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1853 Engraved Half Dollar with Arrows

ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,406 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 20, 2018 12:44AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Given all the discussion of engraved coins recently, I thought this half dollar with arrows sold by Steve Hayden last month was interesting. It looks like it used to be a pin. Imagine wearing this at the local IOOF meeting for Smyrna, likely in Syracuse.

Here's some info on Smyrna:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyrna,_New_York

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The engraving is very nicely done....Must have been an ID pin.... nicer than those silly paper stick on badges given at most events....Cheers, RickO

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,703 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very, very nice!

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • PurfrockPurfrock Posts: 545 ✭✭✭

    I like the engraving. Well presented, and it makes for a very handsome show piece.

    EAC, ANA Member
  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In case anyone doesn't know.....IOOF = International Order of Odd Fellows. It is (was?) a fraternal organization.

  • abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder what the beehive represents.

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    The engraving is very nicely done....Must have been an ID pin.... nicer than those silly paper stick on badges given at most events....Cheers, RickO

    HELLO MY NAME IS

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,703 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wait a minute......."D.P. Brown?"

    I thought Doc Brown ended up in 1885!

    :)

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • GluggoGluggo Posts: 3,566 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does Steven Hayden post here? It seems he has a endless supply of quality civil war tokens. Just wondering and thank you for the coins Mr. Hayden

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,406 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Gluggo said:
    Does Steven Hayden post here? It seems he has a endless supply of quality civil war tokens. Just wondering and thank you for the coins Mr. Hayden

    I agree. I wonder how he comes across so many!

    I'm not aware of him on these forums but it would be great if he were.

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