What a weekend. A huge purchase. Lots of pictures. Of course! All Columbian Expo! - *UPDATE WITH
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Recently a dealer friend of mine contacted me about another customer that had a collection of Columbus medals that he was wanting to sell off to another collector. He would rather not split it up and really wanted it to go to a collector. The dealer thought of me which I REALLY appreciate. The total count of the collection was over 200 medals and tokens including many hanging ribbons.
I made arrangements to fly down to Jacksonville, FL to see the collection before buying anything. It's one of those things where I could buy the entire lot or select only the ones that I wanted. I opted for the latter. So I looked at the group and ended up with about 100 medals and ribbons.
The dealer and I then went to lunch where he tells me that another customer wants him to sell off a group of about 50 medals, but doesn't want to split it up. The dealer knows that he could get more money splitting it up, but the customer doesn't want to do that. He wasn't really ready to sell it, but had the authority if I was willing to pay the price. He pulled it out and I instantly bought it as a lot.
All in all, I came home with 141 new pieces. Some will be sold off, but many are new additions to my collection. About 60 of them are listed in Eglit (that I've found listed at least) and the others are unlisted. Here is just a quick sampling of what I have. Sorry if some numbers are incorrect. I've been using the previous owner's information for some of these.
Eglit-212
Eglit-221
Eglit-322
Eglit-506 (HK-233)
Eglit-578
Eglit-84 - I love this one......
Eglit-Unlisted
E-101 Series - HK-222 (36mm), HK-222a (low relief), E-51 (50mm), E-101 (90mm)
*UPDATE*
Here's round 2 of pictures:
Unlisted badge
Eglit-260
Eglit-432 Unlisted Variety - Christmas 1893
Eglit-433 smaller unlisted variety
Eglit-522
Eglit-543
Some Ribbons:
Extremely ornate pin of Santa Maria. Looks gold, but stamped on the back sterling. Made in Portugal. Previous owner supposedly has some assurance that this is from 1892/1893 era.
Finally a square token thingy.
I made arrangements to fly down to Jacksonville, FL to see the collection before buying anything. It's one of those things where I could buy the entire lot or select only the ones that I wanted. I opted for the latter. So I looked at the group and ended up with about 100 medals and ribbons.
The dealer and I then went to lunch where he tells me that another customer wants him to sell off a group of about 50 medals, but doesn't want to split it up. The dealer knows that he could get more money splitting it up, but the customer doesn't want to do that. He wasn't really ready to sell it, but had the authority if I was willing to pay the price. He pulled it out and I instantly bought it as a lot.
All in all, I came home with 141 new pieces. Some will be sold off, but many are new additions to my collection. About 60 of them are listed in Eglit (that I've found listed at least) and the others are unlisted. Here is just a quick sampling of what I have. Sorry if some numbers are incorrect. I've been using the previous owner's information for some of these.
Eglit-212
Eglit-221
Eglit-322
Eglit-506 (HK-233)
Eglit-578
Eglit-84 - I love this one......
Eglit-Unlisted
E-101 Series - HK-222 (36mm), HK-222a (low relief), E-51 (50mm), E-101 (90mm)
*UPDATE*
Here's round 2 of pictures:
Unlisted badge
Eglit-260
Eglit-432 Unlisted Variety - Christmas 1893
Eglit-433 smaller unlisted variety
Eglit-522
Eglit-543
Some Ribbons:
Extremely ornate pin of Santa Maria. Looks gold, but stamped on the back sterling. Made in Portugal. Previous owner supposedly has some assurance that this is from 1892/1893 era.
Finally a square token thingy.
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My favorite is the sextagonal (Eglit 322) while a close second being the Eglit 84 (the one you liked)!
I'll check your site to see if they are posted there. This is one awesome collection you have going and I would love to see it in person some day.
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Sweet pickup....Congrat's
Stefanie
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E-101 Series - HK-222 (36mm), HK-222a (low relief), E-51 (50mm), E-101 (90mm)
btw.....Tom, just slide those beauties over my way
Stefanie
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
The last one (the last one at the moment, anyway) is for the League of American Wheelmen -- an early club to promote bicyclists nationwide. If you don't know the acronym in advance, it's not the sort of thing you can figure out easily since a search for "l a w" on google provides "just a few" hits...
The standard reference on Christmas tokens and medals was written by Arlie Slabaugh. It would be interesting to see if that Eglit-unlisted WCE piece is listed in there.
Is there a story behind the 7-sided Eglit 322?
More pics!
Eglit says that this piece was advertised for sale by W.J. McKee out of Pittsburgh, PA as a Columbian 13 medal. Price 25c, in the World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated Journal. It is described by the advertiser as "Showing Columbus Lucky No. Seve, the original one with a double (2 syllables). Spells 'Succuss.' A pocket mascott (sic) star and souvenir, 3 in 1. Size, half-dollar, shape, 7 cornered, Patened."
I haven't figured out what all the letters mean around Columbus.
Thanks for the info on LAW. There were a few different things held in 1892 in Washington DC.
Rob
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Haven't seen this one before, any information on how many of these kicking around?
Impatiently awaiting round 3 pics!
Thanks for sharing.
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I hadn't seen it before either and it appears to be unlisted in Eglit, though I haven't given up hope in finding it yet. I'd bet this is a pretty tough one to find. It does have a small loop attached that I cropped out for ease.