Do you keep a Tidy House? Show it off!

Outhaul · January 31, 2020 8:33AM

ChrisH821 · January 31, 2020 9:05AM

These Tidy House dollars always look so nice

Outhaul · January 31, 2020 10:03AM

I wonder if they'd slab these in their original cards.

ricko · January 31, 2020 10:07AM

I wonder if all those advertised cleaners were infused in the paper prior to putting the Morgan in there... Looks to me to be more effective than Taco Bell napkins... Cheers, RickO

bearcave · January 31, 2020 10:09AM

I used to have about 5 of those. Great Coins and super cardboard. Never asked if the TPG would grade those or not. The ones I had that I didn't like I sold on the bay. They are nice coins tho!

Smudge · January 31, 2020 1:14PM

Gotta get one of those for the wife.

davewesen · January 31, 2020 2:38PM

@ricko said:
I wonder if all those advertised cleaners were infused in the paper prior to putting the Morgan in there... Looks to me to be more effective than Taco Bell napkins... Cheers, RickO

The owner was a collector and only put in white or dipped coins. The promotion ended over 50 years ago and that is how cardboard was back then. There are past threads going into more detail.

PipestonePete · February 1, 2020 7:22AM

rare1 · February 1, 2020 8:33AM

I have a couple dozen of these some with original envelopes and order forms

messydesk · February 1, 2020 8:45AM

@Outhaul said:
I wonder if they'd slab these in their original cards.

There is now a precedent for slabbing coin and documentation separately (Enhanced Advanced Deluxe Executive Reverse Proof ASEs), but the problem would be proving that the coin actually came with the card unless the original packaging was sealed as shown on the card with the two halves above.

TwoSides2aCoin · February 1, 2020 9:59AM

I keep a few. The former owner (RIP) was a friend of mine, and one who recalled dealing with Aubrey Beebee.
Bob Osterholm was a fine gentleman. He sold Tidy House to Arm&Hammer Co., in 1969.
I was fortunate to get his signature on a couple of his cards, before he passed away.

TwoSides2aCoin · February 1, 2020 10:04AM

@davewesen said:

@ricko said:
I wonder if all those advertised cleaners were infused in the paper prior to putting the Morgan in there... Looks to me to be more effective than Taco Bell napkins... Cheers, RickO

The owner was a collector and only put in white or dipped coins. The promotion ended over 50 years ago and that is how cardboard was back then. There are past threads going into more detail.

That is NOT entirely true. Bob told me the only coins he dipped were from a mint sealed bag that were toned out. So, he had a chemist in California "fix" them. He also told me it was his ONLY regret, as the majority did not need "fixing".

PipestonePete · February 1, 2020 10:13AM

@messydesk said:

@Outhaul said:
I wonder if they'd slab these in their original cards.

There is now a precedent for slabbing coin and documentation separately (Enhanced Advanced Deluxe Executive Reverse Proof ASEs), but the problem would be proving that the coin actually came with the card unless the original packaging was sealed as shown on the card with the two halves above.

The sleeve that the two-half set is in is merely a page protector that I cut down to store the coin set in. I don't know what type of packaging Tidy House originally used.

tokenpro · February 1, 2020 1:51PM

Not so Tidy but not as widely distributed:

BuffaloIronTail · February 1, 2020 2:31PM

Belated R.I.P. to Bob Osterholm. He must have been a nice guy.

I like the name "Shina Dish" a lot.

Pete

JohnOst · May 28, 2020 1:49PM

I'm John Osterholm, Bob's Son. The signed cards above are rare. My dad had a lot of requests to sign these from collectors and didn't sign many due to his health. He died in 2011. I've still got a few signed cards with coins and the promotional pieces that went with these. What many don't know if my dad was a sort of "hack" advertising guy and came up with this promotion and wrote the advertising copy that went with the coins. He traveled the Midwest to do promotion work back in the days of AM radio in Kansas City, Denver, Des Moines, Omaha, and the Twin Cities.

Outhaul · May 28, 2020 2:27PM

Welcome @JohnOst ! It's always nice when someone who is part of (or is related to) a bit of numismatic history stops by. I love my Tidy House dollar. Your father was an advertising genius. He sounds like one of those rare people who you wish you had known all your life.

Cheers

Bob

Jimnight · May 28, 2020 2:42PM

I like!

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