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The Guttag Bros. Storecards (1920s)

DCWDCW Posts: 7,260 ✭✭✭✭✭

The Guttag Bros Storecards are quite intriguing. There are several varieties and compositions, but the most alluring to me has a nude woman (a muse) holding a lamp over an open book so that a child may study numismatics. The boy is in a trance like state while he intently stares at the coin in his grasp.
For the uninitiated, Julius and Henry Guttag were brothers of German ancestry that became prominent coin dealers in NYC in the 1920s, a kind of forerunner to Stacks. They made their living off the stock market, but their passion (especially that of Julius) was in rare coins.

While most of their storecards are considered common, I recently was able to acquire one struck in gold. I believe it to be unique.

Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,260 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, this thread posted while I was working on the draft. I'll leave it up and add info as I write it. Anyone else can add to it as they wish
    Thanks.

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That must be some coin.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,323 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've never seen a gold one before. It may have once been in the Guttag personal collection.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Smudge said:
    That must be some coin.

    I mean the one that kid is looking at.

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