Just Bob

It is interesting to me that people were still trusted enough at that time to be able to buy cyanide over the counter. (and opium and strychnine and dynamite, etc, etc.)

Algoma, established in northeast Mississippi in 1860 as a lumber town, was known for its crosstie industry. In fact, it bills itself as the Crosstie Capital of the World, and holds an annual Crosstie Festival in October. W. R. Walker operated a general store from 1914 to 1917. In addition to this $1 token, a 50 cent and 25 cent token are also known. All are rare, with only 2 or 3 of each denomination currently known.

I imagine J. Stanford Saltus would disagree with the Mint's recommendation. Link

Detail has been removed from the shallow areas of the die. The logical explanation is die polishing, as has been stated by several others.

I think what appears to be a handwritten correction is the design of the letterhead. It appears to be the same color ink as the rest of the writing at the top, except for the typewritten date. The first three digits of the date - 189 - were already written in,and the writer was expected to write in the month, day, and last digit of the year.

That isn't the copper core showing at 9:00 to 12:00 in the obverse picture?

Found this at a flea market about 10 years ago:

They have Goldberg Coins and Collectibles and Goldberg Auctioneers.They have sold some very important pieces over the years,including the record breaking Millenia Collection of ancient and world coins. https://coinweek.com/auctions-news/greatest-world-coin-auction-millennia-collection-part-1-overview-famous-pieces/ Link to their website here: https://www.goldbergcoins.com/content/

Unless you intended to use a different word and spelled it wrong, the word you chose is a derogatory term for someone of Latin American descent, and is very likely to offend readers of this forum.

Someone get the fork, and take me off the grill. I am done.

That stinks. Sorry for your misfortune, but I hope it turns up.

First one is AU, and the second is a nice 63, with a shot at 64, if the tics on the cheek are not as noticeable in hand as they are in the picture. That's a die crack across the top on the reverse.

I am not with NGC, but if you want an answer from them, an email might not be a bad idea.

It means they "borrowed" the images from the NGC website - possibly the Registry, possibly elsewhere - and manipulated them to look however they wanted. The more I read about this seller, the more I distrust them.

Very cool dime bank! And, is that your "Dime Kitty?" I have one from a bank on the MS gulf coast in my exonumia collection.

I don't think that identifying the year will add anything to the value. That one is only worth a cent, if you can get someone to accept it. It is copper, though, so as Karen Holcomb suggested in another thread, it might be worth saving in case you need to melt it down to make ammo for the Zombie Apocalypse.

Modern coin holders, including flips, 2x2s, and hard plastic holders, are supposed to be inert. Some older flips are known to contain PVC, which can be harmful to a coin's surface. If a holder smells like a shower curtain, it probably contains PVC. I'm not sure what the "long run" is, but I can tell you that I have had coins in inert plastic for 30+ years that look exactly the same as they did when they were put in the holders.

My above comment was made after seeing the pictures on my Android phone. On that screen, the last image had a tan hue, much different from the look I now see on my laptop.

If you compare the inserts and the coins in the pictures, it looks like the white balance may be off a bit in the last photo.

History by Gil Hoffman: (Mississippi Rails website) The Leaf Lumber & Veneer Works was incorporated at Leaf, Greene County on April 14, 1924, by B. E. Green, of McLain; J. C. Daughdrill, of Leaf, and H. M. Hempstead, of Mobile, AL, with authorized capital stock of $100,000. In early 1924 the company purchased the plant of the Overstreet Veneer Company, at Beaumont, Perry County, and moved it to Avent, adding a bandsaw, edger and trimmer. The Avent mill, with a cutting capacity of 25,000 feet per day, cut hardwood and cypress. In April 1929 the company bought the plant and timber holdings of the Southern Saw Mill Company, at Greenville, Florida, and moved its operations from Avent, MS, to Greenville, FL, with operations commencing there in July 1929.

To quote from the other forum: "This is an uncentered broadstrike in which there was slight contact with the collar as the coin expanded. It's not enough to be considered a partial collar error, as grazing contact with the collar is quite common in broadstrikes. The obverse shows collar clash." (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/error-folks.360149/#post-4513913) I am not familiar with Mike Diamond, but he has been recognized by Coneca for many years for his research articles, so he obviously knows more than I do about such things. I thought the definition of a broadstrike was that the coin was struck completely out of the collar, and that any contact with the collar on the edge of the coin made it a partial. I stand corrected. I learned something new again today .

No, it isn't. Also, the prongs do not cover the edge of the coin the way they would if the coin were actually mounted in the holder, and, unless my eyes are deceiving me, it is not the same coin as the one on that Kirt linked. The seller may have just been looking for an easy way to post a pic, or may have been intentionally deceptive. No way to know, I suppose.

I think the image of the coin is Photoshopped into the holder, also.

Looks like a partial collar error. Cool. Nice close-ups.

Both sides appear to be suffering from Deteriorated Die doubling. Closer, or at least clearer, pictures of the motto would be helpful.