Let's see your exonumia!

Nice old Buffalo encased in the lucky piece!

 

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How about some PMD?


I only had "zincolns" in my pocket at the time.

 

Nice One Ripley

My Dad worked for United Airlines for 35 Years.He was a 747 specialist/mechanic.

 

Gen. Winfield Scott

 

The December issue of Longacre's Ledger (www.fly-inclub.org) has a nice write up by Tim Larson entitled: A collection of civil war tokens overstruck on copper-nickel cents. It has many pictures and I found it an interesting article.

 

Thanks for the link Joseph.

Bruce

 

This is a new coin club medal I just picked up from eBay. The workmanship is excellent giving the medal an overall nice look.

Bruce

 

If anyone is interested: I just obtained a price list from David Bowers; containing "civil war store cards from the incomparable Stephen L. Tanenbaum collection." There are some truly nice pieces offered with many being unique or rare. Nothing I was interested in but I believe Mr. Bowers will also be offering other tokens and some counterstamps from the Tanenbaum collection as well. If you do not have his email address, you can PM me and I will give it to you so you can request a copy. It is quite large, something I did not realize until I after I hit print...

Bruce, I am sure you would be interested in the counterstamps as they are more than likely very high end!

 

Pops regiment =

 

One for the coffee lovers...

 

went to Valley Forge today and got these

 

Here's a couple I just bought, sellers pics of course. Oh, I included a Chief Pontiac pinback.

 

Does this count? I only got it today - it came in a bulk lot bought as a result of a local advert.

 

Sure it counts!

 

Thanks Joseph, I'm always interested in anything Dave Bowers has. I'm lucky enough to have some of the counterstamps he owned in the past. They're special, along with Greg Brunk's pieces, and well placed in my collection.

Bruce

 

So I was able to complete my research on this new acquisition from yesterday and now know a great deal more about it. It's a 1863 Joseph Merriam Store card, he was a die sinker, press maker, etc. It's one of the most popular designs of the era, and is in very high demand (especially in high grade) with collectors. The charming "Good for a Scent/Dog picture" is probably the most popular design among all the Civil War tokens for type collectors.

The obverse is more commonly found with the Merriam store card reverse, but is sometimes found with the Salamander Press reverse. Currently, there is around 15 known examples of this die pairing. The Fuld # is 115D-2b.


These photos were taken as soon as I could get them, I've since ran hot running water to rinse some of the loose debris/verdigris and it looks a lot better. It's the only conservation I'm willing to go on this one so that I don't mess with the original patina because it is brass. I plan on taking it to the Long Beach show next month so I can have PCGS grade it. But all in all, this quick little large pizza investment just transformed into four figure price tag.

Thanks to New England Rarities for the information on this store card.

 

Wow, nice pick up!

 

Attention Indiana Jones!



Masonic Penny, Missouri, Grand Chapter RAM, Ark of the Covenant
Obverse:
Triangle enclosing the Biblical Ark of the Covenant
GRAND CHAPTER R.A.M. / MISSOURI
Reverse:
74" ANNUAL CONVOCATION APR. 27-28, 1920 / ST. LOUIS / ONE PENNY
Metal: Bronze
Size: 30mm
Issued by the Royal Arch Masons, St. Louis, Missouri.