Bust Half Exonumia, & post yours
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I've always liked this piece of Bust Half Exonumia. It has some crossover appeal to other collectors as well, as it appears to be an old Fireman's Pin/Pendant, Engine #2. It must have been quite the endeavor to make. I had Todd (Blucc) take these nice pictures for me recently in Baltimore so you can see the details.
Please post your Bust Half Exonumia if you have some: love tokens, counterstamps, etc.
1TwoBits
Searching for bust quarters.....counterstamps, errors, and AU-MS varieties, please let me know if you can help.
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Wonder how many elderly member's will glance at that wishing they could number 2?
That is an awesome piece!
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Talk about leaving nothing left of a coin!
What a fantastic piece!
Very cool!
I'm really struggling with that die marriage attribution. Maybe O.106?
Lance.
It's great you can still see the date on it!
That is a unique piece..... I wonder if it is a 'one of a kind'...a lot of work involved. Cheers, RickO
In its day a person gave up a lot to have that made. Great work and meaning
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You just need to find the spoon with the rest and you've got a full coin
fantastic!
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A few of mine:
A favorite:
1814 watch fob:
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another favorite:
1827 Masonic engraving:
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Ok, Lance, I just had to look.
I see no doubling on the portion of Liberty so no 106...
Curl to center base of R plus full serifs on 1 in date lead me to 118 or 119. Star erosion indicates 119.
@Treashunt I love that Masonic engraving!
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Thank you, some counterstamps to follow
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1821 countermark: of 1822
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1832 countermark:
"EK"
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1832 countermark:
J.F.A.
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1826 Love Token:
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1822 Countermark:
"A.C.K."
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1811 Countermark:
"I.K."
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1826:
Unknown type of countermark:
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1835:
Obv & Rev:
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1834:
O-101
Just holed:
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I know the provenance of this one, it used to be owned by Bill the Cat
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
I guess my avatar counts.
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Thank you for the comments and for looking.
@lkeigwin and @OKbustchaser, you guys are awesome, trying to identify the Overton number! I didn't think it could be done, particularly due to the date of 1831.
@Treashunt and @EXOJUNKIE, thnak you for posting your examples. Cool pieces.
This is a Whitcomb - Adams counterstamp that came out of an old upstate NY collection, but I'm not sure of the Overton variety yet. Not the best counterstamp job, but I really like it regardless.
can you rotate it 90 degrees to the right?
Looks like a date: 1886 at the top of the counterstamp, but inverted.
Very interesting
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@Treashunt, the date is 1836. I've seen the stamp with different dates, and sometimes it shows a month. There have been other threads referencing this stamp that have other images (not sure if these will create a link, never tried before):
another c/s on a 1807 50c little known maker O-105 R-5 — Collectors Universe
1800 1C Brunk-476 H. Whitcom, BN Nice Counterstamped Cent Earliest dated Piece — Collectors Universe
1TwoBits
Thanks for the note, interesting
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The 106/107 doubling is usually weakest on the last few letters. Is it possible that this worn, LDS just doesn't show it?
I tried an overlay with only partial success because the pendant is misshapen. I could get only a few stars lined up at a time but those matched the 106/107. The date numerals were spot on and the curl/R relationship is good.
I wouldn't put money on it, though.
Lance.