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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2798153, member: 10461&quot;]On my <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11755037#Comment_11755037" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11755037#Comment_11755037" rel="nofollow">CU forum thread</a> about this swap, &quot;epcjimi1&quot; shared these pictures.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>&quot;Peacock Door at the C.D.Peacock Jewelery Store at the Palmer House Hotel..</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s282.photobucket.com/user/epcjimi/media/LI-sculp-PH-002b.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s282.photobucket.com/user/epcjimi/media/LI-sculp-PH-002b.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/epcjimi/LI-sculp-PH-002b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here he quotes the company&#039;s website.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>&quot;Founder Elijah Peacock, a skilled third generation watch and jewelry repairman, was lauded by his contemporaries for using his craft to repair pocket watches... Elijah passed the mantle to his son Charles Daniel, and in 1889, the name was changed to C.D.Peacock. As the city grew, C.D.Peacock expanded along with it. Each store was designed to be a showplace for the finest jewelry, watches, and gifts.&quot;</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cdpeacock.com/about-us/the-history-of-c-d-peacock/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cdpeacock.com/about-us/the-history-of-c-d-peacock/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdpeacock.com/about-us/the-history-of-c-d-peacock/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;epcjimi1&quot; again:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>&quot;I think &quot;Time is Money&quot; is not meant in the Ben Franklin sense, rather, for the Peacock Jewelry company, time is money literally, watch sales are the basis of the company business. Peacock sold time(keeping).</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Ornamental clock with peacock motif on the site of the former Peacock&#039;s Jewelry Store at State and Monroe Streets in Chicago, Illinois. Peacock on top and door style on the side.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s282.photobucket.com/user/epcjimi/media/clock.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s282.photobucket.com/user/epcjimi/media/clock.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/epcjimi/clock.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>He grew up in Chicago, so knew about this Palmer House location.</p><p><br /></p><p>Living way down deep in Dixie, I&#039;ve only been to Chicago once.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know the C.D. Peacock firm still existed.&nbsp; This is why collecting exonumia and World coins is so fun.&nbsp; One gets to &quot;explore&quot; the wider world and learn so much about other places.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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