@kaz said:
'Fraid I don't have any. But I'd like to see a CWT, the one for the brewer, is it Lindemann, Lindermann?
It's Gustavus Lindenmueller. He has an impressive beard and is the one responsible for the US passing a law to outlaw CWTs when he wouldn't redeem his.
I don't have one either, but Lindenmueller is my candidate for US beard. For dark side beards, King Leopold II of Belgium by Charles Wiener takes the cake for me. I have one of those but no photo at the moment.
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About 2,210 years pre-hipster, a Greek tetradrachm from Syracuse in 214 BC:
--Severian the Lame
'Fraid I don't have any. But I'd like to see a CWT, the one for the brewer, is it Lindemann, Lindermann?
It's Gustavus Lindenmueller. He has an impressive beard and is the one responsible for the US passing a law to outlaw CWTs when he wouldn't redeem his.
I don't have one either, but Lindenmueller is my candidate for US beard. For dark side beards, King Leopold II of Belgium by Charles Wiener takes the cake for me. I have one of those but no photo at the moment.
Thanks Zoins! Lindenmueller! They come up for auction at times but tend to go very high, I guess due to all the craft beer fans out there.
He was probably able to issue so many CWTs because people liked to drink!
Actually, Lindenmueller tokens are available and cheap, probably because he didn't redeem them.
Decent examples bring around $20 and are R1.
https://ebay.com/itm/Gustavus-Lindenmueller-New-York-NY-1863-Civil-War-Store-Card-Token/202073929922?hash=item2f0c8b78c2:g:hIgAAOSww~xZ1m5S
This cleaned one brought just $9 + $3 shipping.
Nice pics, I just noticed that the dies were made by Louis Roloff!
Was Bolen a hipster?. I think he certainly must have liked himself though
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thanks for the info, sellitstore. and the pics. that beard is tough to beat.
That Lindenmueller beard sure takes the prize for any coin/token/medal I have seen....and my own beard cannot compete with any of them. Cheers, RickO
I think they had to trim it a bit, otherwise it would have flowed over the rim onto the reverse.
I love this guy's beard:
A couple of nice ones:
Commems and Early Type