I just noticed today that Steve Hayden has a cutout badge with pin on his eBay site. Very interesting piece! Thanks for the info conder. Bruce
Here's a counterstaped coin I picked off eBay about a year or so ago. It's probably not an ID badge but more likely an "advertisement' for the party. Although crudely struck, I thought it was an interesting piece. Sorry about the poor picture...it's a copy of a copy. Bruce
Another nice token...medal?...pickup from the last Baltimore show. I think another example may have been posted earlier on CT but I'm not sure. Bruce
Went to FIRSTENERGY STADIUM yesterday to the Reading Fightin Phils play the Erie Seawolves. Erie is in first place Reading in last so it's easy to see the fight was out of the Fightin Phils
I bought this counterstamped 1797 English Penny from a UK collector a week or so ago. Other than modern Irish political stamps, I don't buy many foreign examples. This is one I liked a lot. The stamps are all of English cutlers who worked in Sheffield from the early to mid 1800s. The names, in case you can't read them, are John Carr, Robert Sorby, Joseph Mappin, and Steer & Webster. Brunk lists Sorby but none of the others. A brief history of each follows. *** Sorby --- Born in Sheffield February, 1787 and died there in November, 1859. Around 1841 he took his sons (Robert and Thomas) into the business and changed it's name to Robert Sorby & Sons. Over the years he manufactured a variety of edge tools, saws, scythes, etc. *** Carr --- Listed in the 1825 Sheffield directory as a pen knife manufacturer working at 10 Duke St. I couldn't determine the years he was at the South St. address stamped on the coin. *** Mappin --- Born in Yorkshire (date unknown) and died in Sheffield in September, 1841. In 1825 directories listed his company as Joseph Mappin & Son (Frederic T.) He was an engraver, copper plate printer, and manufactured buttons and spoons at 55 Fargate (later at Pepper Alley). Apparently, he was in business from 1810 until his death in 1841. I didn't find a listing for him at 32 Norfolk St., the address in his counterstamp. The "sun" logo that appears below his name was his mark. *** Steer & Webster --- The partners were probably Joseph Steer and Leonard Webster but I'm not certain. Their manufactory in Sheffield, the Castle Hill Works, produced scissors and other edge tools. The company was founded in 1833 and sold out to George Butler & Co. in 1867. The key (hard to see) above their name is the company's logo or mark. Bruce
I joined the "Copper Clad Crank Club": Copper Clad Crank Club Good Luck Coin Obverse: Knight in armor standing on swastika COPPER-CLAD CRANK CLUB Reverse: Horseshoe with swastikas and four-leaf clover BE A USER OF THE COPPER-CLAD OR A LIFE MEMBER OF THE "WISH I HAD" GREENDUCK CHICAGO (Manufacturer) Metal: Bronze, Size: 32mm, Weight: 11.10gm The Copper-Clad Malleable Range Company of St. Louis, Missouri made stoves. The stoves were lined with copper as a rust preventative measure. The company was in business from 1899 to 1985.
Try to say that three times real fast. I'd probably wind up saying something that wouldn't be acceptable at the dinner table. Nice token willieboyd! BTW, these weren't attributed until about ten years ago. Rulau lists these in his token catalog, in the Gay-90s section I believe. Bruce
Here is an odd piece I've had for many years, its copper, about the size of a Half Cent. Design is crude, incuse and in retrograde, but nicely done, the reverse is blank except for the engrailed circle which is shown on the obverse. It actually says "Liberty" in the head band but as I mentioned the entire design is reversed. Any ideas? Thanks. Stephen
1967 summer job program from New York state department of historical homes and lands. We repaired historical homes this 1876 Philadelphia Seated Dime was in the door framework. One of the Catskills Historical home.