One of my neater eBay cherrypicks- Lawman badge out of Seated 50c
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I look through all auctions of seated half dollars and this popped up, I figured what the hell I'll throw a snipe at it and see what happens. I got it for the opening bid of $10
. It is a Marshall badge made out of a seated half dollar. I showed it to a friend of mine who used to be San Antonio's police chief and is a collector of lawman badges, and he offered me $500 for it, saying he hadn't seen one like it. Needless to say, I'm a happy camper!Dewey
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-Paul
Now let's see who can attribute the Overton number
<< <i>That's very cool!
Now let's see who can attribute the Overton number
Correct, this is a BUST Half, not a Seated Half.
Since it's not what you thought, I guess I could take it off your hands
Very cool, though. You can see by the wear on the engraving that it was used for it's intended purpose, too!
Way cool, I like.
Herb
Kind of LIKE THIS ONE.
Pretty cool item!
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<< <i>Can't quite make out the city(?) name on the badge. Someplace in Ohio....
Very cool, though. You can see by the wear on the engraving that it was used for it's intended purpose, too! >>
Looks like Kent, Ohio-a few miles up the road from me here in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio.
Neat item!!
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<< <i>Now that is cool!
-Paul >>
This.
And I agree with Kent, Ohio.
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<< <i>I thought the John Laws were supposed to wear tin stars, not silver ones.
Pretty cool item! >>
didn't they start out as copper in ireland, hence the name coppers?
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Steve
Kent, Ohio took its name in 1864, so that bounds the history on one side.
There are various theories on the origin of the word cop,
and evidence seems to favor it coming from the latin capere (to seize, i.e. arrest).
http://policelink.monster.com/topics/59263-cop-or-copper-how-did-it-start-/posts
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<< <i>That's very cool!
Now let's see who can attribute the Overton number
1832 O-104
Edited to add ... I'm just kidding!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
That's awesome!
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<< <i>That's very cool!
Now let's see who can attribute the Overton number
1832 O-104
Edited to add ... I'm just kidding! >>
I wouldn't put it past some of the BHNCers to narrow it down somewhat thought.
Very neat acquisition.
Tom
From there you have very few Pick-Up-Point options...such as the position of the end of the Scroll in relation to the M in AMERICA.
In all, that can probably narrow it down to 1 of 40-50 die marriages!
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<< <i>That's very cool!
Now let's see who can attribute the Overton number
1832 O-104
Edited to add ... I'm just kidding! >>
I wouldn't put it past some of the BHNCers to narrow it down somewhat thought.
Very neat acquisition. >>
Absolutely! If it were mine, I am sure I would spend a bunch of time trying to figure it out. There is enough detail present, as Stone mentioned, to narrow it down.
Okay ... I'll give the OP $12.50 ... that's a better return than a savings account!
Seriously ... that's really cool and I would be just as excited to own it.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Very nice.
Reminds me of the Texas Ranger badges cut from Mexican Cinco Pesos coins.
Congrats on a really cool find. Easily worth the $500 offered if not higher.
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<< <i>I thought the John Laws were supposed to wear tin stars, not silver ones.
Pretty cool item! >>
didn't they start out as copper in ireland, hence the name coppers?
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I always thought that was in reference to their buttons on their shirts.
Fantasies and replicas abound in areas like this (particularly Civil War collectibles), but that certainly has the right look for a 19th century piece, to my eyes.
(I have actually seen fake Civil War ID badges done on reasonably convincing cast counterfeit Seated halves, probably in imitation of an existing original period item.)
Rich Hartzog might be a good person to contact about this, if no lurking experts come out of the woodwork here.
Check out the notation on this US Marshals history page- third row, second badge.
And there is of course a Kent, Ohio. (I had to check, just to be sure that we weren't looking at a love token/jewelry item made for somebody named "Marshal Kent", from Ohio.)
So it appears it is indeed a Marshal's badge from Kent, Ohio. I notice it doesn't say "US Marshal", though, so apparently a local lawman's badge?
As a former collector of love tokens, the engraving style makes me think more of the latter half of the 19th century, when love tokens and coin jewelry was at the peak of its popularity, say 1870s to 1890s. That sort of jibes with that US Marshals page that says the handmade coin badges date ca. 1880s-1890s. But a Civil War-era date is certainly not out of the question. And it wouldn't be terribly unusual for them to have used an older host coin like a Bust half.
You got this thing for TEN BUCKS? Wow!!! That was a major score, obviously, as the $500 offer you got indicates. Was it on eBay? Probably listed (erroneously) in just the Seated halves category, then, and not elsewhere? That would account for the steal you got, but I'm still surprised nobody else nabbed it. Congratulations!
<< <i>Thanks everyone, I did end up selling it to my friend. He collects coins, badges AND he's from Ohio, and he loves the piece. >>
Good for you that you gave him that opportunity. Classy move, IMO.
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