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[Fenntucky Mike]

[Just Bob]

Robert Wood Hinton was born Dec.28, 1854, in Winder, Georgia. In 1886 he moved to Lamar County in Mississippi to join his brother Henry and Herbert Camp in forming the Camp & Hinton Bros. Lumber Company. In 1899, Robert started the R.W. Hinton Company for the purpose of supplying general merchandise to the employees of the mill and the public. The Company also manufactured naval stores ( turpentine products) and lumber. He chose the town of Lumberton, as it was the site of the junction of the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad, and the New Orleans & Northeastern railroad. Mr Hinton died April, 17, 1932.

The store issued tokens in denominations of 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents, and one dollar. All are listed as scarce to rare.

 

[Rod D.]

[Henri Charriere]

On 6/18/2024 at 9:33 AM, Rod D. said:

Pronounced denticles. Nice!

[3sidedCoin]

[Mr_Spud]

[Fenntucky Mike]

Took several years of searching but was finally able to find and pick up an example of this type a month or so ago. 

[Just Bob]

On 6/25/2024 at 5:38 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Took several years of searching but was finally able to find and pick up an example of this type a month or so ago. 

Doesn't it feel good to finally be able to land one you've been looking for for a while?

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 6/25/2024 at 11:01 AM, Just Bob said:

Doesn't it feel good to finally be able to land one you've been looking for for a while?

Soooo good, and to see it placed with all the other tokens from the same town is a beautiful thing. 

This one turned out to be a lot more difficult to find than I had anticipated, I am very happy to have finally added this example to my collection. 

2024 has gotten off to a slow start for tokens, at least for me, I made a few random purchases of ones I liked or seemed interesting but this one is definitely my best token pick up of the year so far.

[Fenntucky Mike]

[Henri Charriere]

On 7/2/2024 at 8:59 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

🐓 :  This a FIRST!"  A piece clearly marked RARE COINS & Detroit Dealer."

What's the value of this, and is it only good in trade, and if so, for how much?  🤣

Edited July 2 by Henri Charriere
Substitute incorrect letter

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 7/2/2024 at 11:39 AM, Henri Charriere said:

What's the value of this, and is it only good in trade, and if so, for much?  🤣

Negotiable. 

Earl was one of the early contributors to the Red Book.

[Just Bob]

On April 19, 1906, F.M. Koons, Leo Koons, and F.H. Koons, filed an application to charter a corporation under the name of Koons Lumber, to be located in Eubank, Mississippi. It was a small steam powered mill, turning out 10,000 board feet of lumber per day. Tokens were issued for use in the mercantile, in denominations of 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents, and one dollar. In addition to this dollar token, I also have an example of the 10 cent token.

 

[rrantique]

[Fenntucky Mike]

[J P M]

[Just Bob]

In 1888, Charles W. Rich built a turpentine distillery near the town of Hattiesburg, in south Mississippi, and the community of Richburg was born. Two years later, he built a saw mill and general store. Mr Rich also built the boxing ring in which was held the last, and longest, heavyweight bare-knuckle prize fight in America, a fight between John L Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, held in July, 1889. The fight lasted 75 rounds in hot Mississippi summertime weather, ending with Sullivan as the winner. The illegal fight was advertised as taking place in New Orleans, but the participants and spectators boarded a train and traveled to Richburg to avoid the law enforcement officials.

In addition to the dollar token below, tokens were issued in 50, 25, 10, and 5 cent denominations. I also have examples of the 5 and 25 cent pieces.

 

[Henri Charriere]

On 7/9/2024 at 11:35 PM, Just Bob said:

In 1888, Charles W. Rich built a turpentine distillery near the town of Hattiesburg, in south Mississippi, and the community of Richburg was born. Two years later, he built a saw mill and general store. Mr Rich also built the boxing ring in which was held the last, and longest, heavyweight bare-knuckle prize fight in America, a fight between John L Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, held in July, 1889. The fight lasted 75 rounds in hot Mississippi summertime weather, ending with Sullivan as the winner. The illegal fight was advertised as taking place in New Orleans, but the participants and spectators boarded a train and traveled to Richburg to avoid the law enforcement officials.

In addition to the dollar token below, tokens were issued in 50, 25, 10, and 5 cent denominations. I also have examples of the 5 and 25 cent pieces.

 

Probably the first token posted on this thread that exhibits an astounding ambiguity in the denomination denoted. Great back-story! Nice find!  

