Help me solve a numismatic mystery! Exonumia, love token, presentation coin.

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  1. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Alright. I've tried and I've gotten some of it, but I need your help. So far this is what I have:

    "Presented to (Jimmy?) ______ by L.C. Drake first money taken in the new office. Oct 6th 1881. _______ by _. (SHERRARD?) __________."


    Any ideas?
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  3. C-B-D

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  4. Garlicus

    Garlicus Debt is dumb, cash is king.

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  5. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Check out the similarity in font...
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  6. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    I think you're right about "Sheppard, Barkeeper."
     
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  7. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Jimmy Xavier? With the r missing/worn? Those first letters of the name would be easier to decipher if I knew the old font style of writing.
     
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  8. CircCam

    CircCam Victory

    I'm seeing Earle as the last name at the top but just a guess.
     
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Great piece! Maybe a pencil rubbing would show some of the worn inscriptions better?

    Hm. Maybe not.
     
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  10. Garlicus

    Garlicus Debt is dumb, cash is king.

    Maybe Johnny instead of Jimmy?
    Going off 'barkeeper', maybe it says 'served' by.

    Is there a non-chemical way to bring out the inscription, similar to the way they get obliterated serial numbers off guns?
     
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  11. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Right. Johnny. I see the h now. Thanks!
     
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  12. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    And I see "served by"
     
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  13. Garlicus

    Garlicus Debt is dumb, cash is king.

    Restoration of Firearm Serial Numbers with Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

    Or maybe with mechanical resonance?

    I'm sure you have all of the needed equipment for either of these methods just laying around, lol
     
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  14. Garlicus

    Garlicus Debt is dumb, cash is king.

    There are like 7 different scripts/fonts used on that reverse. I lke it.

    I think we're just down to getting Johnny's last name correct.(don't think it's 'Earle', as the 'E' would be rounded like a 'C')
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    Sorta feels like I'm playing Mystery Scrabble, lol.
     
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  15. SorenCoins

    SorenCoins Well-Known Member

    I see Jimmy L... Don't know what's after the L tho.
     
    SorenCoins, Jan 30, 2018
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  16. SorenCoins

    SorenCoins Well-Known Member

    wow this is tricky.
     
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