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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1407446, member: 15445&quot;]I NOW understand that there was a magician &amp; ventriloquist that marked coins in the 19th Century.&nbsp; The mark is WYMAN WIZARD &amp; VENTRILOQUIST.&nbsp; This is the mark of 19th century magician John Wyman.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m told that Wyman was from Philadelphia and worked as a magician for almost 50 years (at one point working in the employ of P.T. Barnum)&nbsp; He is credited as being the first U.S. magician to do the ‘Bullet Catch,’ in which the performer catches a discharged bullet with his teeth.&nbsp; I have also been told that his act was a favorite of one of our most famous presidents (Lincoln).&nbsp; I wish I knew all this when I first spotted the silver coin.&nbsp; It was quickly purchased by a collector after I passed on it.&nbsp; I have communicated with that collector &amp; he is a really nice person.&nbsp; The coin is in good hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen one other example on display at a dealer&#039;s table at FUN.&nbsp; The dealer said it was part of his personal collection &amp; it was for display only.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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