Let's see your exonumia!

One Henny Penny - Chicken Feed
Play Money Coin





One of the least expensive small tokens I have bought but they are a bit scarce. Not as scarce as hens teeth but not exactly common. I can't seem to nail down where this is from.

Maybe from a board game in the 1930's ?
Add to this if you know.

"Henny Penny" or "Chicken Little"
is a children's fable dating back to 1823.
There are numerous versions but a little chicken feels an acorn or leaf dropping on him and thinks "The sky is falling".

Convincing others foul characters, a duck, turkey, goose and rooster, they set off to tell the King.
They come to a fox who tricks them along the way, knowing a shortcut to the King, and invites them to his lair and then eats them all.
The little chick gets away.
How versions of the story are told and end differ, but the moral to Henny Penny is interpreted as a warning

To not to believe everything one is told.




There are many businesses using the Henny Penny name seems endless. Everything from an online used vintage clothing store to an eclectic retail store in Bowling Green, Missouri. There's a Pete's Henny Penny in North Petaluma, California. Henny Penny was or is a closed food store in Wallsend Australia. There are Henny Penny Chicken Fryers, Henny Penny Farms is a small eggs milk and cheese distributor in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. A Henny Penny Cupcake baker in Havre, Montana.

 

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What exactly, is an "Itannicnic?"

Z

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Cincinnati spelled backwards
(Never been there)

Cincinnati Fountain Square

 

Just to make up for paying too much for that Henny Penny up there a couple posts.
(A dollar)
I bought these nicer examples and some other denominations,
all 17 for 7 bucks.

8 - Henny Pennys Chicken Feed
7 - Thin Dimes for Coffee
2 - Aluminum Wooden Nickles

 

1904 St Louis Fair
Coin Of Admission
So-Called Dollar HK-305







SOUVENIR COINS OF ADMISSION
Called by some "handsomest metal products" of exposition. Issued by Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. was in no way connected with the exposition company. Round specimen appeared first at cost of 50 cents. The purchaser was entitled to guess the number of total paid admissions, winner to receive $50,000 in gold!
Promoters planned office at exposition entrance to redeem medals for admission tickets.

A scheme launched at the same time as Official Souvenir Coin Department of exposition became active and the public long thought they were the same was part thereof. Situation was finally clarified by press releases.
Obverse of medal bears crowned bust of Louis IX resembling that on Isabella quarter; also reverse bears word "coin." U.S. Treasury Department was asked by exposition to rule on both points but apparently no action taken.
However, after "less than 25,000" round medals were sold, "a large order" was placed for octagonal shape.
Almost concurrently, the Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Company disappeared following failure to secure either official recognition or concession privileges and the octagonal issues were bought up by souvenir and coin dealers.
Most medals bear serial number on reverse, round ones under No. 25,000, octagonal ones over No. 25,000.



I collect exposition tickets as well as related medals and a St Louis ticket has been difficult for me to hunt down at a bargain. This, for awhile was as close as I could get so far to a ticket.

1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Dedication Ceremonies Ticket




My long awaited ticket that has two great men pictured on the front. Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

On April 30, 1903, one hundred years to the day after the signing in Paris of the Louisiana Purchase agreement, President Theodore Roosevelt is in St Louis, Missouri, to dedicate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which did not open until one year later. Roosevelt is visible in the center of the front row of a grandstand, which was also the speaker's platform.


A link to read The President Theodore Roosevelt Speech at the Dedication Ceremonies where he is pictured below. http://atthefair.homestead.com/Misc/SP-ADDRESSOFPRESIDENTROOSEVELT.html

The exposition opened on April 30, 1904, and continued until December 1, 1904. It was the first world's fair to turn a profit. It featured the participation of 62 nations, 43 U.S. states, and the federal government. The fair comprised more than 1,500 individual buildings interconnected by 75 miles of roads and walkways. The infrastructure and buildings required three years to construct. A special exposition company was created for coordinating the process. Nearly the entire population of St. Louis was involved in the work. The scale of the plan was so immense that the fair, originally scheduled for 1903, had to be delayed by a year.

Then this became available . . .

1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
St Louis Day Ticket




This ticket was given to someone to enjoy "St Louis Day" on September 15th 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition from Dr. Bransford Lewis of St. Louis Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri.

I did find some information about him.

Born Nov 14 1862 in St. Charles County, Missouri.
Died at age 78 at his summer home near Saint Clair, Franklin County, Missouri.
Buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

He was an accomplished surgeon with a long list of accomplishments.

Affiliate Fellow of the American Medical Association and a member of its House of Delegates in 1913.

A lecturer in genitourinary surgery at his alma mater from 1893 to 1895.

Assistant superintendent of St. Louis City Hospital in 1889 and on the staff from 1902 to 1905 and from 1910 to 1912.

On the staff of the Missouri Pacific Hospital from 1892 to 1896, Rebekah Hospital from 1901 to 1914, Deaconess Hospital from 1905 to 1912, Frisco Hospital from 1898 to 1915.

1912 urologist to St. John's Hospital.

