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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26038124, member: 101855&quot;]P.T. Barnum made a forture with &quot;humbugs.&quot; He was the most flamboyant American showman of the 19th century. He became famous for Barnium&#039;s museum which was located in New York City. During that period he issued a group of tokens. Here is what I think is a complete design set of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although he was an American, all of his tokens were made by foreign producers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Barnum Museum token. This is tough one that usually sells for $500 to $600 in U.S. auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tom Thumb coach token. I don&#039;t know how many Tom Thumb coaches there may have been, but there is one in a museum here in Florida. This token is also scarce and sells for several hundred dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two pieces which said to be gambling tokens. One has Queen Victoria on the reverse. I have found this to be the most common Barnum token</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655637[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one has a reproduction of the U.S. Capped Bust coinage. I recently bought this one from a German dealer via the MA-Shops system. It takes a long time for the items to be shipped from Europe, but it has worked the two times I have used it. This is first example of this piece I have seen. There have to be more, but I never ran into them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655638[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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