Can you Decipher a Fowl Fancier's Secret Coded Message?
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Waldo C. Moore was quite active in this hobby in the early 20th century. He wrote over 130 articles in The Numismatist and was also one of the ANA's elected Presidents. I had read about this token while researching one of Waldo's earlier struck designs however had never seen one of these. He struck a few different tokens which are all quite scarce today since they had been issued in low quantity just to disperse among his friends. This very busy 9 pictorial obverse has a saying which Waldo never revealed. Starting at the upper left you see an Awl as in "All" then a woman sewing...
So is anyone willing to try to decipher the message?
So is anyone willing to try to decipher the message?
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"2-Log-Eagle" = too Logical??
That's all I got....
Added: But that "log" seems a bit overdone to be just a log....
Maybe it reads backwards or maybe all the designs
are not in any order, and there's a nine word sentence
there, but totally out of sequence.
For example, if we read the three designs
from the bottom left up, it could read:
'To note all' ???
What's that in the lower right circle ? An eagle?
Maybe it reads backwards or maybe all the designs
are not in any order, and there's a nine word sentence
there, but totally out of sequence.
For example, if we read the three designs
from the bottom left up, it could read:
'To note all' ???
I kind of like that idea, since the "animal with children" would be separated. (I'm taking those to be "litter"=little?). Having them side-by-side yields "litters", which is a lot of pictorial for one word.
(Assuming I'm even close on the meaning).
On the other hand, I like reading "Awl-sew = Also" across the top. But "Also Hat" seems to be a bit of a dead-end.
In the end, I think it's going to end up being, "That's what he meant, even if it doesn't make sense to us" saying.....
Are you sure about the woman sewing? I see a frog at a tea party.
It's a woman having tea
There's a tea pot on the table and steam rising from the tea cup she's holding.
Then the engraver died before he could finish
What's that in the lower right circle ? An eagle?
Yes it's a Eagle.
note litters
too log eagle....
Musicians: Is the "note" a G, perhaps?
That yields: "All That Glitters"!!
I like that!
But, if that's the case, I may have to withdraw my "too logical" reading of the last line, because that makes no sense.
Treble pig litter
Two log eagle
What do I win?
All That Glitters...
I's (plural), knot, gold coin
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD!!!!
Need a member to join in that's like Rain Man or the banjo playing kid in The Deliverance...
Someone that can really think outside the box!
Awl T hat
note litters
too log eagle....
Musicians: Is the "note" a G, perhaps?
That yields: "All That Glitters"!!
I like that!
But, if that's the case, I may have to withdraw my "too logical" reading of the last line, because that makes no sense.
All that glitters is not gold.
Awl Tea+Hat G (note) + litters I(s) knot (tied up snake) gold (coin).
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All good guesses still I don't believe any are close?
Need a member to join in that's like Rain Man or the banjo playing kid in The Deliverance...
Someone that can really think outside the box!
Are you sure it's not, "All that glitters is not gold"?? Because I can defend that interpretation without too much work at all!!
Wait, wait, wait!!!
All That Glitters...
I's (plural), knot, gold coin
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD!!!!
I was responding to this! And the knot that I saw was in a LOG, but someone else saw it in a snake.
Wait, wait, wait!!!
All That Glitters...
I's (plural), knot, gold coin
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD!!!!
TommyType, Holy Cow I didn't see your post until now
Awl as in All, Tea as in just the letter T, & Hat.
Musical note G, & two Litters.
Wow it all makes sense!
What do we win?
Not sure, but do feel I owe you something as you solved this in a few hours and I've thought about it on and off for over 2 months
Left on my own, I'd still be working off of "too logical" as the last line!
Group effort.
Left on my own, I'd still be working off of "too logical" as the last line!
I've been stuck at "All So" for 2 months as I swore the woman was sewing
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