Translated from the German "Genitourinary Diagnosis and Therapy for Urologists and General Practitioners," by Dr. E. Portner ; co-author, of "Cystoscopy and Urethroscopy".

A professor of urology at St. Louis University School of Medicine from 1900 to 1930 and since 1930 professor emeritus member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons.

Past president of the American Urological Association, fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Past president of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association.

In 1933 vice president of the Pan American Medical Congress.
Edited a "History of Urology" in 1933, and wrote the chapter on the history of the American Urological Association.

He contributed largely to the of the modern development cystoscope.

Wrote about a surgical procedure nephropexy, to correct nephroptosis, a floating kidney, by fixing the kidney in place.

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Pierre Laclede is shown on the front and was a French fur trader who, with his young assistant and stepson Auguste Chouteau, founded St. Louis in 1764, in what was then Spanish Upper Louisiana, in present-day Missouri.

Saint Louis on horseback is shown on the back. Apotheosis of St. Louis, A bronze statue of Saint Louis stands in Forest Park where the Fair took place. The statue is a replica of a plaster statue that stood on the concourse of the Plaza of St. Louis, near the main entrance to the fair.

 

I need one of those ^^^^^ too . . . . . . .

Z

 

Only have one. I'd like to get an octagonal someday.

 

1976 Washington Paine
New Rochelle
Bicentennial City Commemorative Medal





A .999 Fine Silver New Rochelle Bicentennial city commemorative medal.
Featuring Washington and Paine on obverse and reverse has Washington centered during a battle.
Marked on edge "Medallic Art Co. Danbury CT
.999 fine silver. Weight 2.645 oz

Two quotes appear on the obverse by Thomas Paine

"These are the times that try men's souls"
and
"The Constitution is the guide which I can never abandon"

Reading about Thomas Paine teaches one about the fruits of resentment.
He was known as "The Father of the American Revolution" and one of "The Founding Fathers of the United States".
He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, Common Sense and The American Crisis and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.

Paine was an enthusiastic supporter of the French Revolution, and was granted honorary French citizenship alongside prominent contemporaries such as Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and others.

He was arrested in France and criticized Washington, who was his life-long friend, for conspiracy and for letting him sit in jail.

In the end, he had no friends but death, nowhere to be buried, except under a walnut tree on his farm.

His body was dug up by William Cobbett and his bones were transported with him back to England with the intention to give Paine a heroic reburial on his native soil, but this never came to pass.

The bones were still among Cobbett's effects when he died over twenty years later, but were later lost.
There is no confirmed story about what happened to them after that, although various people have claimed throughout the years to own parts of Paine's remains, such as his skull and right hand.

The death mask of Thomas Paine

 

Sam Houston - Texas
Medallic Art Co Statehood Medal
Bronze 1.25 in





Fought in the War of 1812, wounded twice and favored by Andrew Jackson.
In 1822, Houston was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee. He won the race for Governor of Tennessee in 1827 but scandals of infidelity caused him to lose Eliza, his first of three wives and the chance for re-election.
Houston also was blamed for giving Indian tribes supplies which caused him a lot of grief. He beat William Stanbery with a cane, was arrested and left for Mexico without paying a $500.00 judgement.
He left for Texas in December 1832 and was immediately swept up in the politics of what was still a part of the Mexican state of Coahuila, attending the Convention of 1833 as representative for Nacogdoches.
Houston emerged as a supporter of William Harris Wharton and his brother, who promoted independence from Mexico. The Texas Army commissioned Houston as Major General in November 1835.
After the Alamo, Houston's army defeated Santa Anna who was forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco, granting Texas its independence. Houston was injured by a stray bullet which shattered his ankle.
Houston was twice elected President of the Republic of Texas.
After the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845, Houston was elected to the U.S. Senate by the Texas state legislature.
He was sworn in as Governor on December 21, 1859. Upon election, he became the only person elected to serve as governor of two U.S. states, Texas and Tennessee, by popular vote.

Although Houston was a slave owner and opposed abolition, he opposed the secession of Texas from the Union. An elected convention voted to secede from the United States on February 1, 1861, and Texas joined the Confederate States of America on March 2, 1861. Houston refused to recognize its legality, but the Texas legislature upheld the legitimacy of secession. The political forces that brought about Texas's secession were powerful enough to replace the state's Unionist governor. Houston chose not to resist, stating, "I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her. To avert this calamity, I shall make no endeavor to maintain my authority as Chief Executive of this State, except by the peaceful exercise of my functions ... " He was evicted from his office on March 16, 1861, for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.

 

Aloha!

1984 25th Anniversary Hawaii
Admission Day Dala
Queen Liliuokalani





Mintage: 5500 including sets - Diameter 39mm
Number and quality on the edge
1 ounce .999 Fine Proof Silver Round.
Not a coin!

OBVERSE: Portrait, LILIUOKALANI HAWAII
The beautiful Queen Liliuokalani obverse features the famous Huth Medal design of 1891.

