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Broadstruck · June 5, 2015 12:59PM

Here's a first look at a token I was thrilled to acquire last year which has only been seen by a few collectors since issued... Enjoy!

A Mule of Brown, Curtiss, & Vance, Louisville, KY, and C.W. Jackson, Coal Dealer, Philadelphia, PA, Merchant Store Cards, 28mm Diameter, Copper, Plain Edge, Miller-KY-3.

This KY/PA mule is the rarest of the Parrot Head eagle Brown, Curtiss, & Vance varieties which was unknown to Benjamin Wright however Donald Miller already valued it at nearly 2 ounces of gold in 1962. It is unique as the only known example which has never been plated in any reference guide. The normal Brown, Curtiss, & Vance store card is quite scarce in high grades as are most southern issues. Russell Rulau with all his exonumia connections was unable to locate a example to plate and used Wayte Raymond's 1940 line drawings for the basic non mule variety. This Miller-KY-3 U.S. Merchant Store Card is a mule of a 28mm Obverse Die 1845-50 Brown, Curtiss, & Vance, Dealer in Dry Goods, Louisville, KY token and 28mm Diameter Obverse Die 1851 C.W. Jackson Philadelphia, Coal Dealer, Miller PA-234 on the reverse. With both being over 700 miles apart from one another this token served no purpose as a store advertising card for either merchant. This mule is an intentionally commissioned fantasy strike which was made to order at the request of a token collector. This practice was quite common with the likes of Levick, Bushnell and others to own something unique and create rarities within the series.