A coin associated item - do you collect collateral collectables?

Outhaul

I found this sterling spoon on eBay, Columbian World Exposition. Closed without a bid, made offer, offer accepted.



I once had a keg with the wax treasury seal and drawstring fully intact. It was the only one I'd ever seen...wish I'd have kept it.

Cheers,

Bob

njcoincrank

Numismatic Americana. Everything from 1892 coin glass, original holders for US commems, counterfeit detection items, etc.

lordmarcovan

I picked up a serving tray from the 1950's with all kinds of world coins (dating back to 1901) sealed in plastic on it. A classy lookin' tray. Not only did I win it for the starting bid of a dollar, but the seller charged me regular Priority Mail rate for shipping, so I ended up with less than five bucks in it. And it ended up costing the seller additional postage. I think it took six or seven bucks for them to ship it! I stole the thing.

I offered to pay 'em the additional postage but they never returned my email. I left 'em nice feedback anyway.

Around the same period, they also made little souvenir ashtrays for some of the Caribbean nations, which had gold-leaf images of all the circulating coinage (at the time, all British coins, as many of those countries were still colonies.) I inherited one from Bermuda in some of my grandmother's possessions, and found another (Jamaica, maybe?) at a yard sale, for a buck, once. Couldn't pass 'em up.

lordmarcovan

BTW- that's a great spoon.

toothpuller

Recently I bought a first day of issue Fleetwood mailing for the Indian Head Cent stamp. The mailing dated January 11, 1978 has a red 1877 cent. It was an experimental stamp that was very small with 150 rather than 100 stamps per pane. At that time a first class mailing was only 13 cents.

Conder101

Yes Outhaul you should have kept it! While it is known that the early mint received planchets and shipped coins in kegs, no one today knows how large many coins were in a keg because the size of the kegs is unknown. As far as all the standard references know not a single one of these mint kegs is known to still exist today. Your keg would be a very important item.

It is nice to know that one may still be out there, but it would be better if the owner would make it publicly known so that it can be examined just in case something happens to it.

lordmarcovan

Here's a neat item.