Hey friends, I bought a token off ebay and I think it's a fairly scarce one. I am thinking that this is a George B. Soley token=The Bourse, Philadelphia 1895. Some collectors believe he minted the 1832 "Our Father" token as well but I think the US Mint, minted that token. I will post pics of both, if any of you's know anything about George B. Soley and the tokens he minted, please share your knowledge . Much appreciated, inquiring minds want to know. TY
Very nice fretboard. While I don't know anything about Soley's work, I do know that both buildings are still standing today. They're well preserved and as beautiful as they were in their day. I can't read the text because the pics are too blurry. I'm going to look in my references and see if I can find out anything about them. Bruce
Thanks Ken, your old eyes are better than mine I checked out Soley in Rulau's catalog, and while he's listed there, your tokens aren't. The example he lists is of a gold colored cardboard advertising token issued in 1876. His address was 1205 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia and he produced medals, and metallic and paper advertising cards. Rulau's designation number is Pa-Ph375. Bruce
Interesting, much appreciated. I'm certain he minted quite a number of tokens and medals unfortunately he did not sign them, I guess. I read somewhere that he made the rounds at all the state fairs and coin shows with his steam press he bought from the US Mint. I guess you could say he was the first Daniel Carr as far as buying a minting press except on a smaller scale. http://www.money.org/media/2119/ANAPR.12.09.99 Medals from Mint's 1st Steam Press.pdf
I know, Mr. Soley must have had a very big stagecoach. Just wanted to add this link to this thread I started a couple years ago. Its just another seller on ebay saying what a lot of ppl think. They think that George B. Soley minted this small 1832 medal, see link, on the steam press he bought from the US Mint. Well, I finally found out that he most likely didn't b/c he barely bought the steam press in 1875. With that said, according to the below link, dates on tokens aren't always accurate, so we may never know. My question is this, if the US Mint did mint that 1832 medal, what was the occasion? Oh well, just sharing some information. Oh, forgot to add my pic of a steam press token pressed by the US Mint, I think. Also, nobody could have minted that 1832 medal in 1832 b/c the US Mint didn't get the press until after that date. Dang, messed up the order of the text and the pics. Oh well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-183...851546?hash=item43eea8d7da:g:jkgAAOSw3zxXL-nt https://www.fi.edu/history-resources/coin-press
wrong thread - deleted and moved here https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/page-609#post-8302788
