Abe Kosoff Token
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NGC certified this token and Heritage just sold it. Really? No one caught the errors?
How quickly we forget!
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I first met Abe at the '73 ANA when I was a mail-order customer. Mike Kliman, his son-in-law, was one of my first mentors, and I helped him sell off some bits of Abe's estate.
Jeez
One the one hand, there's sic gloria transit mundi
And on the other there's "Pissing on the heads of giants when you don't even know you're standing on their shoulders".
You expected ATS to know how to spell Trilonosoff?
That auction result is right on -- a $10 token in a $20 holder.
I guess they see so many lots, brains are just turned off while they "process" them all.
I never personally knew Abe, but who doesn't know OF him?
Is it worth more because it’s an error holder?
That's how they squeezed the extra $1 out of it.
I am raising my hand 🖐. The word token came up, so I was intrigued. It if there was an immediate quiz on who Abe was or how to spell his name, unless it was multiple choice, I would flunk. If it was multiple choice, I might have had a chance.
That said, a tpg should get it right, but I would venture to guess that there are many here who would not know who he was without google.
Abe Kosoff is a very fascinating man. He helped put together the Harry "Parkyakarkus" Einstein collection and was involved in making the United Nations Monetary Union So-Called Dollar in silver, bronze and gold.
I own the dies for this token. I also had a chance to buy his ANA 25 year membership medal but it sold before I could buy it.
PCGS has published QDB's book on Abe Kosoff which has a nice mention of these tokens.
https://www.pcgs.com/books/abekosoff/Chapter2/4