Let's see your exonumia!

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That's what's so great about your posts. You always provide great info with your exonumia and then answer questions. Thank you.

 

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Thanks longnine. I love to research things I collect and to post anything I've learned about a piece in case anyone else is interested. Likewise, I love to hear the history behind other collectors coins, tokens or other things they find appealing.

Bruce

 

Hope this is interesting to someone.

I'm looking for a connection to an era, and to a specific retail store or chain.

Looks to me like poured resin, painted with aluminum. The spots are durable, and I may resort to repainting to clean her up.

Thanks for lookin'...

 

Though a common name the consensus seems to be that one or two different men are responsible for these stamps. There are two sizes known which suggests different issuers There was a jeweler in Whitewater, WI with the name J.T. Smith. I don't know the years he was in business but he issued a Civil War token (WI 960C-1a /1d /2a) The 1d (Copper-Nickel) is an R-10 and the other two are R-5s. This places him in active business at least c. 1860s.

The second likely issuer is Joseph T. Smith who was a retailer of jewelry, clocks, etc. from a shop in Schuylerville, NY. He was in business later than the first man...at least as late as 1895. As you can see the stamps are very small and precise as one would expect from people in these trades.

There are nearly 30 examples of both styles combined documented in Brunk's reference. Mine is the single known example struck on a Half Dollar, so is unique in that regard. A nice clean, neat counterstamp that I'm happy to add to my collection.

Bruce

 

Bruce - a unique example is a always good thing to have in your collection!

 

A knockoff of the peace dollar design celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Sao Paulo. I haven't been able to find any info on it as far as who issued it.

 

That's magnificent! Please do post about it when you learn more.

 

We had the Boeing coin show last weekend and i picked up a few things..

Remember what they say,don't take a wooden nickle, well i did..


Tenino is the most popular wooden money, here in Washington State..

I was 3 months old when they issued this woody...

 

Nice collection of flats Eng. The Tenino woods go all the way back to the beginning and of course are the gold standard for this type of exonumia. I used to have a huge collection of wooden nickels and dollars all issued by coin clubs, collectors, dealers, etc. I sold it a few years back but kept all my flats and Barry Healey issues. Unfortunately, I never had any Tenino pieces to save. Thanks for the great memories.

Bruce

 

Yes they are the gold standard and most sought after ones out there, like Bruce said.

 

Thanks Bruce and Circus, i have a Club member that has been collecting these, has thousands, loves the fact that i showed interest in them and gives me a great deal on them.
Another of many coin related collectibles, coin and currency bags, grabbed these up at our Boeing show also.

This Bank was a little North of Seattle...

Ballard is West of Seattle

Edmonds North of Seattle..

 

Here's my prize coin and currency bag...

Omaha, Nebraska leather pouch, i have many Omaha hoard coins in my collection, Certified by PCGS..

Forgot this, Ballard Bank bag..another prize collectible..
The last isn't a coin bag but i thought it was cool, Hoyt was a turn of the century company that made a lot of different items ball bearings, buck shot, pewter items.

 

Encased Jefferson-Buffalo nickel, South Dakota Coin & Stamp Club, Aberdeen, SD, 8.5grms, 35.5mm.

 

Here's a Redwood National Park Centennial Medal, sold in gift shops between 1972 and 1976. The date 1968 refers to the year the park was established. Medallic Art Company of New York, bronze, 38mm.

 

Beautiful medal JA! MAC medals are always first rate in craftsmanship and execution.

Bruce

 

Thank you sir. There are a few other very attractive designs in this series that I intend to collect.

 

Check out the dinosaur one, those are really cool and can still be bought from Northwest Territorial Mint.

 

I don't know when these guys were in business but it looks to be 1940s or so. I couldn't find anything about them but do know that 313 Spruce St. in Camden is a vacant lot today.

Bruce

 

Wow what a beautiful area not far from the Battleship New Jersey, the Camden River Sharks and other venues of entertainment

 

I highly recommend the Adventure Aquarium in Camden - it's a magnificent attraction. True story: I asked a woman out on a date and she said yes, as long as it didn't have anything to do with kids - she had four of her own, and wanted a brief break. So I took her to the aquarium. Guess what? It was a field trip day, and the aquarium was swamped with kids from a dozen schools - there must have a few thousand of them, lol. She must have forgiven me though. We've been married for five years.