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  1. Here are a few more things about the man. But, before the pics I'll expose the obverse saying as you stated you knew it but others might not have. Awl + Tea + Hat + G [Cleft] + litters [hogs and hounds] + II [= two i's = is] knot + gold doubloon. "All that glitters is not gold" Needless to say he was a very energetic and entrepreneurial gentleman
  2. By the way, do you know what the pictograph says on the obverse? 😁
  3. I had this one graded and sold it last year. I’ll look up how much I sold it for and let you know.
  4. I purchased this one on Instagram from the proprietor. I think it well designed a super neat looking. .
  5. Yeah, but it will be worth it. Make sure you ask them to image it. I think you'll be happy
  6. I haven’t posted this in a long time and just love the auctions description. Better than I can do any day of the week! One of the 4 finest known. Virginia. Richmond. Beck's Public Baths. HT-441, Low-275. Copper. Rarity-3. AU-58 (NGC). Plain edge. Struck medal turn. A marvelous example of this great token variety. On the obverse is a nude woman bather seated facing right with legs testing the water. The reverse has BECK'S PUBLIC BATHS around, RICHMOND at center. An extremely popular token for its risqué and artistically rendered bather obverse. This is one of the most desirable of all 19th-century American tokens. Most of these are found well circulated, The Dice & Hicks Mint State example sold for $16,100 to one of America's leading long-time numismatists, who had never had the opportunity to compete for an Uncirculated example. Again, we expect a great deal of interest and excitement as this crosses the block. It is likely that the opportunity to compete for a Mint State example will not occur again anytime soon. Die punch analysis confirms these dies were engraved by James Bale of New York, and were obviously sent to Virginia where the public baths were located from 1832 until 1844.
  7. The information provided below my token is provided by. NovaNumismatics.com The Bailey & Co began its existence as the Bailey & Kitchen Jewelry Company in 1830. Founded by Joseph Trowbridge Bailey and Andrew B. Kitchen, the firm was located at 136 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Joseph Bailey was an accomplished silversmith and jeweler, and along with his partner Andrew Kitchen, the firm was a renowned business which had earned strong loyalty by its customers. In 1846 the two partners decided to dissolve their partnership. However, the firm experienced a rebirth when Joseph’s brother Eli formed a new partnership with Jeremiah Robbins and James Gallagher. With the birth of the new partnership, the business continued its operations at the same Chestnut Street address. Operating under the moniker Bailey & Co., the firm continued at its same location for the next 13 years. In 1851 Joseph Trowbridge Bailey Jr joined the firm as an apprentice. Just a mere three years later he rose to become president of the company. Two years thereafter he became a partner. In 1866 Eli retired, and twelve years later the firm was reorganized once again. Renamed Bailey, Banks & Biddle, the firm remained a staple Philadelphia firm until 1961, when it was acquired by the Zales Jewelry Company.
  8. CANADA. Montreal Witness Prize Competition. WM Token (26mm, 2.65 g, 12h). Dated 1891. THE PENNY OF THE TIME OF OUR LORD, obverse of a Tiberius denarius of the ‘Tribute penny’ type / THE MONTREAL WITNESS CANADA PRIZE COMPETITION, reverse of a Tiberius denarius of the ‘Tribute penny’ type; 1891 below. Breton 609. UNC. The Montreal Witness sponsored a writing contest for school children, for which participants were awarded this token. And a small mintage of 2,000The obverse die is reported broken.
  9. I think that one is supper pretty and would send in. I don’t specialize in Russian coinage but I own several and if i owned it I would send it in and splurge for some nice images if you can afford. I think it’s AU58 and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s MS62/3. Toning is semi common but not that nice of toning like this one.
  10. In conjunction with the ANA, Joe Rust, president of the Gallery Mint Museum, refurbished and refitted the first steam press used by the U.S. Mint. Rust said at the time, "It was a wonderful experience to work on this press that carries so much history with it. Copper and silver versions were struck. I have a silver, copper and one error.
  11. This might help you http://www.ccgtcc-ccn.com/GamingTokens.pdf or this https://archive.org/details/tamsjournal1262toke Or this https://s3.amazonaws.com/auctionmobility-wordpress-node-4/wp-content/uploads/holabird/2020/08/13175729/Gaming-Counters-Essay.pdf and of course there is mine ats https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1015465/spiel-marke-tokens-kettle-tokens-gaming-tokens-and-gold-rush-tokens-information-inside/p1
  12. Now, to me this is super interesting ! I have not researched to find the year that Lauer created this Spiel but looking close it echoes the 1879 New York Martinka & Co. NGC MS63 merchant token I bought a while back This is the Spiel I picked up recently Spiel Marke Counter Token Cable Car/ mundus vult decipi discipiaturPhrase, means "The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.I am aware and did read that this shop once was owned by Houdi and he had a doubleObverse made of this token……..Martinka token ….I assume this token is put out by the merchant. Which was him at one time. For giggles I photoshop each coin to show the size differences, simply because on or the othercame out blurry.
  13. And Kettle tokens are a favorite of mine. This is brass but toned.
  14. I collect a lot of Spier Mark and other such gaming tokens. This set is a Argentina set. I think it’s about the only set I’ve ever do pleated and, I didn’t even try to…..lol but the hardest piece to find was this one. 27mm copper Counter Token 13 Stars, Liberty 1876 REPUBLICA ARGENTINA NGC MS63BN R-9 So now the set is complete.