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1894 W.P. Buchanan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rulau Pa-Phi7a / Wright-121, Plain Edge, 26mm Diameter, Rarity-7
Here's a rare pictorial Gay Nineties token which exonumia collectors have been totally catnip over ever since it was issued. Dr. Benjamin P. Wright in his 1898-1901 works on American Store on Business Cards already rated this then young token a Rarity-7 (estimated 4-12 known) and valued it at $5.00 at a time when the price of gold was $18.94 an ounce. This is the 6th example I've seen in the last 8 years and only 4 are collectable as the 2 others have been converted into jewelery pieces. The P.A. of A. on the reverse stands for Photographers Association of America. Grovercat on the obverse was Buchanan's Philadelphia cable name selected for dealing with international clientele for his sales of photography supplies. Now all the previous examples I've seen have been in Brass Pa-Phi-7's which are bright and semi to fully proof like, except for one dark circulated piece. Doing some research Rulau only lists 1 having been struck in copper which once resided in Donald Miller's collection. Although I'm not doing this token it's due justice photography wise it definitely photographs like copper straight on. When tilted into a light source it is fully proof-like and has copper like patina blanketing the entire reverse in shades of blues, greens, and reds. The obverse is somewhat wood grain and semi proof-like which has traces of red and blue patina. There's lots more research to be done on this one as it could very well be the Miller specimen? I also may have to send it off to member messydesk so he can make the color pop to represent this token for the in hand beauty it really is.
Here's a rare pictorial Gay Nineties token which exonumia collectors have been totally catnip over ever since it was issued. Dr. Benjamin P. Wright in his 1898-1901 works on American Store on Business Cards already rated this then young token a Rarity-7 (estimated 4-12 known) and valued it at $5.00 at a time when the price of gold was $18.94 an ounce. This is the 6th example I've seen in the last 8 years and only 4 are collectable as the 2 others have been converted into jewelery pieces. The P.A. of A. on the reverse stands for Photographers Association of America. Grovercat on the obverse was Buchanan's Philadelphia cable name selected for dealing with international clientele for his sales of photography supplies. Now all the previous examples I've seen have been in Brass Pa-Phi-7's which are bright and semi to fully proof like, except for one dark circulated piece. Doing some research Rulau only lists 1 having been struck in copper which once resided in Donald Miller's collection. Although I'm not doing this token it's due justice photography wise it definitely photographs like copper straight on. When tilted into a light source it is fully proof-like and has copper like patina blanketing the entire reverse in shades of blues, greens, and reds. The obverse is somewhat wood grain and semi proof-like which has traces of red and blue patina. There's lots more research to be done on this one as it could very well be the Miller specimen? I also may have to send it off to member messydesk so he can make the color pop to represent this token for the in hand beauty it really is.
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<< <i>That's super cool Broadstruck. Nice write up, as usual
LotsoLuck, Thanks... I'm actually allergic to cats, yet have had no reaction to this one
The Token is rare...... Wiltshire Holt 11 MS64BN
Along with providing a link I show an image of the old house now demolished and gone
Holt Spa information link
Posted on Apr 2, 2011 in Social History, The villages |
The commercial success of spa resorts like Bath and Buxton and on the Continent, like the original Spa in Belgium, inspired the hopeful development of numerous small spas. Taking the waters for health and the associated social scene became all the fashion. Water that was rich in iron salts was found at Holt in 1688 and the supposed benefits of drinking it were promoted widely, with a book being published in London by Henry Eyre in 1731. The water was bottled and sold as far away as London.
To accommodate the visitors to the summer season at the spa, the Great House, or Spa House, was built around 1730. It was seven bays wide and three storeys high and made of brick with ashlar dressings.
By the early 19th century the spa’s brief career was declining and the building became a private school and later was divided up into flats. From 1868 it became a glove factory, but in the middle of the 20th century it was becoming derelict and was demolished in March 1957.
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Thanks for sharing!