If one watches, the 3 piece sets can be had for under $100. I paid $85 for mine a couple of years ago (ebay), and I saw a set on ebay last year go...
If you take pics of just the token (both sides) I could likely id it and provide a ballpark value for you. Nice looking display.
Many patterns go years between instances of being offered for sale. About all of the available pricing that I am aware of is sale history. I have...
All services should be performed at a highly accurate level, which, would just about make consistency an accompanying and necessary trait. Along...
I must have missed this one first time around. Nice cwt, bone! Id of that one is NY 630BO-2a. It is an R1 rarity token (you can never trust...
Most of my hunting is spent just to find an example of a particular token. There is no comparison shopping, and little (sales) data to collect...
You are very welcome, glad I could help.
As said, education is key. Firm standards for tpgs to work to, while admittedly very unlikely to happen, would give them more credibility....
Merchant token books by state - 56 books Specific token types, indexed by state (Ingle, Hickey Bros, coal, lumber, Masonic, amusement, etc) - 28...
Id for the white metal issue is Baker #453B. Diameter is listed at 32mm. Rarity is R4 - 200 to 499 thought to exist. Value in my 1999 ref. is $25...
Here is a link to a thread that was no longer active at the time of your joining Coin Talk....
Yes, it appears to be a love token. Dimes were one of the most commonly used coins for this display of admiration. Fancy carved letters are the...
Well Frank, I guess we are in good company since Rulau himself states that his Civil War token section is just an overview. He states on page 4...
Even after you have learned enough to feel comfortable buying coins, keep buying books and learning from them. I got involved with collecting 40...
What exactly do you want to do with the resource? If your goal is to find a site to assist in identification, I am not aware of one, but then, I...
Idhair knows what it is. That piece is too beat to see needed identifiers, but it is either Baker 600 (Kurth 49, R-F Gnw-26) if SP. MARKE is below...
adelv, Arizona (gotta love The Lincoln-ator), I am humbled by your responses. Thank you for your kind words.
Last summer, I participated with a church related mission work trip that went to Slidell, Louisiana (just east of New Orleans) to do home...
To expound upon this fact a bit, it wasn't until 1854 that U.S. currency came into regular use in New York City (other than the cent and half...
191/443a, R2 (2001-5000 known). Kanzinger valued this token at $13 in F/VF, $17 in XF and $25 in Unc in his 2002 book, which has become outdated...
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