Let's see your exonumia!

I don't know what he collected. I just assumed he collected something. I know he was a member of the BIE Guild. Maybe he just liked writing about coins.

 

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He was an interesting read for sure.

Bruce

 

That's a great counterstamp. Love how visible DANIEL is on the obverse. By the way I'll take good care of your collection...

 

Heres some of my wifes collection. Im not sure where shes hiding the rest.

 

This ones cool. I love how it says Unity States of America

 

Thanks Jwt, but like I said I'm taking it with me. It will keep me occupied.

Bruce

 

I may end up in the same boat!

 

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Gorgeous George for his 50th Anniversary Jubilee. BHM 653, supposedly gilt although the seller's images don't show it.

 

Anyone know if this is really from 1772 as advertised on ebay? I highly doubt that. Still cool.

 

Do you have a pic of the other side wcoins?

Bruce

 

Yes, here it is. Sold on ebay for about $10. It's huge over 3 inch across. Cool piece.

 

I thought this encased cent was unusual so I bid on it on eBay. The encasement (cup or mug I suppose) is plastic and nice and colorful. Of course I researched it but came up pretty empty. The club is, or was located in Byron, IL. The latest reference I saw to it on the internet was their announcement of a coin show they put on in 1971. I assume this piece was issued in 1959 because that's the date of the coin...just a guess though. If any of you guys know anything about this club please post it here. I haven't researched it thoroughly, so there may be more information out there. Many thanks!

Bruce

 

Ok I am catching up with life's stuff for a couple hours this morning! to finish and post some copper bullion coins that are being hawked as the right stuff for preppers, @ gun shows. These are 1/4 and 1/2 Ounce copper rounds a couple are plated.





The selling point is people are more likely to take the smaller than ounce size and that they aren't silver or gold which people don't understand! Of course the general public don't understand the copper market and better.
And that it is cheaper to buy scrap copper by the pound or even casting grains than the 1/4 ounce
They are only nice if you like the looks of them!

 

I do like the look of them Circus but have no desire to own any. If I were buying bullion I'd stick to silver. No gold because it's too expensive for me.

Bruce

 

Yep I like the copper ones and they are cheap even compared to silver rounds,I do buy a couple of the current eagles dollars and any that strike my fancy. Like you the gold is to much and you would have a hard time getting what it would be worth if everything goes sidesways. I think once some found out you had gold all you would get is some lead for an exchange rate!

 

they are cheap $3 an Oz.

 

This is a counterstamp I picked up at the same time I acquired the encased Lincoln Cent posted earlier.

The issue has at least a dozen major varieties, apparently all very common. Edward Lloyd founded the paper in 1842 as competition to the more established Illustrated London News. Lloyd was a very flamboyant character who knew how to promote his paper effectively. By 1872 he had a half a million subscribers. Lloyd died in 1890 but by 1896 the subscriber base had risen to one million readers per issue. The paper continued to be published until 1931 under various owners and different names.

There's a good reason that his counterstamped coins are so common. He paid his workers with these pieces. As they spent their wages, waves of new advertising coins flooded into commerce. It was a win-win for Lloyd. However, the practice stopped with the passage of the Coinage Offences Act of 1861 which forbade defacing circulating coinage by such means. Apparently, he discontinued the practice at that time and didn't continue by stamping foreign coins (mostly French or Italian coins) as many English merchants did. All examples of his stamps that I've seen or heard of are on English and Irish coins, or Canadian tokens with only one exception, on an 1821 U.S. Large Cent.

Although very common, I've wanted to add an example to my collection for some time. These issues are often well struck up like this one. This is struck on a George III Penny but the date has been obliterated by the stampings.

Bruce

 

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I bought this from Expositiana #1162, while not exonumia I think it's pretty cool.