I bought three significant coins this year. I only had the ready funds to buy one, actually, but bullion made some nice moves so I sold some 90% I'd had around for a while and purchased two others. This was the last of the three.
I've been collecting these Oregon Coast generic rounds these last couple of years. I have the 5oz Hudson ship one and now a few of the 1oz designs. I know nothing about them. I just really like them.
I apologize for the poor photos.. They're not mine.. as it just arrived today.
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Picked this up a couple weeks ago. I thought the old slab and gold sticker was cool even though a generic coin and grade.
In my opinion, that is one of the best looking coins in the rattler… Just the perfect proportion and super clear surroundings… What an excellent presentation!
I would’ve picked that up as well gold sticker, and everything there’s nothing that thing lacks!
I just won an auction today that will be the last coin purchase I will make in 2024. It’s a large Wayte Raymond Album with many Lincoln Cents inside. I purchased the album mainly to research the last page/board which is black in color. I’ve never seen or read about any black pages for the Wayte Raymond albums so I want to try and figure out what it is. Someone else wanted that album too and we ended up in a bidding war, ended up paying about double what I had originally expected when I first bid on the auction the day it was posted.
The other reason I purchased this album full of Lincoln Cents is because I want to put together a really nice set of Lincoln’s in a Wayte Raymond Album. I have several new old stock Lincoln Cent pages/boards and unused binders and I want to cherry pick coins out of albums and folders that have been there for a while and already have a thick skin and make a nice Lincoln Cent album for my long term collection so they will be less likely to grow black or green spots from any acidity left in the album pages. I also picked up a cheap set of Lincoln’s that were in folders about a week ago and will include those too when I pick the coins I want for the album I’m going to put together. Here’s pictures of the Album and coins I just won (note the last page is black) and below that are the set of folders I won about a week ago
The Tidy House Products Company was founded in 1940 when two radio station workers in Shenandoah, Iowa purchased the rights to Perfix, a cleaning powder. Cy Rapp and Al Ramsey incorporated the new company naming it Tidy House Products Company of Shenandoah, Iowa. They changed the spelling from Prefix to Perfex and expanded the line of cleaning supplies in 1941.
In 1943 the company began operating in Omaha. Its headquarters was at 5010 Underwood Avenue. In 1951 the Tidy House Products Company moved to an 85,000 square foot manufacturing and packaging plant in North Omaha located at 1432 Evans Street.
Tidy House Products Company manufactured a line of household cleaning products. Their brands included Perfex household cleaner, Dexol Bleach, GlossTex liquid starch, and Shina Dish. The Tidy House Products Company was one of many industries scattered throughout the North Omaha community.
The Pillsbury Company acquired Tidy House Products Company in June 1960. Mr. Rapp joined their board of directors, and its brands were continued under the Tidy House label. The Pillsbury Company sold the Tidy House line back to Cy Rapp in June 1964. Mr. Rapp incorporated the company, naming it Tidy House Products of Omaha. A large part of Tidy House's success was due to their progressive marketing techniques in newspapers, on radio, and television.
Robert D. Osterholm, "Bob," was the President of the Tidy House Corporation. He enjoyed coins and hit upon a clever way to sell cleaning supplies by offering a free collector's coin in boxes of Tidy House products. Indian Head cents were packaged into specially marked boxes of Dexol bleach in January and February 1965, and again in September and October 1966. Buffalo nickels were packaged into specially marked boxes of Perfex Cleanser in September and October 1967.
The first silver coin offered was a free 1964 Kennedy half dollar. To receive your free coin, you were required to return three price-stamped box tops from Tidy House products and the order form printed in the newspaper to Tidy House. This advertisement first appeared on page 17 of the Omaha World-Herald on October 1, 1964. The offer expired on November 30, 1964.
