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1890 token magneto ??

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  • dwsswsdwssws Posts: 2,166
    so when are you going to bid on it?imageimage
    steve

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  • xphobexphobe Posts: 605
    Richardson's magneto-galvanic Batteries. I've seen these come up from time to time. Supposedly the bi-metallic makeup combined with the sweat from your skin was supposed to create some kind of electric current that kept you healthy.

    Even now, people still wear copper bracelets and sports bands with a magnet inside. Just as effective.
  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    Thanks!!! -Dan
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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭


    << <i>so when are you going to bid on it?imageimage >>



    Allready bid and bin out bid !! image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    Sorry, I will leave it alone until......image -Dan
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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Sorry, I will leave it alone until......image -Dan >>




    image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are quite a few different of this kind of thing. They get a lot of interest
    since a lot of doctors collect this kind of thing.
    Tempus fugit.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    similar to Boyd's Battery.
  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>similar to Boyd's Battery. >>


    I agree.
  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boyd's Battery
  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
    Is it a coin? is it a token? nooo... its a a medical quackery device
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  • xphobexphobe Posts: 605
    About a year ago I saw a Boyd's Battery in a slab. I think it was NGC, which would make sense because there is a thread about them across the street. Wish I could find the link...
  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
    I remember seeing that in a slab also although I don't remember who slabbed it. Yes it is round and maybe it resembles a coin or token but its use was never intended as such. Such things may be accepted by those who believe that it is but I for one do not. image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are these considered "So Called Dollars"? Are they listed in the H-K book?





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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    They are considered tokens because of the patent dates 1880 and 1881. -Dan
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  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭


    << <i>They are considered tokens because of the patent dates 1880 and 1881. -Dan >>

    Yes they are listed in Rulau1700-1900 United States Tokens under Gay Nineties-Mavericks and considered a medical amulet. It is not listed in HK So Called Dollars. Interesting item but to me not a token as it wasn't originally issued as such but what do I know. image
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