Recent 19th Century Token Pickups

Below please find several new acquisitions, some originating from the current Baltimore Whitman Show, others acquired from various auction venues.


Thanks,

Cheetah








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awesome tokens. The umbrella & Parasols takes the cake for me, but they are all sweet.

 

My favorite is the encased 3 cent stamp, but they're all fantastic!

 

These are gorgeous! Very nice pickups!:thumb:

 

Awesome! I particularly like the encased postage stamp and the playing cards.

Chris

 

Very nice! I also like the Hart token but wonder why they didn't use a heart for one of the cards!

 

Dang CC, great looking tokens!! Super, I really love the Ayers!!

 

Brilliant, really like the 3 cent stamp one, have not seen one before.

 

Very nice Cheetah. The NY- 820 A is beautiful. Wood's Minstrels also issued counterstamped coins as well as the tokens, so it would be nice to have one as a companion piece. I try to do that with my counterstamps. If the issuer also has a token I keep an eye out for one. Great pickups!

Bruce

 

Indeed Bruce.

I also make a determined effort to acquire c/s specimens to accompany their token counterparts.

Here is an article about Wood's Minstrels on my research site, with its partner c/s specimen.

Thanks.

 

Below please find three Hard Times tokens also acquired at this year's Whitman Baltimore show.

Though these particular varieties are frequently encountered, they are less frequently encountered in these grades.

Thanks,

Cheetah

 

Thanks for the history of Wood's Minstrels Cheetah. I knew some history of the group but not nearly as extensive as your article. Excellent research on a very interesting topic. Also love the HTTs. Great stuff!

Bruce