Post a coin, tokens, medals for the weekend

coinsarefun · July 5, 2019 4:26PM

Been searching high and low for a better grade example of the Moxie
Merchant token. It seems almost impossible. I was doing some research and found
that the salesmen used to go about the country handing these out.
Some of the younger girls liked the design so much, the holder it and wore it as a necklace.
The boys would keep it as a good luck token.
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So come on everyone add your coins, tokens and medals, so called dollars for the
wonderful 4th of July weekend!
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Bullsitter · July 5, 2019 4:48PM

DCW · July 5, 2019 5:51PM

@coinsarefun That's a tough one in any condition. There is a member here that was looking for the Moxie token for longest time. Yours is nice!

F-239/421a Our Little Monitor Patriotic PCGS MS65RB

crazyhounddog · July 5, 2019 6:52PM

santinidollar · July 5, 2019 7:01PM

This arrived today. A nice snatch from a Heritage auction.

Downtown1974 · July 5, 2019 7:13PM

Justacommeman · July 5, 2019 7:27PM

TommyType · July 5, 2019 7:47PM

My "Mini-Goal" of having both a 13 and 12 star 1828 half cent. (Goals are easier to achieve if you keep them simple).

(Both PCGS XF-40).

Gluggo · July 5, 2019 8:00PM

My newest good luck token

Twobitcollector · July 5, 2019 8:10PM

coinsarefun · July 5, 2019 8:22PM

Ever since I sold my white metal Kline merchant I have been looking for another merchant to replace it.
I prefer the copper ones. After years I was able to purchase 2 of them!.
Below is one of them. Lingg & Brothers

Zoins · July 5, 2019 10:50PM

1892-1893 World's Columbian Exposition Official Award Medal: Eglit 90; Baxter 87; Marqusee 348

This is a somewhat common medal which I've been looking to pick up for a while. The obverse is by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the reverse is by Charles Barber. I finally picked up this one which I like due to the condition and the fact it was award to "NEW YORK STATE".

Zoins · July 6, 2019 12:38AM

@coinsarefun said:
Been searching high and low for a better grade example of the Moxie
Merchant token. It seems almost impossible. I was doing some research and found
that the salesmen used to go about the country handing these out.
Some of the younger girls liked the design so much, the holder it and wore it as a necklace.
The boys would keep it as a good luck token.
.
So come on everyone add your coins, tokens and medals, so called dollars for the
wonderful 4th of July weekend!
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I'm a big fan of tokens depicting these old carts. I've seen these in museums and they remind of scenes from The Gangs of New York.

Here's some history on the company behind this token. Ads from the 1940s onward stated the company was originated in 1884, though Moxie specialists debate whether the date was actually 1884 or 1885.

http://www.jimbaumer.com/2010/01/25/a-somewhat-brief-history-of-moxie/

I also just noticed that this is a Whitehead & Hoag piece as the reverse says "W & H CO. NEWARK, N. J.". This should help pin down the dates. Whitehead and Hoag was formed in 1892.

mapleman · July 6, 2019 12:46AM

one of my favorites

tokenpro · July 6, 2019 12:52AM

Uniface

MWallace · July 6, 2019 2:04AM

ricko · July 6, 2019 5:13AM

A nice coin show token from one of our forum clubs.... Cheers, RickO

cardinal · July 6, 2019 7:49AM

Considering this is the 4th of July Holiday weekend ---

SiriusBlack · July 6, 2019 8:04AM

My dirty Arrows and Rays.

Tibor · July 6, 2019 8:21AM

One of my favorites!!

bolivarshagnasty · July 6, 2019 8:24AM

newp

Zoins · July 6, 2019 8:36AM

@cardinal said:
Considering this is the 4th of July Holiday weekend ---

Nice Frank Gasparro piece and the largest US Mint gold medal I believe.

It’s great to imagine what immigrants thought as they looked upon the Statue of Liberty and landed on Ellis Island.

duck620 · July 6, 2019 8:39AM

1926 OREGON TRAIL

Zoins · July 6, 2019 8:48AM

@tokenpro said:

Uniface

I’ve seen a number of these in what appears to be the same type of holder over the years which leads me to believe they may have been issued in these holders.

Do we know when these were made and who made them? Do we know if the die still exists?

Bullsitter · July 6, 2019 11:14AM

Was lucky to get this piece from a forum member. One of my favorite DC Medals...

From the Moonlight Mint website:
Apx. 60 were struck. The struck items include Peace silver dollars, Eisenhower dollars (copper-nickel, regular and Bicentennial), Sacagawea dollars, various medals, tokens, and foreign coins, and square blanks (copper and silver).

Icollecteverything · July 6, 2019 11:52AM

I don't have a Moxie token but here is a bottle I dug up.

jabba · July 6, 2019 2:08PM

LanLord · July 6, 2019 2:22PM

Not as cool as a lb. of gold, but I like it.

