I'd say use as a watch fob is highly likely, considering the fraternal associations. However, the hole placement may just have been a random whim...
ROFL @Deacon Ray :p I still say the owl looks like a winged bullfrog on Coin A. @Johndoe2000$ is right about the owl on Coin B looking a bit...
(January 2021 edit: this old index thread is incomplete and was not kept updated.) Hopefully anyone who'd like to see my collected content will...
"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady": Bizarre folk art carving on ca. 1811-1813 Canadian token [IMG] Larger picture Larger reverse image...
"Died on the Train": 1878 mourning token engraved on 1858 Seated Liberty half [IMG] Larger obverse picture Larger reverse picture Host coin:...
"Two Bits for an Odd Fellow" : Fraternal lodge token on 1857 Seated Liberty quarter [IMG] Larger obverse image Larger reverse image Host coin:...
Great CRH find! I've gotten cent- (or nickel-) sized World coins when roll searching, but never a piece of World silver! WTG! I dunno if your...
What @spirityoda said. One must prioritize. Numismatics is the only hobby I spend money on, though that doesn't mean it's my only hobby. Others...
Well, if it's a P-mint, it won't be a silver proof that escaped its set and got circulated, so I dunno. Maybe there's something to what @cpm9ball...
I vote minor error, struck through grease, then well-circulated, as @paddyman98 indicated. Not gonna be worth much of a premium (maybe just a...
Are British coins fun to collect? Is a bear Catholic? Does the Pope poop in the woods? Hang on- I think I got that wrong. Is the Pope...
It's cool-looking... whatever it is. What IS that? I've got a bunch of non-numismatic owls, too. Inherited my grandmother's collection of...
OK, so I'm happy that the poll results are vindicating my "upgrade" from Coin A to Coin B, though I'm also glad that Coin A (which I also loved...
You repent your sins and head down into your underground shelter, because when this thread ends, the apocalypse shall be nigh!
1833 or USA [IMG]
Having started collecting in 1976 (as a lad of not quite eleven years), my numismatic history also reaches back into "olden days", and though I'm...
Been a while since I've seen a TIF gif! ROFL :P [IMG]
Turtles? Ew. I like owls. And bacon. And gravy. You could put brown gravy on an old tennis shoe and would eat it (or at least lick the gravy...
Indeed he does, even if he more resembles a winged frog. I'll miss that coin, but will still get to visit it in NC once a year.
Where've you been, Bing? ALL of my polls have been apples-to-oranges comparisons so far! ;)
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