by JPCass » Sun May 03, 2015 3:30 pm
Very nice. That looks like a somewhat later version of the two-half casting, with the jackpot reserve hidden and a minor change to the center top section (the horizontal bar that goes just partway across under the vertical lines, asymmetrically). Did it come with the square 10c badge, which is a departure from the round 5c badge with stars?
And what did you do for an eagle plate? That's not a repainted etched one, is it? Or did you find new old stock of the silkscreened repros?
JP
Restored Mills 5c Extraordinary "barn find", long gone - now restoring 1934 5c Extraordinary Gold Award with original World's Fair reel strips
Restoring early Mills 5c Firebird (large coin view window)
About to take on a Mills 5c Vest Pocket