$28 delivered: 1796 Large Cent with 2 Holes - button or child's toy
Whit
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New price: 25.00 plus 3. P&I.
Good afternoon, all:
Below are links to photos of a particularly charming piece of US copper: a 1796 Liberty Cap cent that not only saw more than its share of years of commercial service, but also may have served as a button on someone’s coat or as a child’s toy. I seem to recall seeing a colonial toy at Old Sturbridge Village that used an item such as this 2-holed coin. And, forum member savoyspecial was kind enough to note that as a toy, an item such as this would have been called a button whirligig or a buzzer toy or a humdinger.
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This piece is one in a small lot of coins that I am currently cataloging and assessing for a friend and neighbor here in northwest CT. Following a perusal of completed sales on Ebay, I am asking $25.00 plus $3.00 toward P&I. If P&I is more, I’ll pay the difference. If less, I’ll refund the difference.
Term: I will ship to domestic addresses only, insured. Personal check and postal money order ok, the former of which must clear, please. Instant transfer via Paypal ok, but I can't accept credit card payments; too many horror stories. There is a return privilege: if you so decide, please have the coin (in as-sent condition) in the mail within 7 days of receipt for an immediate refund of $25.00.
I am a math professor in CT and a student of US coinage since the 1960s when my grandfather Whit Hart got me started. On Ebay, I am davidwm. On request, I will gladly send you an email from my Ebay account in verification of my Ebay identity.
Thank you. And thanks to PCGS for providing this avenue of sale.
Whit
Good afternoon, all:
Below are links to photos of a particularly charming piece of US copper: a 1796 Liberty Cap cent that not only saw more than its share of years of commercial service, but also may have served as a button on someone’s coat or as a child’s toy. I seem to recall seeing a colonial toy at Old Sturbridge Village that used an item such as this 2-holed coin. And, forum member savoyspecial was kind enough to note that as a toy, an item such as this would have been called a button whirligig or a buzzer toy or a humdinger.
Obverse
Reverse
This piece is one in a small lot of coins that I am currently cataloging and assessing for a friend and neighbor here in northwest CT. Following a perusal of completed sales on Ebay, I am asking $25.00 plus $3.00 toward P&I. If P&I is more, I’ll pay the difference. If less, I’ll refund the difference.
Term: I will ship to domestic addresses only, insured. Personal check and postal money order ok, the former of which must clear, please. Instant transfer via Paypal ok, but I can't accept credit card payments; too many horror stories. There is a return privilege: if you so decide, please have the coin (in as-sent condition) in the mail within 7 days of receipt for an immediate refund of $25.00.
I am a math professor in CT and a student of US coinage since the 1960s when my grandfather Whit Hart got me started. On Ebay, I am davidwm. On request, I will gladly send you an email from my Ebay account in verification of my Ebay identity.
Thank you. And thanks to PCGS for providing this avenue of sale.
Whit
Whit
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These were known as 'button whirligigs' or sometimes 'buzzer toys' or even other times 'humdingers'
By the way, even given the damage, your asking price is quite reasonable.....Good Luck!
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Whit
Whit