Let's see your exonumia!

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Detecto92, Mar 21, 2012.

  1. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    One of my favorites in my collection. Only paid a whopping $11 back in 2004!
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  3. Cazador

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    Rubber casting mold for Morgan dollar. upload_2024-7-23_14-36-58.jpeg
     
  4. dwhiz

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  5. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

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    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

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    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

  8. longnine009

    longnine009 Darwin has to eat too. Supporter

    In 1977 James Ruddy (Photograde) retired from the coin business. However the business name Bowers and Ruddy Galleries remained in place until 1982 when Dave Bowers and Ray Merena formed Bowers and Merena Galleries. Merena was already a business acquaintance of Bowers since 1962 when Merena managed the Empire Coin Co.-- an earlier business of Bowers and Ruddy.

    An amusing side note to Ruddy's retirement was his belief that coin collecting was becoming too mercenary. Too mercenary in 1977?

    Listen closely and you can hear the omnipotent Kung Fu Master somewhere in the sky: "Oh, we have not even begun upon that journey..."

    Bowers and Merena Ad token, copper, M/A, 8.64 grams, 27mm.

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  9. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Here's a Daniel Carr design I wanted for awhile and I finally got one! :D

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  10. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Here's a token that's a bit different, it's a Shwayder brothers, five brothers who stood on a Samsonite suitcase and I guess they made Samsonite the suitcases to buy back in 1910. :) Then I have an 1882 counter token that's a copy as it says on the reverse, SF Mint copy I guess, and someone had the dumb idea to make it a love token, sheesh! :D

    https://exhibits.library.du.edu/librariespresents/items/show/3263

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  11. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    The owner of the $20 Gold piece must have been well off back then, no?
     
  12. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Yeah very few owned a double eagle back then but if they did, they were in the know for sure! :D Back in them days a double eagle didn't really cost that much, like less than $50! :smuggrin:
     
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  13. dwhiz

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  15. mammoth29

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  16. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

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  18. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

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  20. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Those Saint Gauden's Tokens are some of his best works for sure! thumbsup.gif I bought another hat pin, actually it's a stick pin but I'm gonna make it a pendant! :D

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  21. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    Here is something you don't see every day.

    A Buffalo mini pan from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY.

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