One of the best-known cases of silver dollars being used for promotional purposes is the Tidy House Products Co. Morgan dollars. An advertisement on page 43 in the June 1, 1966, Evening World-Herald offered the "famous Morgan silver dollar, minted over eighty years ago in the New Orleans mint closed by the government in 1909." To purchase your silver dollar, you were required to mail in one dollar, three price-stamped box tops from Tidy House products, and the order form printed in the newspaper to Tidy House. The offer expired on August 31, 1966. The offer was repeated in the June 11, 1967, Omaha World-Herald. The half page advertisement on page 133 claimed, "Last year we filled orders for tens of thousands of scarce silver dollars… all we could get our hands on." This offer expired on July 31, 1967.
Osterholm acquired mint sewn bags of common date Morgan dollars for the promotion. On one occasion when he opened the bag and saw so many ruined by improper storage, he hired a chemist in California to "fix them." The original packaging used by Tidy House contained high concentrations of sulfur. Over time certain dollar coins stored in this packaging have developed a pleasing rainbow tone, while others have toned virtually all dark.
A new advertisement on page 135 in the June 2, 1968, Omaha World-Herald offered 1964 Kennedy half dollar "mint sets" for just $1.00 plus three Tidy House box tops. The offer expired on June 30, 1968.
There are two distinct types of packaging for the dollar coins. The first type of packaging has the words DID YOU KNOW… under the dollar. A sales brochure included with the coin offers brilliant uncirculated San Francisco minted dollars for sale by AAA Coin Co. of Omaha. AAA Coin Co. of Omaha was owned and operated by Bob Osterholm. The packaging for the coin and advertisement has the return address of 750 Omaha National Bank Bldg. and was sent third class mail. This type of packaging was used for the 1966 promotion.
The second type of packaging has the words NOW MORE SCARCE… MORE VALUABLE… MORE WANTED… under the dollar. A sales brochure included with the coin offers brilliant uncirculated dollars for sale by Omaha Coins. Omaha Coins was also owned and operated by Bob Osterholm. The shipping envelope for the coin and advertisement has the return address of Post Office Box 489 D.T.S. (Downtown Station.) This type of packaging was used for the 1967 promotion.
Brian Greer of Urbandale, Iowa shared an image of a third type of holder with me. It was the only one I had seen and requires more research. I found an image of this third type of package in the auction archives of Heritage Auctions. I knew Quent Hansen collected Tidy house coins, so I shared the image with him. Quent did not have one in his collection, but thought it could have been used as a shipping package when you ordered additional dollars from AAA Coin Co.
Only common date 1880's Morgan dollars, frequently from the New Orleans mint, were packaged. No Peace dollars were packaged. Buyers should beware of Peace dollars switched into holders and advertised as original.
No records of these promotions have been located to date, so the quantity of coins packaged is unknown.
The Tidy House Products Co. of Omaha was sold to Church & Dwight Co. of New York City in August 1969. Church & Dwight Co. is known for the manufacture of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda, and many other products.
This article started out in July 2024 with just a few pages. With help from Brian Greer, Quent and Cathy Hansen, Ed Bishop, John Osterholm, Rob Kinsey, John Jackson, Michael Burney, and a few others it turned into a 19 page (and growing) history of the coins used in Tidy House Soap Company promotions.
Thanks, should be given to dealer Brian Greer of Urbandale, Iowa for sharing an image of a third type of holder with me. It was the only one I had seen and requires more research. I found an image of this third type of package in the auction archives of Heritage Auctions. Thanks should also be given to Mike Burney of Nomad Numismatics in Kansas City, MO for the image of the money bag. It was the only one I had seen and requires more research. If you know anything about either item, please contact me at coinguyatleebooksellers@yahoo.com. Thanks.
Here is a scan of a 5.25" x 2.75" packet from Tidy House Products Co, an Omaha Nebraska manufacturer of household cleaning products that was acquired by Pillsbury in 1960. Evidently, Tidy House did this often, offering silver dollars and half dollar pairs as sales promotional items which they sold for a small premium.
