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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1811758, member: 57463&quot;]<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WRvmQINTQ0Q/UnKW1nCPsCI/AAAAAAAACCc/cNOOr_gbPSY/s1600/J+and+L+Spinner.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WRvmQINTQ0Q/UnKW1nCPsCI/AAAAAAAACCc/cNOOr_gbPSY/s1600/J+and+L+Spinner.JPG" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WRvmQINTQ0Q/UnKW1nCPsCI/AAAAAAAACCc/cNOOr_gbPSY/s400/J+and+L+Spinner.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>J &amp; L Steel. 35 mm non-magnetic plain edge. Spinner. </p><p>Obverse: “YOU [up arrow]<b>↑</b>WIN WITH J &amp; L STEEL STOCKS” </p><p>horseshoe and shamrock. </p><p>Reverse: “For dependable warehouse service </p><p>call Walnut 1-0470.” J&amp;L Steel in square.</p><p>Every artifact gives evidence to the full context of its culture. A spinner is a coin struck with a raised center point. On the reverse side, an arrow points outward. “You pay” it says. Nicer variations such as “You win!” mean the same thing.</p><p>Founded in 1852 by B. F. Jones and Bernard Lauth as the American Iron Company outside Pittsburgh. James H. Laughlin bought out Lauth’s interest. Before 1861 and the firm was renamed in its new offices at Third &amp; Ross in downtown Pittsburgh.&nbsp; Growing up in Cleveland in the 1950s, our home was so close to the mills that late at night with the windows open, I could hear the yard engines working.&nbsp; At its peak in the 1970s, the Cleveland facilities employed 4,000 people and produced 3 million tons of steel annually.</p><p>See also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_and_Laughlin_Steel_Company" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_and_Laughlin_Steel_Company" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Epoe_rLYOKk/UnKW2HYHFuI/AAAAAAAACCI/bNc-M9CtFmw/s1600/Pitman+Graphics.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Epoe_rLYOKk/UnKW2HYHFuI/AAAAAAAACCI/bNc-M9CtFmw/s1600/Pitman+Graphics.JPG" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Epoe_rLYOKk/UnKW2HYHFuI/AAAAAAAACCI/bNc-M9CtFmw/s400/Pitman+Graphics.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Bronze 75 mm (3 inches). Extremely high relief. </p><p>Plain edge with incuse “Medallic Arts Company Bronze.” </p><p>Obverse: “Serving the Graphic Arts / 1906 – Fiftieth Anniversary – 1956” </p><p>“Pitman” (At left above P engraver’s name: Harold M). </p><p>Center: in Wreath: Camera, Press, Engraver’s hand with tool. </p><p>Reverse: three scenes: “Photo Engraving”: “Lithography”: “Rotogravure”. </p><p>Center triangle with center circle Camera and operator.</p><p>Harold M. Pitman founded the company in Chicago in 1907. Starting out by himself, he made and sold steel dies and copper plates to engravers. Pitman celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007. Agfa Gevaert Group acquired Pitman for $80 million on July 15, 2010.&nbsp; The Pitman brand is still seen at 16 sales and operations offices in the USA.</p><p><a href="http://www.agfagraphics.com/usa/en/maings/about/history/index.jsp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.agfagraphics.com/usa/en/maings/about/history/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">Brief history from AgfaGevaert</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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