Did you get your Tidy House Products Silver Dollars?
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These are where the toned Morgans are coming from.
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nice, I wonder how much the Bath Soft cost to give away A $3 coin back then. Or was it for distributors that sold large quantities? its cool regardless.
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Unless you can get a TPG to put the "Tidy House Hoard" on their holder, you're better off leaving these in the cardboard.
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Very cool!
I hope no one cleaned it
That is neat...thanks for posting it!!
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I have seen those holders in the past, plus I like the ones that come in the savings bank holders. like the red American Savings and Loan holders. There have been quite a few nice toners that have come out of these type of cardboard holders.
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Whats the time period on this promotion?
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that's great, better then what I get when I wake up at 2am and go on a buying spree.
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I love these tidy house holders they are nostalgic marketing at its best. I buy them whenever I can.
I like the half dollars myself
Me too
Halves so far, he's got more
Very cool!
I wonder who was the coin collector at Tidy House Products Co.? Did the Tidy Bowl Man ever work there? How about Mr. Clean?
Here is one that I think not many have seen. It does not say Tidy House but it is directly related, and obviously newer.
Is the 30 days up on that promotion?
Very cool!
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I heard it was the owner - I have gotten a few 65's and a couple 66's from the halves - not so well on the dollars.
Very cool all the way
I like em a lot!!
It would make a very interesting article if one could track down the owner's descendants. Maybe he had a nice coin collection? What happened to it?
I think the guy was Cy Rapp (died in 1979) - article on company - those dollars/halves had to have been sold when 40% clad halves around 1965 - 1970
https://northomahahistory.com/2016/05/02/a-short-history-of-north-omahas-tidy-house-products-company/
Cy Rapp was the CEO of Tidy House. My dad, Bob Osterholm, was the President and COO in charge of daily operations. He was the one who came up with the promotional idea for the Tidy House coins and had a fairly large collection until late in his life.
That's cool!! I had several of these in my collection, bought them off ebay in the late 90's.
Before my coin collecting time began but I have been told you sent a prerequisite number of product box tops and $1 to receive the silver dollar. I have seen several show up in the local B&M coin shop. Correct me anyone if I’m wrong. Certainly won’t be the first time🙂
@JohnOst....Welcome aboard and thanks for the information regarding the promotional coins. Cheers, RickO
That cardboard is doing a nice job on the coins color
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Nice color but how could one tell if this is the original coin that came in the holder? What dates and mintmarks were common in these promotional items?
Bob Osterholm owned Tidy House Soap company and sold it in 1969 to the Arm & Hammer Company for an undisclosed amount.
He always liked coins and found a clever way to sell soap. Silver dollars were readily available, even in mint sewn bags, back in the sixties ( think about that) .
I have his signature on two of a handful of these coin/cards.
He told me (one day in the shop circa 2010) he barely broke even after the mailings ...but it sure boosted soap sales.
He was a delightful man to know, like so many who have gone before him. He was always dressed in suit and tie. Classy fellow.
I'm sure he won't roll over in his grave if I gave a direct accounting from him, with respect to toned coins. See, back then dealers hated tarnish and so did the collecting public, at large.
On one occasion , Bob said he acquired a mint sewn bag of common date Morgan $s for the promotion ( and he did a lot more than a thousand). When he opened the bag and saw so many ruined by the improper storage in bags, he actually hired a chemist in California , to "fix them". He said, in retrospect, it was one regret in all them years.
Ironically he sold products to help us keep clean. "Cleanliness is next to godliness" ( my mom always said).
After selling his soap company, he and his wife traveled the world for 12 years ( he told me). Then he went in to build more businesses.
Built a healthy jewelry store and that's where his legacy ended.... or began.
He was truly an aficionado in stamps. I miss him, and my mom.
They both passed away in 2011. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/robert-osterholm-obituary?pid=152040038
All that banter aside. many of those coins toned out nicely.