Just Bob

R.T. Sleeper, W.M. Hemeter, D.D. Carter, W.P Martin, and J.W. Rush incorporated the Lyndon Lumber company near Wingate, MS in Perry County, on May 9, 1903. They built a circular saw mill that produced 50,000 board feet of yellow pine lumber a day. They owned 5 locomotives that ran on 12 miles of track. By 1911 all of the trees had been cut, and the equipment was sold. On February 1, 1912, the cut-over land and the mill site were sold to a Mr. Ellis B. Cooper for $1.75 per acre. The company was officially dissolved in 1913. I have been putting this set together for several years. I finally found the last piece - the 5 cent token - last week. It was one of the nicest pieces in the set: a nice AU with very shiny fields and a bit of frost on the devices.

Welcome to the forum. Two questions: Is the edge reeded or lettered or something else? Did you buy this coin as a curiosity, since you were not sure about the authenticity?

I'm not a member over there, but I lurk once or twice a week. Hopefully, someone who is a member both places will get the word out.

How many do you have listed now?

I prefer the normal cameo look on the obverse, but I really like the way the enhanced reverse proof finish brings out the detail on the reverse shield.

Has anyone posted this announcement ATS? Got myself a copy for my birthday.

Welcome to the forum. I do not collect foreign coins, but my understanding is that PCGS does not grade them to the same standards as NGC. That being the case, they are treated the same as any other third party grading company that does not use NGC's standards, and so are not included in the competitive registry. I believe you can put them in a custom set, though. Hopefully someone will correct me, if I am wrong.

One of these days, with your permission, of course, I would like to make a trip up there to see these beauties of yours.

Are signed copies available? Never mind. I just saw the other thread that said that the signed copies were available.

I see what you are saying now. I misread your post, and though the coin dealer had "unsealed" the coin. Since the coin was not sealed with the COA, there was probably never a chance that this would get the Redfield pedigree, either from PCGS or NGC. Just no way to prove that someone back down the line did not switch out the coin. I agree that it seems odd that Blanchard would not have the foresight to seal the coin with the COA. Looks like they would have known that buyers might want to preserve the pedigree by having them slabbed.

The OP's piece is not the same as the ones on Ebay being mentioned here. Lots of differences.

The fact that it has been removed from the sealed Redfield holder will likely prevent it from being slabbed with the attribution. There is no way to prove that the coin in the PCGS holder is the same coin that was in the Redfield holder. The fact that it was sold by Blanchard & Co would not merit being put on a slab, either.

Is that coin resting on your leg?

22 years on the job, "regarded as a faithful and excellent workman," and he blew it all by stealing quarter planchets.

History by Gil Hoffman: David Burney Fox was born November 11, 1865 at Louisville, MS. He entered the business world in 1885 as the junior member of the firm of Gaston & Fox, at Enterprise, MS He subsequently spent six years at State Line, MS with Cragin & Nobles and was later in the lumber business at Yellow Pine, AL. In 1902 Fox returned to Mississippi and formed a partnership with R. B. Gunn, at Fox, Jones County (near Ovett) under the name Gunn & Fox. In October 1902, 600 acres of timber, including a mill site, was purchased about two miles west of Ovett. Machinery for a new Wheland circular mill was purchased in December 1903 and the mill constructed in early 1904. On September 3, 1906 Fox bought the interest of Gunn for $7,500 and continued the operation under his own name. By December 1911 a standard gauge logging railroad had been built. In September 1914 the mill was closed down because of a shortage of timber, but was reopened in early 1916 and the logging railroad rebuilt. This mill had a cutting capacity of 35,000 feet per day. In late 1917 the mill at Fox was dismantled and moved to Alene, on the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad, about three miles north of Moselle. The mill at Alene was of the circular type and had a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day. In 1930 Fox established another sawmill at Fountain, Alabama. The mill at Alene operated continuously from 1918 until Fox's death on September 4, 1931. Not long ago, I asked an elderly gentleman that lived in Ovett if he knew D. B. Fox. He told me that Mr. Fox was so rich that he made his own money. The next time I saw him, I showed him these tokens. He said, "Yep, that's it." In addition to the 10, 25, and 50 cent tokens that I have, there were also 5 cent and one dollar tokens made.

Welcome to the forum. Fun find, but not an error, as the others have said. Keep looking!

It's damaged. Spend it.

Try this page for your first coin. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=moneta castelle&ct=coin Here is one on Ebay, with a long write-up. Link

That's a good looking Jefferson.

Good attitude.

Welcome to the forum, Lil joe. In 1979, there were two varieties of Anthony dollar minted in Philadelphia: the "Narrow Rim", also known as the "Far Date", and the "Wide Rim", aka "Near Date." The 'Narrow Rim" variety is the more common, and that is the coin you have. The "Wide Rim" variety is not really rare - examples are not hard to find - but since it is the more scarce of the two, it commands a premium. The higher the grade, meaning the nicer the condition of the coin, the higher the price. Only uncirculated coins with almost no marks visible to the naked eye are worth more than two figures. Raw, ungraded coins will not sell for as much as coins that have been authenticated and graded by one of the major grading companies, such as NGC. As far as "going for a lot of cash" is concerned, be aware that sellers may ask any price that they want for any coin, but what matters is what coins actually sell for. Coins may be for offered sale on Ebay or Etsy for huge amounts of money, but that does not make the coin worth that much. While we are on the subject of shady or deceptive practices, please be aware that Youtube is full of "Get Rich From Pocket Change" videos that are very misleading. Do not look to Youtube for advice on coins.

Unless they have changed managers/owners recently, don't stay at the Motel 6 on I-25. We passed through there late at night several years ago, and stopped at this motel, thinking we would get a little sleep on the cheap. The place was so nasty that we stripped the sheets off the beds, got blankets and pillows from the car, and slept in our clothes.

Lollipops were invented in 1908, and the name wasn't trademarked until 1931. I have a feeling Franklin was dead long before then.

In 1911, Phil Greenwald opened Greenwald Drugs in Vicksburg, MS. It was a branch location of Keefe and Greenwald Grocers, which he co-owned with Patrick Keefe, Jr. The only denomination issued was a 5 cent token. This token is rare, with only a handful known to exist.

Good point. In your opinion, is the OP's coins market acceptable? By the way, this coin looks much darker on my phone than on my laptop.