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Here are a couple I picked up from a coin show recently. Nothing too special, but I found the "old age assistance" tokens quite amusing. I don't have many tax tokens but I think they're neat, and the price was pretty low.

1929 - 5 Cents
Buffalo Nickel


New Mexico
1935 - 1 Mill
Emergency School Tax on Purchase of Five Cents


Missouri
1943-1954 - 1 Mill
Sales Tax Token


Missouri - Kansas City
Transit Token
1 Full Fare
K.C. RYS. Co


Oklahoma - Ponca City
Transit Token
1 Fare
Ponca Transit Company


Oklahoma
1 Mill - Consumer's Tax Check
1936 Tax Token


Oklahoma
5 Mills - Consumer's Tax Check
1936 Tax Token


Oklahoma
1 Mill - Old Age Assistance
1941-1943 Tax Token


Oklahoma
1 Mill - Old Age Assistance
1943-1952 Tax Token


Oklahoma
5 Mills - Old Age Assistance
1941-1943 Tax Token​

 

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In the mailbox last night

 

In the mailbox this evening

 

I didn’t intend on buying this, but one of our Club members had this in his inventory at the meeting last night. For 25 bucks I didn’t even think about it. @green18

 

Shoot Nate. I'd have counted coup on that one.......not too shabby.

 

Thanks! I got a cool HT token and FE Cent. We have a cool little auction at every club meeting. I’ll tell ya, joining that coin club was a great move. I have so much fun, we must have at least 60 people at every meeting.

 

It's laudable that you can connect with your coin club Nathan. Sounds like you have a great bunch of fellows.

 

This finally rolled in, it cost me about $6.50 after some eBay bucks I had to use or lose.

 

Lovely.

 

1918 Peace Dollar "Broken Sword". Engraved and struck over a Genuine Peace dollar By Daniel Carr at the Moonlight mint.

From the website about the design. "the intended final design for the reverse of the 1921 Peace Dollar included the Eagle clutching a broken sword. At the time, most people felt that the broken sword symbolized defeat, not peace or victory. So the sword was removed from the master hub before the working dies or coins were made."

 

I wanted to try my hand at antiquing copper with liver of sulfur just for fun. I got various results, from a stone-like appearance (appropriate for Medusa ) to a psychedelic rainbow, as well as a "silver" and "blackened" look. My daughter enjoyed seeing this experiment too. A lot of fun for little cost.

 

In change today. This is the earliest I've ever found a new cent

 

The 1880's are getting closer to complete. With the arrival of this 1888 IHC, I only have 1880 and the two 1886 varieties to go.

I sorta made a mistake on this one. The listing said About Uncirculated, but I missed it, so I bid like it was BU. Fortunately, the other bidders were sharper than me, and did not bid BU money, letting me off the hook for only $36.

Nonetheless, I am still unsure if it is AU or BU. I think the strike is indistinct, and some of the obverse features may be weak, or may be worn. But the cheek is clean where I would expect to set some flattening from handling. The ONE CENT looks sharp and clean, as do the leaves, and you can't circulate the obverse without circulating the reverse at the same time.

I am leaning toward MS62 or so rather than AU58, but I don't think I would go as low as AU55. Opinions?

 

I think if you submitted it, it would grade AU Details Cleaned.

 

As I look more at the high resolution photos, I see more chatter and less sharpness, so I am tending towards the same conclusion. Also, there’s a general lack of cartwheel luster, whether that’s from handling or cleaning.

Nonetheless, the coin is attractive and a pleasure to look at, and basically fun to have at this low price.

 

I got this because it was happening when I was born in August of that year.

 

Yeah it's cleaned, but I agree it's still real pretty

 

I recently purchased a full dansco of jefferson nickels. The set is beautiful. The original owner did a great job of selecting quality pieces for every date. Here are a few of my favorites.