The coins are believed to have come from sealed mint bags which the company acquired from the mint. The thing that makes these coins even more special is the fact that they used high sulfur paper in the packages they came in and over time the coins acquired a wonderful tone.
The Kennedy Half sets were $10.95 which included shipping and handling.
These coins are not that easy to find these days but a few show up on eBay from time to time. Just search "TIDY" in coins and paper money and they will show up when available.
Sadly, I can not find much information on this company and its promotions so I have no idea how many they actually sold or how long they were in business. If you have any information on Tidy House Products I would be happy to hear from you.
What a great bunch of coins in this thread! I was gonna bid on a capped bust half dime at GC yesterday (12/29) but in the end it just didn't "spark joy" so I let it pass. Therefore, my last purchase, unless one of you makes me an offer I cannot refuse by tomorrow midnight, is this half dime. It's an 1832 LM-11.1, a tough Rarity 5 remarriage, and it is the highest-graded half dime I own at MS66. It was a stretch for me but it's interesting and very lovely. So, the grandkids got coal for Christmas. They'll live.
Well, that's a pretty cool first post there. I had to hunt that down, and found it to be a Simpson pedigreed pattern coin. Interesting - and great provenance!
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Have high hopes for this pickup from BST last night
Buffalo Nickel Digital Album
Toned Buffalo Date SetDigital Album
The last one I received is this one:
Although I also purchased this one and haven’t received it yet:
Picked this up a couple weeks ago. I thought the old slab and gold sticker was cool even though a generic coin and grade.
I bought three significant coins this year. I only had the ready funds to buy one, actually, but bullion made some nice moves so I sold some 90% I'd had around for a while and purchased two others. This was the last of the three.
It'll be this one from the end of October.
But I do have the first one for next year picked out.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
Unless I decide to bid on anything this weekend, I acquired a set of Candian Loons. Should be a fun set to make upgrades!
Beautiful coin! Would love to get a coin with this motif some time!
Love this exotic little lady!
I've been collecting these Oregon Coast generic rounds these last couple of years. I have the 5oz Hudson ship one and now a few of the 1oz designs. I know nothing about them. I just really like them.
I apologize for the poor photos.. They're not mine.. as it just arrived today.
I wonder if your 1875 is genuine. Could a Trade Dollar expert examine this example closely? After all TPG's seem to routinely get this type wrong.
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These were the last ones I purchased for this year. Next year awaits new treasures.
Who knows, maybe I'll pick something up this weekend? Picked this up in December.
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In my opinion, that is one of the best looking coins in the rattler… Just the perfect proportion and super clear surroundings… What an excellent presentation!
I would’ve picked that up as well gold sticker, and everything there’s nothing that thing lacks!
Great pick up!
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Unless I see something in the next day I think this is the last purchase. I cherrypicked this 1930 DDO for $11 delivered. Markers can be seen here: varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%201/1930PDDO002.htm
A rather pedestrian purchase next to the big guns in this thread, but I still like it.
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I just won an auction today that will be the last coin purchase I will make in 2024. It’s a large Wayte Raymond Album with many Lincoln Cents inside. I purchased the album mainly to research the last page/board which is black in color. I’ve never seen or read about any black pages for the Wayte Raymond albums so I want to try and figure out what it is. Someone else wanted that album too and we ended up in a bidding war, ended up paying about double what I had originally expected when I first bid on the auction the day it was posted.
The other reason I purchased this album full of Lincoln Cents is because I want to put together a really nice set of Lincoln’s in a Wayte Raymond Album. I have several new old stock Lincoln Cent pages/boards and unused binders and I want to cherry pick coins out of albums and folders that have been there for a while and already have a thick skin and make a nice Lincoln Cent album for my long term collection so they will be less likely to grow black or green spots from any acidity left in the album pages. I also picked up a cheap set of Lincoln’s that were in folders about a week ago and will include those too when I pick the coins I want for the album I’m going to put together. Here’s pictures of the Album and coins I just won (note the last page is black) and below that are the set of folders I won about a week ago
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2024--No Mas, this is it, last one!