Bob13 · July 6, 2019 5:30PM

Does this count? An impulse buy... I really like the Sower design of Oscar Roty and saw this at a relatively modest price. Intrigued what it will look like in hand.

coinsarefun · July 6, 2019 5:40PM

Wow, such nice pieces posted here! I just love the old and the beaver tokens. Just don’t get any better
That Moxi bottle is very cool! Zoins, thanks for the links. I was actually reading that info and fell asleep
Not because it’s boring, on the contrary.......the usual med problems, really puts me don.

coinsarefun · July 6, 2019 9:00PM

Maybe one more for the evening. This came back a week or so ago from PCGS at MS65
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coinsarefun · July 7, 2019 11:30AM

Let’s keep in going.......a Sunday push to the top.
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thisnamztaken · July 7, 2019 2:46PM

USMC_6115 · July 7, 2019 2:59PM

Zoins · July 7, 2019 3:03PM

Great tokens @massscrew. The Moxie looks really nice!

Zoins · July 7, 2019 3:04PM

Here's my 1866 seated half dollar.

dcarr · July 7, 2019 5:44PM

jabba · July 7, 2019 5:49PM

Zoins · July 7, 2019 7:15PM

@dcarr said:

@dcarr I'm not sure who made the sketch, but I think the bottom inscription on the reverse should perhaps be "D. H. FEISEL PALO ALTO CAL.". There may be a typo where the middle initial should be a "H" instead of "M".

Here's an image of a token (photo at bottom of post). The catalog page says "D. H. Feisel" and the photo shows it could be easy to mistake.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128219.html

Also, Duane H. Feisel is referenced as the writer of a few books:

He contributed his catalog to TokenCatalog.com:

December 18, 2008 - Duane Feisel has given permission to load the listings and images from his Catalog of Pre-Prohibition California Saloon Tokens. The listings have been loaded and I am working on doing the cleanup required. Thank You Duane!

dcarr · July 7, 2019 8:13PM

@Zoins said:

@dcarr I'm not sure who made the sketch, but I think the bottom inscription on the reverse should perhaps be "D. H. FEISEL PALO ALTO CAL.". There may be a typo where the middle initial should be a "H" instead of "M".

Here's an image of a token (photo at bottom of post). The catalog page says "D. H. Feisel" and the photo shows it could be easy to mistake.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128219.html

Also, Duane H. Feisel is referenced as the writer of a few books:

2004 - Catalog of Pre-Prohibition California Saloon Tokens, Duane H. Feisel

2000 - Catalogue of California Encased Coins, Duane H. Feisel & John C. Hoffman

1973 - Feisel's catalogue of parking tokens of the world, Duane H Feisel

1973 - Nevada Trade Token Place Names, Hal V. Dunn and Duane H. Feisel

He contributed his catalog to TokenCatalog.com:

December 18, 2008 - Duane Feisel has given permission to load the listings and images from his Catalog of Pre-Prohibition California Saloon Tokens. The listings have been loaded and I am working on doing the cleanup required. Thank You Duane!

Corrected, thanks for the info !

cardinal · July 7, 2019 8:19PM

Zoins · July 7, 2019 8:58PM

@dcarr said:

@Zoins said:

@dcarr I'm not sure who made the sketch, but I think the bottom inscription on the reverse should perhaps be "D. H. FEISEL PALO ALTO CAL.". There may be a typo where the middle initial should be a "H" instead of "M".

Here's an image of a token (photo at bottom of post). The catalog page says "D. H. Feisel" and the photo shows it could be easy to mistake.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128219.html

Also, Duane H. Feisel is referenced as the writer of a few books:

2004 - Catalog of Pre-Prohibition California Saloon Tokens, Duane H. Feisel

2000 - Catalogue of California Encased Coins, Duane H. Feisel & John C. Hoffman

1973 - Feisel's catalogue of parking tokens of the world, Duane H Feisel

1973 - Nevada Trade Token Place Names, Hal V. Dunn and Duane H. Feisel

He contributed his catalog to TokenCatalog.com:

December 18, 2008 - Duane Feisel has given permission to load the listings and images from his Catalog of Pre-Prohibition California Saloon Tokens. The listings have been loaded and I am working on doing the cleanup required. Thank You Duane!

Corrected, thanks for the info !

No prob. Great overstruck coin. Thanks for posting it

CaptHenway · July 7, 2019 9:05PM

@Justacommeman said:

What is the Rouen medal? My ancestors came from there in the 1740’s to defend Quebec from the heathen English.

Zoins · July 7, 2019 9:06PM

@CaptHenway said:

@Justacommeman said:

What is the Rouen medal? My ancestors came from there in the 1740’s to defend Quebec from the heathen English.

I'm curious what the JB initials mean.

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