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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jhinton, post: 1265718, member: 24410&quot;]I just won these from the Stacks &amp; Bowers septemeber 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale - Session One...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Lot #660. P. E. BALLOU / PHRENOLOGIST on a U.S. two cent piece. Brunk B-236. Rulau Mi-Bn 2. Host coin Good.&nbsp; </font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Description: Circular prepared punch; deep impression obliterates date. Nicely applied and attractive. A popular mark.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Consignor comments and research notes: Perry Eugene Ballou was a traveling lecturer on phrenology. This is an unlisted specimen, though the mark is known on other two-cent pieces</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">From our sale of the Frederick B. Taylor Collection, March 1987, Lot 1262.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Interesting note:&nbsp; Phenology: The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">[ATTACH]137510.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]137511.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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