REVERSE: ADMISSION DAY DALA, HAWAIIAN STATEHOOD, SILVER JUBILEE, AUGUST 12 1959 - 1984 with crest and ribbon.

These were packaged in a tamper proof capsule, a gift box with Royal Hawaiian Silver printed outer box and the original Certificate of Authenticity.

With the overwhelming success of the sold-out Statehood Issue within the first six months of 1984,
The Royal Hawaiian Mint created the Admission Day Dala to satisfy collector demand and celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Hawaii’s Statehood.

The same obverse from the Statehood Dala with Queen Liliuokalani graces the Admission Day Dala. It was the Queen of Hawaii and her loyal Hawaiian citizens who bravely fought against fate to maintain the Kingdom of Hawaii. The reverse design commemorates the very day, August 21, 1959, that President Eisenhower signed the Act of Congress admitting Hawaii as the 50th State in the Union.



The Liliuokalani reign (1891 - 1893) was short lived and ended with the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii by American forces. When imprisoned in Iolani Palace, the Queen called out to her fellow Christians of her tragic fate. Queen Liliuokalani is still loved by her people who continue to mourn the loss of their Queen and the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Liliuokalani, the sister of King Kalakaua, took the oath of office and was proclaimed queen on Jan. 29, 1891, after the death of her brother.
She was a brilliant woman, talented and dignified. Queen Liliuokalani's reign of less than two years was filled with trouble and after much despair, ended in failure when on July 4, 1894 the Republic of Hawaii was proclaimed.

Liliuokalani was an author in English and Hawaiian and was the most accomplished musician and composer in her family.
She composed over 600 songs, some of Hawaii's most inspiring musical works, among which is one of the most beautiful, yet saddest of all Hawaiian songs, Aloha Oe: Farewell to Thee.
Even though it seems to have been written as a farewell song between two lovers, it is more poetically thought of as being written by the Queen as a lasting farewell to her reign and the end of the Kingdom of Hawaii as a sovereign and independent country.

In addition to writing music, she played the piano. ukulele, guitar, zither and organ.
With her training and education she understood ancient Hawaiian and Western music as well as any musician in her time. Queen Liliuokalani is still remembered and loved for all she did for the Hawaiian people.

1969 King Kamehameha
Hawaii Statehood
Medallic Art Co.
1.25 in. Bronze Medal






Kamehameha I
was also known as Kamehameha the Great, he was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
He had between 20 and 30 wives and had over 30 children.

A great warrior, diplomat and leader, King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands into one royal kingdom in 1810 after years of conflict. Kamehameha I was destined for greatness from birth. Hawaiian legend prophesized that a light in the sky with feathers like a bird would signal the birth of a great chief. Historians believe Kamehameha was born in 1758, the year Halley’s comet passed over Hawaii.

Given the birth name Paiea, the future king was hidden from warring clans in secluded Waipio Valley after birth. After the death threat passed, Paiea came out of hiding and was renamed Kamehameha (The Lonely One). Kamehameha was trained as a warrior and his legendary strength was proven when he overturned the Naha Stone, which reportedly weighed between 2.5 and 3.5 tons. You can still see the Naha Stone today in Hilo.

During this time, warfare between chiefs throughout the islands was widespread. In 1778, Captain James Cook arrived in Hawaii, dovetailing with Kamehameha’s ambitions. With the help of western weapons and advisors, Kamehameha won fierce battles at lao Valley in Maui and the Nuuanu Pali on Oahu.
The fortress-like Puukohola Heiau on the island of Hawaii was built in 1790 prophesizing Kamehameha’s conquest of the islands.
In 1810, when King Kaumualii of Kauai agreed to become a tributary kingdom under Kamehameha, that prophecy was finally fulfilled.

Kamehameha’s unification of Hawaii was significant not only because it was an incredible feat, but also because under separate rule, the Islands may have been torn apart by competing western interests.

Today, four commissioned statues stand to honor King Kamehameha’s memory. Every June 11th, on Kamehameha Day, each of these statues are ceremoniously draped with flower lei to celebrate Hawaii’s greatest king.
He died in 1819.

 

There is something about this that appeals to me (plus it was reasonably priced and it's huge). From Finland - A. Tukiainen designer, large gilt solid silver .830 medal - NORDIA 1975, 56 mm, 102 grams. It's kind of steam punk / nature or something. I like the woodpecker on the second tree.

 

Ants making perforations for stamps?
I always wondered how they made those. LOL

Very cool medal!

 

I forgot to bid on this one.

DJD . . .

Z

 

Oh my, Well, you would have paid more if you did bid anyway. (especially if I was watching too) LOL LOL LOL

It happens

 

An excellent and most notable write up, worthy of 'featured' status...........

 

Hic-ups...........in Zulu.

 

Nickel Guy, I was also on our 5th grade safety patrol. We were fingerprinted. Were you? They said it was in case we got hurt. I think the FBI was probably building up their files.

 

No, I was not fingerprinted. I was in Catholic School many moons ago and I'm sure it went "On My Permanent Record".

 

Isn't this statue alongside I-45 somewhere between Dallas and Houston?