Let's see your exonumia!

1901 Pan American Exposition
Buffalo New York
Encased Indian Cent
Lucky Penny Souvenir




There were numerous varieties of encased cents for this exposition and for many others.

This is one of the more commonly found varieties for this exposition but the price was right and the condition is acceptable. ( for me anyway )

As some may know, I try to have a ticket stub or some ephemera to accompany my exposition exonumia.
I have several for this one.

1901 Pan American Exposition
Dedication Day Ticket



U.S. Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt declared the formal opening of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on May 20th 1901. This ticket is for that dedication day.
Roosevelt noted that "The century upon which we have just entered must inevitably be one of tremendous triumph or of tremendous failure for the whole human race, because, to an infinitely greater extent than ever before, humanity is knit together in all its parts for weal or for woe."

On September 6, 1901, President McKinley arrived just on time to the Temple of Music at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York.
The pipe organ began to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" as McKinley ordered the doors open to admit those who had waited to greet him.
The police let them in, and McKinley prepared to perform his "favorite part of the job".
An experienced politician, McKinley could shake hands with 50 people per minute, gripping their hands first so as to both guide them past him quickly and prevent his fingers from being squeezed.
The procession of citizens shaking hands with their President was interrupted when 12-year-old, Myrtle Ledger of Spring Brook, New York, who was accompanied by her mother, asked McKinley for the red carnation he always wore on his lapel.
The President gave it to her, then resumed work without his trademark good-luck piece.
The usual rule that those who approached the President must do so with their hands open and empty was not being enforced, perhaps due to the heat of the day, as several people were using handkerchiefs to wipe their brows; the man who followed the swarthy individual had his right hand wrapped in one, as if injured.
Seeing this, McKinley reached for his left hand instead. As the two men's hands touched at 4:07 pm, Czolgosz shot McKinley twice in the abdomen with a .32 Iver Johnson revolver concealed under the handkerchief.
The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you tell my wife.”
September 14, McKinley died from gangrene that had gone undetected in the internal wound.
He was the third American president to have been assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was immediately sworn in as president.

My 1954 Topps Scoop non sports card



1901 Pan American Exposition
Buffalo Day Ticket



1901 Pan American Exposition
Childs Ticket



1901 Pan American Exposition
No Overprint Ticket



I have seen Railroad Day and Farewell Day November 2 overprints in red and Buffalo Day October 19 in blue ink or red. I have seen the red Childs ticket with Buffalo Day October 19 in blue ink. So there are a number of possibilities that one might find and could collect of this smaller size souvenir ticket stubs.
This is my third different type of this one.

1901 Pan American Exposition
New York Day Ticket

 

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Here's two more I recently picked up! The Pike Woolen Token has a little funk on it but that's okay, in hand it looks a lot better!

 

Love that elephant token!

Z

 

Here is one I've been looking for in my budget range and condition for a long time. I had almost given up hope on securing one.

The interesting thing about this one is that it is listed as a "Hard Times" token when it is more of a store card in my way of thinking.

Better photos when it arrives.

Z

 

I collect Conder Tokens from time to time. More recently I have been collecting more 19th century tokens. This one has been illusive to find a nice one.


1813 Great Britain Sheffield Phoenix Iron Works Copper Penny Token

 

Yes, that's right it's a store card token but it's also a Hard Times token because of it's date! Here's mine that I've had for a few years!

 

Masonic Penny & more

 

It's both, Z. It's a store card that circulated as money just like the "traditional" HTTs. The 1837 date places it in the Hard Times era so it's considered an HTT.

There are actually a number of counterstamped coins that are considered HTTs too because they can be attributed to that era...even on coins dated before 1837.

Nice addition to your collection, Z. Congrats!

Bruce

 

Low mintage silver from Ukraine (20,000) and doubt there’s a 2022 release

 

1967 Nebraska Statehood
Heraldic Art Medal





The Union Pacific was the eastern railroad company that started out in The Nebraska Territory and met the Central Pacific railroad company laying track from Sacramento California in the west on the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869.



Many workers died on the railroad from accidents.
Indians attacked many railroad crews, but most of the fighting took place along the Union Pacific line in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Native Americans attacked not only out of revenge for the loss of their lands or in defense of their ways of life, but also because the construction crews often had many supplies that the Indians needed—food, weapons, livestock, and tools.

Union Pacific crews were harassed by Plains Indians, mainly because white hunters were slaughtering prodigious numbers of buffaloes to feed the construction crews.

Nearly every one of the construction managers and engineers who built the Union Pacific road had served as Union officers in the Civil War, and they brought their organizational and logistical prowess to bear in commanding the work.
The chief railroad engineer, Grenville Dodge, had rebuilt lines in the South during the war while serving as a Union general.

On Dec. 2, 1863, construction began on the railroad in Omaha, Nebraska Territory, but only made 40 miles by the end of 1865. The following year the line made it 260 miles, stopping at North Platte, Nebraska Territory for the winter.


Union Pacific Railroad directors gather on the 100th meridian, which later became Cozad, Nebraska, 250 miles west of Omaha.

In 1867 the road made it another 240 miles before stopping at Granite Canyon on the slopes of the Laramie Range west of Cheyenne.
The next year, construction raced across 500 miles of southern Wyoming, entering Utah at the beginning of 1869.

 

Im new to coin collecting and am hooked. This is a piece my father had in his collection. Im just learning about counter stamps and would love any information anyone has or can point me in the direction of in regards to this coin.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0afhU-Xli65Ddabtr8Ep14eOg

 

I added a new pin to my hat, It's the one with "90" on it

 

Just picked up 2 Napoleon related medals.

I have a nice Waterloo by Pistrucci piece that will make a nice companion to:


And the next one was purchased in the same lot.

 

Fret,

See my PM. Your ANACS slab has an attribution error on it.

Your C.D. Peacock is not an HT-M19, but is the scarcer HT-M21. Might want to see if they can fix that for you.

Z

 

George Calvert first Lord Baltimore, 150 year anniversary October 1880.

 

I see a difference where 1837 is in a different place than the other shown on this page. Good eye!

 

A new Challenge Token.
I traded this one with a YN the other day, Asked if they had any tokens/coins having a yard sale.
Mom was LIKE, heck yeah kiddo you have some coins to sell right? The 10 YR old says yeah MoM, I have some coins to sell. I new right then this one was going back.
Gave them $ bucks and the kiddo is gonna get a few of his coins back.
Here is the first one going back.

 

Is that Lucy from New Jersey? lol

 

@TheNickelGuy
I have one in brass but just a little different.
The top image is before I sent it in to have the engine on the obverse.

 

Better photos as promised.

Z

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