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Interesting possible So-Called Dollar by Herter

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
A "Herter's Dubill Dollar," in silver. I published an article about these in COINage a year or two back.

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TD
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For those of you who are not familiar with the name Herter's was a mail order catalog retailer based in Waseca, Minnesota.

    Out of business for more than 3 decades they were once a major player in the sporting firearms and reloading market.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 9,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a striking obverse portrait even in such worn condition. In your opinion, how's the asking price?
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I used to get their catalog when I was in my teens. bought some fishing stuff from them.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting possible So-Called Dollar by Herter

    wouldn't it be a store card or advertising token??
  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat token...thanks for posting it. I used to love getting the Herter's catalog...they had lots of great fishing equipment that I could have bought had I had the $!

    K
    ANA LM
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool.... never knew they had store tokens.... Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would guess that they were redeemable in the store for a dollar, as were certain so-called dollars.
    It is silver.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    isn't it sort of a requirement for inclusion that a medal commemorate a noteworthy public event of some kind??
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is truly awful.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • PreTurbPreTurb Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭
    My Dad was a Herter's fan when I was a kid, and enjoyed reading Herter's "Guides" in the 1970's. Thanks for the heads-up on the.... whatever it is (!)
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>isn't it sort of a requirement for inclusion that a medal commemorate a noteworthy public event of some kind?? >>



    Well, about 10% of the original book had no business being in there, so what's one more???

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,811 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is a striking obverse portrait even in such worn condition. In your opinion, how's the asking price? >>



    It just sold for $54.99 + $3.90 shipping

    Pretty cool history on Herter's and it's great they issued this piece.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    By the way, the portrait on the piece is Herter's mother. It is copied from a photograph of her that appears in one of Herter's books.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,811 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>By the way, the portrait on the piece is Herter's mother. It is copied from a photograph of her that appears in one of Herter's books. >>



    Good note Tom. I just learned his parents were Edward Otto and Margaret McLinn Herter (maiden name Sommerstad) from your 2011 GenForum post and the subsequent reply. Good information for George's Wikipedia page.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Somebody should write a book about this guy.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, about 10% of the original book had no business being in there, so what's one more???

    I can't speak to a percentage but I agree with the line of thought that perhaps some shouldn't be included, they tend to violate the guidelines laid out by Mssrs. Hibler-Kappen. as for the "what's one more" portion of your statement I would point you to at least one thread I started which was a rant against all the Unlisted So-Called Dollar listings at eBay. more listings is not a good thing, perhaps a more strict adherence to the original guidelines would be a better place to start.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If anybody would like a copy of the manuscript for the article that I published on Herter, drop an email to my Captain Henway email address and I will copy it to you.

    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,811 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is a new, sealed Herter's Dubill Dollar coin on the bay now for $77.77.

    Nice to see these in original packaging. Could be interesting to get this and have ATS certify it.

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