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Thomas Elder "Speed The Plow" DeLorey-83 / CA-2 Obverse, 28.75mm, Silver, Uniface - blank reverse die with beaded border.
These were supposed to have been struck and distributed at the 1909 Montreal ANA Convention.
The obverse design is a exact facsimile of the 1835 Walsh's General Store Hard Times Token HT-216 / Low-99.
Although still scarce they are more common in medals such as Brass, Copper, and Aluminum however only 3-5 had been issued in Silver.
One of the Silver issues is in the ANS museum collection and another is in the Bank of Canada collection.
Although this was purchased with an unknown provenance based on the plate match below of the 3 toning lines around the two E's in "FEED" and on the right Floret.
This is the Virgil Brand example described in Brand's sale as "Proof-64, Attractively Toned, Quite Rare"
These were supposed to have been struck and distributed at the 1909 Montreal ANA Convention.
The obverse design is a exact facsimile of the 1835 Walsh's General Store Hard Times Token HT-216 / Low-99.
Although still scarce they are more common in medals such as Brass, Copper, and Aluminum however only 3-5 had been issued in Silver.
One of the Silver issues is in the ANS museum collection and another is in the Bank of Canada collection.
Although this was purchased with an unknown provenance based on the plate match below of the 3 toning lines around the two E's in "FEED" and on the right Floret.
This is the Virgil Brand example described in Brand's sale as "Proof-64, Attractively Toned, Quite Rare"
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Congrats
Eric
<< <i>Aha! I knew there was more to the story... >>
It's gets better!
I'm not really fond of returning things however I received something that had issues and instantly needed to be returned.
Instead of asking for a refund I asked if there was anything else available that I might be interested in
I guess I need to return things more often... As otherwise I wouldn't have known this was possible available and wouldn't have been offered this
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Ed. S.
(EJS)
<< <i>Out of curiosity, which Brand sale? >>
March 1990
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
<< <i>I think your provenance detective skill is very impressive and important to retain for history. Will you slab this to further document the coin? >>
Thanks as having an intense library at my fingertips for research has paid off as it makes things easy.
It's already in a NGC slab and I don't see myself resubmitting this to have the pedigree added any time soon.
TD
<< <i>Well done!
TD >>
CaptHenway, Even though I have your Elder booklet thanks for letting me pick your brain a bit!
TD