It’s long way from Fine IMO.
The second “1” in the date is larger than the first “1.” That’s a problem.
People have speculated that Higgins had access to a Higley copper which gave him the idea to use the “value me as you pleas(e)” phrase.
There is no chance that Higgins had access to the Scoville dies. He used a Scoville token to make his dies.
I have file of pictures full of this stuff. Here is how they rip you off with a fake coin in a fake slab. Here is a bad slabbed coin: [ATTACH]...
If the cent does disappear from circulation in 2022, I hope that the mint continues to make the coin for Proof and Mint sets. The cent is the only...
Here are a few more John Marr tokens. Here is the latest in Civil War era kitchen ranges from J. Pritzlaff & Co. [ATTACH] "Don't despair" when...
That entire token was made by the Scovill Company. Scovill designed that liberty head and Henry Higgins copied it probably by pressing the Scovill...
Nope, just German culture.
John Marr (1831-1921) was an engraver and die sinker who produced Civil War tokens (CWTs) almost exclusively for Wisconsin businesses. He engraved...
The Civil War Token Society has published new books for the Patriotic and Store Card series. They have a lot more information than the older Fuld...
You mean this one .... [ATTACH] The die variety is 58 / 439 a. It's rated as an R-3 and is not that hard to find, at least it wasn't when I was...
I have a collection of tokens by Milwaukee die maker, John Marr. He did beautiful work. I see of I have the time to post some of his work in a new...
Ah yes, the good old “spoot” variety. It is surprisingly hard to find nice, EF or better. I had one nice one that I sold when I was a dealer. I...
A lot of collector MUCH PREFER the business strike coins and don't like the Proofs as well. That's why they are less expensive. The trick, in my...
So far as the guinea goes, if you have to have an AU, that might cost more than $2,000. This 1776 dated example in a bit below that but the date...
Yes, the box and papers do add a lot to it. I have seen a couple of the box, paper and token sets offered at shows in New England, but I have...
Hi @Collecting Nut! You are in luck. I found them! There was a study about these pieces by a well-known New England numismatist, Shepard Pond. He...
This was my first Massachusetts Cent that I purchased in the 1980s. I have it listed as a Rider 6-N. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is my high grade...
There is a whole series of these copies that came out in the 1930s. I was awarded a set of them, without the papers and box, many years ago for...
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