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Large Cent tool/socket/knob, a token, and an 1886-S Morgan; gun show purchases
DNADave
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There are 5 large cents soldered together to make a tool of some type, I don't know?
The token looks familiar, but I can't place it right now.
The Morgan, I don't have too many graded F-15 coins, and the seller came down to $50
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I had a stack of seated halves with a square hole like that.
Have no idea whatever happened to it.
I always figured some pioneers needed a wagon wheel retainer.
or something.
Or not, but it's romantic to think of it like that.
The Morgan looks more like VF20 to me. Nice pick up for $50!
The sqare in the middle of the large cents reminds me of the door hardware of that era that had a square shaft coming out. The knobs (think glass) would attach to the square shaft.
On the other hand, it could have been used for a dozen other purposes.
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Square hole...water spigot replacement knob.
That's a real interesting stack you found.
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Maybe a wrench of sorts?
I figured out that with 6 half dollars in the holed stack, whoever used it needed it $3.00 worth.
It’ surprises me how often I buy coins and bullion at gun shows.
The stack of cents is coolest!
I have a similar piece.
That's practically the same thing. It seems to me that if it was made for turning something, they would have textured the edges, but I don't know.
I was really surprised to see another. I'm totally baffled at what it could've been used for. We may never know.
The token is attractive as well. You never know where cool stuff will turn up, but for sure not next to the couch.
Wow... two of them.... I have no idea what they may have been used for, but obviously not a totally 'one off' solution to a problem.... Hope someone comes up with the answer. Cheers, RickO
Drawer handle. Lack of water damage + glue inside. A spigot/faucet wouldn't need glue if it was cut for size. Just a thought.
I have no idea of the purpose of these "tools" other than for magic tricks which I doubt, for a lack of a better term. I found by Google a man who makes these and teaches how(his are round). The site is as follows:
http://jamesriser.com/Magic/GeniiExperiment/CoinStack/Stack.html
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Cool pickups. Odd on those cents, and really cool!
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Pretty neat there's more then one out there. Must have cost more then 5 cents to buy the tool they needed so this was the cheaper solution
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Reminds me of people putting IHC's behind fuses.
When I was working low voltage we would find a lot in the old cylinder fuse boxes. Most of the time they were with the cloth insulated wiring.
That Morgan is a very pretty color. If I was to make an album, it'd be that color for sure. It's what I figure an "old silver dollar" to look like.
Maybe a lug nut remover for an.old wagon wheel? We'll likely never know but we do now know that thete are a number of them out there....
Some rough math would put the hole at about 3/8"X3/8".
Interesting. MWallace’s seems to be riveted together.
I can't imagine what device had a square bolt or valve stem back in that time. It's really cool though!
It is.
The only thing I can think of would be a clock.
Excellent guess. It makes sense, since that would not have needed the leverage of a wrench.
Way to much mass for a clock unless it was a wind up key for a Grandfather Clock IMHO!
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Would you tell us what part of the country did you find your device?
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This came straight out of West Virginia.
It very likely has always been here too from what I gathered from from the seller.
neat item, I like it
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Hey Ralph, could you please hand me the phillips head screwdriver and that 5 cent socket wrench?
Cool.
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Not near big enough for that.
I am sure you are correct, but it must be a wrench of some kind, or a turning knob. Due to it not having a handle and since one of the two examples here is only soldered, it can't be something that requires too much torque or leverage.
I also suspect it was for a common usage back then that is not used or rarely encountered now. History and historians record the major details of the past but often times the simpler things get lost as time and technology progress.
I'll bet the guy with the hat and beard from "Pawn Stars" could take a good guess.
P.S. - maybe a knob for turning on/off irrigation system valves on a farm?
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I can not see it being used for any type of handle back then for turning things on and off! Think about those old rusty spickets ect. The size does not offer any leverage.
Judging buy the condition of the outer coin I doubt it was used as a cap for a chair leg or piece of furniture(even the end of a cane) but that is a possibility.
While I can't think of an application...my gut says it was used as a spacer in some kind of contraption!
Perhaps used for a wood stove or range. Knobs and tools used for grate cleaning and the damper are always lost or missing from original stoves. The mass would allow for some insulation. Just my two cents...
CC
Yes, I think something like that...
My guess would be replacement knob for the old fashioned radiators. About half of mine are missing in my 1902 house. From what i see it is the exact dimensions and would serve the purpose. I just swap them on and off to turn it on or off.