[Fenntucky Mike]

EDIT TO ADD: Forgot I had the 25¢ token too. Bonus.

Edited July 16 by Fenntucky Mike

[Just Bob]

 

History by Tony Howe of Mississippi Rails:

(Sorry about the weird formatting. I am still trying to figure this iPad out.)

R. C. Avent, originally from Brewton, Alabama, moved to Moss Point by 1897 and operated a sawmill near there. About 1906, he built a mill just south of Leaf on the MJ&KC Railroad. The town that grew up around the mill became known as Avent. R. C. Avent married into the Turner family of Vinegar Bend Lumber Co. and in 1924 built a new mill north of Vinegar Bend to cut some of the old Vinegar Bend holdings. That mill finally cut out in 1932.

 

 

[Rod D.]

[Henri Charriere]

On 7/16/2024 at 10:22 PM, Just Bob said:

 

History by Tony Howe of Mississippi Rails:

(Sorry about the weird formatting. I am still trying to figure this iPad out.)

R. C. Avent, originally from Brewton, Alabama, moved to Moss Point by 1897 and operated a sawmill near there. About 1906, he built a mill just south of Leaf on the MJ&KC Railroad. The town that grew up around the mill became known as Avent. R. C. Avent married into the Turner family of Vinegar Bend Lumber Co. and in 1924 built a new mill north of Vinegar Bend to cut some of the old Vinegar Bend holdings. That mill finally cut out in 1932.

 

 

Is this a forerunner to the "rain check" or a discreet reminder from a funeral home?  🤣

[Fenntucky Mike]

Still a work in progress but here you go, have at it. 

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[Just Bob]

George P. Graeber ran a general store in the community of Lakeshore, MS on the Gulf Coast from 1905 to 1917. Tokens were issued in denominations of one and five cents. This one cent token is listed as unique, but I have seen pictures of two more.

 

[Fenntucky Mike]

I recently picked up a sixpence of the Onchan Internment Camp which completed the set of three for me. I'll continue the search for an example that wasn't so harshly treated but for now the current piece will have to do as it is difficult to find examples of the sixpence, let alone nice original pieces.

There were 2,500 sixpence minted for the camp, as well as 20,000 pennies and 2,000 half-pennies. The half-penny and sixpence are obviously much scarcer and sell at a premium when compared to the penny, uncirculated examples of any of the three are rare. I previously posted about the Onchan camp and the half-penny further up the thread, see below. (Click the arrow in the upper right corner to go to the post.)

One more note on these, the reverse die for the 1d developed a die crack at some point which worked its way from the edge of the die to the lower ray of the right arrow, then from the arrow point to the right-side of the dot. The progression can be seen in the below images from my collection. I have not viewed any images that conclusively show the die crack progressing any further, although it is entirely possible that it did, or of any additional flaws appearing while the die was in use. I'll provide an update if I find an example showing further progression of the die crack. 

[Fenntucky Mike]

[Just Bob]

Back on page four of this thread, I posted a token from McLeod & Joyner of Kiln, MS. Mr. A.J. McLeod also owned another turpentine mill in Kiln, The Jordan River Turpentine Company, which issued tokens in denominations of 10, 25, and 50 cents, and 1 dollar in several different styles. 

I picked up this fifty cent token in Steve Hayden’s recent auction.

 

Edited September 4 by Just Bob

[FriendlyEagle79]

 

 

Edited September 4 by FriendlyEagle79

[Henri Charriere]

Two points:

One:  The video illustrates the wave of the future of grading. No more driving or flying out to view the coin of interest.  It's not perfect, but it's a glimpse into how things will be done in the future.

Two:  And here is where I'm going to catch a lot of flak from members who detest purists, and another who admonished others to ignore me.

The way the excerpt reads on the Declaration of Independence is UNalienable, not INalienable.  UNALIENABLE!

Before @RWB corrects me by stating that is incorrect, I challenge ANYONE on this Forum to prove me wrong.  I am NOT talking about right and wrong or what is preferred.

I AM MERELY STATING A FACT ANYONE CAN VERIFY USING THEIR OWN EYES!

TO THE OP:  Nice High-Wire! 

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 9/3/2024 at 9:40 PM, Just Bob said:

I picked up this fifty cent token in Steve Hayden’s recent auction.

Steve always has great pieces for sale and in his auctions. I'm waiting for him to circle back to Michigan with the lumber tokens, it's been awhile since I've picked up anything from him. 

Congrats on the newp.