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Yes, Bruce, this token was listed in the 1960's Patriotic Black Booklet. Later Fuld books pictured it among a group of delisted dies (498/499, I...
I once had one of the Constellation souvenir medals. I recall wondering if the concept behind their being made was precipitated by the earlier...
From my humble perspective, tooling and smoothing are acceptable; this, if they don't spoil the counterstamp.
Here's the reverse of an 1867 two cent piece that was planed and then counterstamped. Possibly, this was a hotel in Chicago ....[ATTACH]
Cool token. Looks to be relatively scarce. I'd not seen one before. There's a higher grade one on Ebay at present, I see. One John H. Clay...
While this Monitor piece is listed by Sullivan, among other political medalets, so are a great many of the Civil War tokens, listed by the Fulds'....
The Monitor tokens are among my favorite Civil War issues. Here's a Lovett piece that's long been inexplicably excluded from the series. My pics...
At the risk of dating myself, I seem to recall seeing one of these machines; this, as a kid in the 1950's :jawdrop:.
I believe that these were made at amusement parks, circa 1930-50's. You'd put a quarter in a machine, punch in the letters for your name and town,...
Hi Bruce .... Here's the one you didn't see. I believe it's the stamp of David R. Ramsay, listed as a "punchcutter" in the 1849 NY City Directory....
This example is better struck than most I've seen. Although a controversial CWT, I'm glad it's remained included in the series. There's a newly...
Agreed, my use of the word "mix" in this context is arguably questionable. I was using that word more in the figurative sense. As a decades-long...
Over the years, I've owned four of the Lincoln, "Good for Another Heat" CWT's. I'd noticed variations in the color. Two were definitely brass, one...
Thanks for the update, Bruce. I wasn't aware of the two real pieces. I may well have missed that among Greg's updates. Winning rare pieces that...
Bruce .... Here are the Samuel Root items I mentioned. You can see the matching address, 363 Broadway, on his token, the counterstamped large cent...
Hey, Bruce ... Here are the pics I mentioned. Note the "stylized" font. Surely, it's not a slam-dunk, but I do think that John Sullivan, a mid...
@Jester .... Brunk lists a W.G. BALL / 1862 on an 1801 large cent. As there's no pic, I can't say it's the same stamp. I contemplated bidding on...
I have one of these counterstamps in my collection, the host coin being an 1851 large cents. I suspect that Brunk's listing for a G. NOBLE on an...
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