Just Bob

I know it is not Tuesday but at my age I do things when I am thinking of them or I will forget to. We are in Wolfeboro on Lake Winni NH we took the grandkids to the arcade in Laconia .

Following is the reverse:

NEWGATE PRISON TOKEN, 1795.  I conferred with my wife who deemed the previous descriptive post, originally sans photos, "totally unacceptable," and made a helpful suggestion: "Why don't you unstaple the flip? Accordingly, I post the photos taken moments ago, with the aid of three light sources, which are spread over the following two posts. [I may very well submit the token because it is far superior to similar tokens being advertised presently, which appear to bear unwarranted enhanced grades. For those who must know, I submitted my best offer of 25% off the asking price and fix the value at USD $37. It is the oldest "coin" I own and may be the oldest featured on this thread.

The following prison token, circa 1914-1915, is self-explanatory. (The philosophy behind their introduction, and withdrawal from use may be found years earlier in this thread, along with other smaller denominations. I should like to thank @Fenntucky Mike for re-igniting my interest in attempting to complete this set which I have been reliably told lacks one other piece: the 50-cent token.

This was an additional token that came in a lot I won, thought I'd post it for those Lincoln collectors out there. Also, Albert A. Grinnell had one heck of a banknote collection, I have a few of the auction catalogs from when the collection was sold.


 

A recent purchase for me, this Muskegon Lumber & Shingle Company token is my first from a working sawmill. Seller's images below.
ca. 1885
Obv: MUSKEGON S. & L. CO / SHINGLE CHECK - (CENTER) 1/M (1,000)
Rev: GOOD FOR / IN TRADE - (CENTER) Depiction of a bundle of shingles

Built in 1881 the Muskegon S. & L. mill was located on the shores of Muskegon Lake which is accessible from Lake Michigan via a manmade channel. In 1883 there were a total of 40 mills operating on the six mile long inland lake, the largest of which were capable of producing up to 250,000 bdft a day. Muskegon S. & L. was one of the smaller mills producing only 1.5MM bdft in 1883, and 63MM shingles, the larger mills were cutting over 30MM bdft of lumber a year, not including shingles and lath. Below is a table from the book Muskegon And Its Resources published in 1884.

Each mill on the lake would have its own Log Mark, typically applied via a log-marking hammer with the design on the face, identifying the "sticks" as their property. Below is the log mark for the "Muskegon Shingle Mill", I believe this is the mark for M. S. & L., as listed in the reference Muskegon County Log Marks by Lewis Torrent. 

Torrent is also referenced by the Lakeshore Museum in Muskegon as stating this type of token would have been collected by the worker as they completed bundles of 1,000 shingles. On pay day, the tokens would be redeemed for the correct amount of pay. 
As so many did, the Muskegon Shingle & Lumber Company mill, surrounding buildings and lumber burnt to the ground, ending the company's short 10 year run in existence on November 1, 1890. Image taken overlooking the old central Warf, with the mill in the background. 

 

The 38mm clay gambling tokens below won a second place exhibition ribbon at the ANA's Worlds Fair of Money earlier this month in Pittsburgh. The exhibit was titled, "Gaming Chips of Pittsburgh's Max Klein."
I'm curious whether any NGC Forum members attending the convention saw the exhibit (the exhibit also contained many other Max Klein artifacts, such as bottles, whiskey glasses, playing cards, advertising trade cards, etc.).
Major Max Klein was the leading wholesale liquor dealer in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now known as Pittsburgh's North Side) during the late 19th Century. He was born in Rhenish Bavaria in 1843 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1859.
In 1861, Klein enlisted as a Private in Company F of the First Iowa Calvary. He was honorably discharged five years later as a Major, serving under General Custer.
In 1870, he established residence in Pittsburgh and started a wholesale liquor business at 52 Federal Street. He shipped his products, including Silver Age Rye, extensively to the East, West and South, according to the 1892 book "All Sorts of Pittsburgers," by Arthur G. Burgoyne.
There were also a lot of illegal gambling halls in Pittsburgh at the turn of the century and Klein did not hesitate to exploit this additional vice. In addition to personalized playing cards, Klein issued gaming tokens in four colors (red, white, blue, and tan).
 

Fenntucky Mike and zadok, thank you for your kind words. If you're curious, below is the 38mm bronze medal that was given to the exhibitors in Pittsburgh.

