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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom Maringer, post: 187473, member: 7033&quot;]<b>Aside from coins.......</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I collect 19th century Arkansas postal history (entire postmarked envelopes), tax reciepts, deeds, cancelled checks, and other documents. Also mining company scrip and stock certificates relating to the Copper mines of Michigan. But mostly I collect tools... specifically... equipment, and tooling related to presswork and coinmaking. My workshop is 30&#039; x 60&#039; with 12&#039; ceilings... and it&#039;s packed to the gills with stuff... eight presses at last count... six currently working... at least one of which clears the ceiling beams by a scant six inches. I&#039;m especially enamored of very old manual screw presses, original coining dies, and all the various ancillary bits of press tooling and die-sinking gear that are usually forgotten in the books about the coining process. I&#039;ve travelled all over the country to provide a new home to a classy old press and save it from the junkyard. These are true antiques... some well over a hundred years old... but people who&#039;d pay plenty for a small antique tool just won&#039;t pay a thing for a big one... just because of a little thing like... it weighs 3000 lbs! Shucks... that&#039;s a little one! Of course... I&#039;ve had to become adept with engine hoists, pallet jacks, floor rollers, chain hoists, and block-and-tackle sets as well as the various means and strategems of rigging, loading, unloading, and positioning such beasties. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also collect (or more properly... &quot;accumulate&quot;) commodity base metals, such as copper, steel, iron, brass etc. in various forms and as funds and market forces permit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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