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How about a potential grade please..⇊...
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Nice coin! I see 64 here.
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Very nice coins all!
My last of the 2024 year:
The Tidy House Products Company was founded in 1940 when two radio station workers in Shenandoah, Iowa purchased the rights to Perfix, a cleaning powder. Cy Rapp and Al Ramsey incorporated the new company naming it Tidy House Products Company of Shenandoah, Iowa. They changed the spelling from Prefix to Perfex and expanded the line of cleaning supplies in 1941.
In 1943 the company began operating in Omaha. Its headquarters was at 5010 Underwood Avenue. In 1951 the Tidy House Products Company moved to an 85,000 square foot manufacturing and packaging plant in North Omaha located at 1432 Evans Street.
Tidy House Products Company manufactured a line of household cleaning products. Their brands included Perfex household cleaner, Dexol Bleach, GlossTex liquid starch, and Shina Dish. The Tidy House Products Company was one of many industries scattered throughout the North Omaha community.
The Pillsbury Company acquired Tidy House Products Company in June 1960. Mr. Rapp joined their board of directors, and its brands were continued under the Tidy House label. The Pillsbury Company sold the Tidy House line back to Cy Rapp in June 1964. Mr. Rapp incorporated the company, naming it Tidy House Products of Omaha. A large part of Tidy House's success was due to their progressive marketing techniques in newspapers, on radio, and television.
Robert D. Osterholm, "Bob," was the President of the Tidy House Corporation. He enjoyed coins and hit upon a clever way to sell cleaning supplies by offering a free collector's coin in boxes of Tidy House products. Indian Head cents were packaged into specially marked boxes of Dexol bleach in January and February 1965, and again in September and October 1966. Buffalo nickels were packaged into specially marked boxes of Perfex Cleanser in September and October 1967.
The first silver coin offered was a free 1964 Kennedy half dollar. To receive your free coin, you were required to return three price-stamped box tops from Tidy House products and the order form printed in the newspaper to Tidy House. This advertisement first appeared on page 17 of the Omaha World-Herald on October 1, 1964. The offer expired on November 30, 1964.
One of the best-known cases of silver dollars being used for promotional purposes is the Tidy House Products Co. Morgan dollars. An advertisement on page 43 in the June 1, 1966, Evening World-Herald offered the "famous Morgan silver dollar, minted over eighty years ago in the New Orleans mint closed by the government in 1909." To purchase your silver dollar, you were required to mail in one dollar, three price-stamped box tops from Tidy House products, and the order form printed in the newspaper to Tidy House. The offer expired on August 31, 1966. The offer was repeated in the June 11, 1967, Omaha World-Herald. The half page advertisement on page 133 claimed, "Last year we filled orders for tens of thousands of scarce silver dollars… all we could get our hands on." This offer expired on July 31, 1967.
Osterholm acquired mint sewn bags of common date Morgan dollars for the promotion. On one occasion when he opened the bag and saw so many ruined by improper storage, he hired a chemist in California to "fix them." The original packaging used by Tidy House contained high concentrations of sulfur. Over time certain dollar coins stored in this packaging have developed a pleasing rainbow tone, while others have toned virtually all dark.
A new advertisement on page 135 in the June 2, 1968, Omaha World-Herald offered 1964 Kennedy half dollar "mint sets" for just $1.00 plus three Tidy House box tops. The offer expired on June 30, 1968.
There are two distinct types of packaging for the dollar coins. The first type of packaging has the words DID YOU KNOW… under the dollar. A sales brochure included with the coin offers brilliant uncirculated San Francisco minted dollars for sale by AAA Coin Co. of Omaha. AAA Coin Co. of Omaha was owned and operated by Bob Osterholm. The packaging for the coin and advertisement has the return address of 750 Omaha National Bank Bldg. and was sent third class mail. This type of packaging was used for the 1966 promotion.
