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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1709102, member: 4910&quot;]<img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_maxmehl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>B. Max Mehl Good Luck Token</p><p>The obverse has a figure twirling a lasso.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse has a horseshoe and:</p><p>B. MAX MEHL / NUMISMATIST - FORT WORTH - TEXAS / GOOD LUCK be with you</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze, 31mm, 11.40gm</p><p><br /></p><p>B. Max Mehl, 1884-1957, was a legendary Fort Worth, Texas coin dealer,</p><p>America’s most famous coin dealer of the first half of the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of us here have heard of him, some have dealt with him.</p><p><br /></p><p>He popularized coin collecting with his advertisements.</p><p><br /></p><p>His customers included collector celebrities like King Farouk and he handled some coin celebrities like the 1804 dolar and 1913 nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>More information on B. Max Mehl:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/soltaylor100408.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/soltaylor100408.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/soltaylor100408.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t192747" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t192747">http://www.cointalk.com/t192747</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/Articles/ViewArticle/b-max-mehls-a-royal-sale" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/Articles/ViewArticle/b-max-mehls-a-royal-sale" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/Articles/ViewArticle/b-max-mehls-a-royal-sale</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But what is the figure on the token?</p><p>Is it a horse, camel, a bull, an Indian god, a Texas &#039;buckaroo&#039;?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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