Two unexpected wins from the recent Harlan Berk Bid/Buy sale. I haven't had much luck at these when placing bids. Italy, Mazzoni, Dante’s Divine Comedy 1809 Medal Laudatory medal by Mercandetti. Bronze Diameter: 50mm Impressive medal featuring Giacopo (Jacopo) Mazzoni and an interpretation of a Malebranche (demon). Mazzoni is best known for his work on literary criticism, particularly his defenses of Dante’s Divine Comedy. France, Consulate, 1801 Jeton, UNC, Anno IX Consulate (1799-1804) by P.Tiolier. Construction 3 Iron bridges over seine
Most of the Bucklin examples I've seen show a lot of wear. Not too many nice one's that I've seen. I don't think any are common but one at least is very rare...sorry, I can't think of the variety off hand. Bruce
No idea. I actually purchased it to give to a friend because he has a mini farm at his house. He loved it.
Norris Cotton Mills, Cateechee S.C, Brass, C/A, 34mm 8.1 grams, thin planchet, counter stamped It appears the counter stamp punch slipped a bit or the token was re-punched and the punch not properly aligned with the old mark. Also, if you look below the "D" in GOOD on the reverse you'll see light hitting the push out. The counter stamp may be from Woodside Mills of Greenville, one of several companies that bought the Norris Mills. Daniel Keating Norris also named the town Cateechee after a Choctaw Indian woman named Issaqueena. She was captured by the Cherokee and taken to Keowee where they changed her name to Cateechee. One day she found out the Cherokee were planning an attack on the Star Fort where her lover, a trader, happened to be staying. She rode 96 miles to warn the fort. Today the town where the fort still exists is called Ninety-Six. There are quite a few variations on this story including an aftermath where the Cherokee were chasing Cateechee and she jumped a waterfall and hid somewhere until they gave up looking for her. Well, I suppose leaping a waterfall might get easier with pissed off Cherokees behind you. That waterfall still exists today and is called Issaqueena Falls. Issaqueena was Cateechee's real name before the Cherokee changed it. It's a cool story but just too too many variations to it. Sources: Numismatics of South Carolina Merchant Trade Tokens--Tony Chibbaro. And the Interwebbie.
A 1980 dated Portuguese medal for the Banco Espirito Santo. Bought it because of it's coin related theme. Wiki bank history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Espírito_Santo
The Massachusetts Protective Association Incorporated Telegraph this number to M.P. What’s a telegraph? lol