The second type of packaging has the words NOW MORE SCARCE… MORE VALUABLE… MORE WANTED… under the dollar. A sales brochure included with the coin offers brilliant uncirculated dollars for sale by Omaha Coins. Omaha Coins was also owned and operated by Bob Osterholm. The shipping envelope for the coin and advertisement has the return address of Post Office Box 489 D.T.S. (Downtown Station.) This type of packaging was used for the 1967 promotion.
Brian Greer of Urbandale, Iowa shared an image of a third type of holder with me. It was the only one I had seen and requires more research. I found an image of this third type of package in the auction archives of Heritage Auctions. I knew Quent Hansen collected Tidy house coins, so I shared the image with him. Quent did not have one in his collection, but thought it could have been used as a shipping package when you ordered additional dollars from AAA Coin Co.
Only common date 1880's Morgan dollars, frequently from the New Orleans mint, were packaged. No Peace dollars were packaged. Buyers should beware of Peace dollars switched into holders and advertised as original.
No records of these promotions have been located to date, so the quantity of coins packaged is unknown.
The Tidy House Products Co. of Omaha was sold to Church & Dwight Co. of New York City in August 1969. Church & Dwight Co. is known for the manufacture of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda, and many other products.
This article started out in July 2024 with just a few pages. With help from Brian Greer, Quent and Cathy Hansen, Ed Bishop, John Osterholm, Rob Kinsey, John Jackson, Michael Burney, and a few others it turned into a 19 page (and growing) history of the coins used in Tidy House Soap Company promotions.
Thanks, should be given to dealer Brian Greer of Urbandale, Iowa for sharing an image of a third type of holder with me. It was the only one I had seen and requires more research. I found an image of this third type of package in the auction archives of Heritage Auctions. Thanks should also be given to Mike Burney of Nomad Numismatics in Kansas City, MO for the image of the money bag. It was the only one I had seen and requires more research. If you know anything about either item, please contact me at coinguyatleebooksellers@yahoo.com. Thanks.
Here is a scan of a 5.25" x 2.75" packet from Tidy House Products Co, an Omaha Nebraska manufacturer of household cleaning products that was acquired by Pillsbury in 1960. Evidently, Tidy House did this often, offering silver dollars and half dollar pairs as sales promotional items which they sold for a small premium.
The coins are believed to have come from sealed mint bags which the company acquired from the mint. The thing that makes these coins even more special is the fact that they used high sulfur paper in the packages they came in and over time the coins acquired a wonderful tone.
The Kennedy Half sets were $10.95 which included shipping and handling.
These coins are not that easy to find these days but a few show up on eBay from time to time. Just search "TIDY" in coins and paper money and they will show up when available.
Sadly, I can not find much information on this company and its promotions so I have no idea how many they actually sold or how long they were in business. If you have any information on Tidy House Products I would be happy to hear from you.
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What a great bunch of coins in this thread! I was gonna bid on a capped bust half dime at GC yesterday (12/29) but in the end it just didn't "spark joy" so I let it pass. Therefore, my last purchase, unless one of you makes me an offer I cannot refuse by tomorrow midnight, is this half dime. It's an 1832 LM-11.1, a tough Rarity 5 remarriage, and it is the highest-graded half dime I own at MS66. It was a stretch for me but it's interesting and very lovely. So, the grandkids got coal for Christmas. They'll live.
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I bought this yesterday. Even though I don’t collect two cent pieces this mostly red coin spoke to me in the old holder.
This Bust with the Half Dol. will finish my 3-type reverse set. Got it yesterday.
Arrived just in time to make it in 2024 purchases.
Well, that's a pretty cool first post there. I had to hunt that down, and found it to be a Simpson pedigreed pattern coin. Interesting - and great provenance!
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