~ Copper 4 The Weekend™ ~

Broadstruck

I'll have to do a full write up at a later date but have had this photo hovering on my desktop.

This was one of the tokens in the Pennsylvania Cabinet Collection which sold this summer. I only chased a few so scarce I might never see again. Below is a very rare circa 1855 mule struck with a obverse Louisville Kentucky clothing merchant die and a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania coal merchant reverse die.

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1864 Dunn & Co Charlestown MA200A-3a PCGS MS66 BN

A very scarce issue by Joseph H. Merriam in breathtaking, prooflike condition reassigned from Boston to Charlestown due to the Bunker Hill Monument on the reverse. This issue can be identified by the number of leaves (22) on the obverse die, which are two less than the common variety, MA200-2a.
It is also one of the relatively few civil war tokens dated 1864. By this time, the United States Government acted to eliminate the use of private currency which ran rampant the previous year.

cardinal

Ex: Norweb:

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@cardinal
Whoa! That is one GORGEOUS 1793 Liberty Cap Cent. (But, I assume you know that already)

bolivarshagnasty

cardinal

@DCW said:
@cardinal
Whoa! That is one GORGEOUS 1793 Liberty Cap Cent. (But, I assume you know that already)

Thanks! It came in a package deal with this:

DCW

That's one helluva package @cardinal

coinbuf

CWT1863

Posted this one recently on Instagram.

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(1870s) Lincoln/Apollo Gardens mule by Joseph Merriam ex. Zabriskie


Here's one to go with @cardinal 's 1793 Cent with bisecting die crack. Merriam's Lincoln die was never meant to be paired with this Apollo, which was his obverse die for the Apollo Gardens Storecard. But illogical mulings were struck in the 1870s (probably at the order of W. Elliot Woodward) and this rarity was produced. This one came from the storied collection of Captain Andrew Zabriskie, the father of Lincolniana. May be unique, as I've never seen another.

ricko

Some really nice copper here this week.....Cheers, RickO

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coinsarefun

Maybe semi rare......lol
I found this writing but for got where it came from. It described one ib brass that was auctioned off.
Quite intresting.

1860 TOKEN SD 1860-3 COPPER STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS RESTRIKE CAMPAIGN MS63
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Desert Moon

coinsarefun

Nothing expensive more rare, however the obverse is so very reminiscent of the California SCD's I think
it fit nicely into the theme.
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