Yorkshire Maldon - Catalogued by Dalton & Hamer as Yorkshire #3
Edmund Burke was born in 1729 in Dublin to a Catholic mother and a Protestant father and attended a Quaker boarding school.  He first entered the House of Commons in 1765 representing Wendover in Buckinghamshire, followed by Bristol, and finally Malton. Edmund was recognised as a gifted orator, notable positions included the abolition of slavery, improved treatment of Indians by the East India Company, an end to the oppression of Catholics, Representative Democracy, and ending capitol punishment.  He expressed support for the American colonies and argued for the repeal of taxation without representation, however, he was against independence, instead urging for a peaceful union with the colonies akin to the modern Commonwealth.
The token came with multiple collector rounds and the pedigree goes back to James Atkins.  The diesinker was John Westwood.
 

Congratulations! Very well done! I thought I detected a different attitude in your posting.

This coin is a great circulation find, and is likely worth more than $30 to the right buyer, but I doubt it will ever bring $300, much less $2000. Probably the most recognized name in the field of numismatic errors is collector, dealer, and authenticator Fred Weinberg. His error collection was sold by Heritage last year. In the offerings was a 1965 Special Mint Set quarter, graded SP62 by PCGS, that was rotated 180 degrees. It was slabbed in a special Fred Weinberg Collection slab. It brought $180 including the 20% buyer's fee. This was an uncirculated SMS coin with a notable provenance, and it brought less than $200. Draw your own conclusions.
Link to the auction page

This coin is a great circulation find, and is likely worth more than $30 to the right buyer, but I doubt it will ever bring $300, much less $2000. Probably the most recognized name in the field of numismatic errors is collector, dealer, and authenticator Fred Weinberg. His error collection was sold by Heritage last year. In the offerings was a 1965 Special Mint Set quarter, graded SP62 by PCGS, that was rotated 180 degrees. It was slabbed in a special Fred Weinberg Collection slab. It brought $180 including the 20% buyer's fee. This was an uncirculated SMS coin with a notable provenance, and it brought less than $200. Draw your own conclusions.
Link to the auction page

This coin is a great circulation find, and is likely worth more than $30 to the right buyer, but I doubt it will ever bring $300, much less $2000. Probably the most recognized name in the field of numismatic errors is collector, dealer, and authenticator Fred Weinberg. His error collection was sold by Heritage last year. In the offerings was a 1965 Special Mint Set quarter, graded SP62 by PCGS, that was rotated 180 degrees. It was slabbed in a special Fred Weinberg Collection slab. It brought $180 including the 20% buyer's fee. This was an uncirculated SMS coin with a notable provenance, and it brought less than $200. Draw your own conclusions.
Link to the auction page

I assume you are referring to your wife. I am very glad she did not suffer a stroke. A slipped disk is bad enough, but a stroke can be devastating.

If you are saying that you think this coin was struck through a late stage die cap, then I would agree that you are probably on the right track, although I am not sure what would cause the "wrinkled" looking parts. It definitely looks struck through something.

I assume you are referring to your wife. I am very glad she did not suffer a stroke. A slipped disk is bad enough, but a stroke can be devastating.

1934 Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tercentennial Celebration Medal
I was born 30 miles from Green Bay. I picked up this piece from a forum member ATS:

Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County), U.S.A. Obverse: Official Souvenir / Wisconsin / Tercentennial / Green Bay / 1934. Reverse: Thumbnail 300th Anniversary of the coming of the first white man / (Men in Canoe) / Jean Nicolet in ribbon / 1634.
 

I was able to pick this one up a few weeks ago and posted it ATS.  I have been dabbling in Civil War Tokens.  I am not sure what direction I will go in this sect.  I am most interested in store cards that are attractive and have interesting art and businesses.  
This token serves as the Fuld plate coin.  I loved the color, and the fact that the business is an arms dealer during the Civil War just fascinated me... I bet they saw some stuff!
1863 OH125CN-2a.  B. Kittredge & Co. Dealers in Military Goods; Ex. Steve Tanenbaum (NGC MS64RB)

And bring back this one, too.
 

And bring back this one, too.
 

And bring back this one, too.
 

Don't worry about it. You haven't committed any breach of etiquette or any other kind of posting faux pas. This is one of several threads concerning Continental currency, and lots of posters have used it to show their examples, which, unfortunately have all been fakes. I imagine that previous posters found this thread while searching for information on their pieces, just as you did.  You adding one more post to the thread does absolutely no harm. As my kids say, "It's all good."
Welcome to the forum.