to octagonal and scalloped planchets.

Eric Schena writes:

Dave Schenkman writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE ANILLO TOKEN RESTRIKES (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n54a24.html)