Who would do this to such a nice piece of history , a silver piece which are hard to find to boot.

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• cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 24, 2007 10:23PM

  It looks like it was done long ago...probably before anyone condsidered it a historical piece. It is too bad, though...
  
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• jonathanb Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 12:00AM

  Here's s similar one that I saved from the melting pot (literally).
  
  Julian CM-32.
  42 mm.
  101 pieces struck at the US Mint from 1877-1880.
  
  The Mighty Dollar was a play that was produced at the Park Theatre in New York City.
  
  Most known examples are engraved to people who were associated with the theatre industry, the play, or the Florences.
  
  Fortunally, whoever did this left just enough detail for me to figure out that this was the medal awarded to Ariel N. Barney, who was Director of the National Theatre at the time this was struck.
  
  

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• Veep Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 12:54AM

  That's a shame indeed! My own story is about an 1856 Flying Eagle Cent that I bought and sold in the last month. It had a clean hole drilled through it at 12 o'clock.

  "Let me tell ya Bud, you can buy junk anytime!"

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• 291fifth Posts: 24,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 12:58AM

  At some point in time, probably not recently, there must have been a perception that the inscriptions were undesirable.
  
  It is also possible that they were stolen at some time and the thief attempted to eliminate the evidence.
  
  We'll probably never know for sure.

  All glory is fleeting.

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• DUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 1:56AM

  
  
  << <i>At some point in time, probably not recently, there must have been a perception that the inscriptions were undesirable.
  
  It is also possible that they were stolen at some time and the thief attempted to eliminate the evidence.
  
  We'll probably never know for sure. >>
  
  
  
  
  
  Quite possible. Here is one more possibility. Divorce was not an option back then, so perhaps it was the work of a vengfull wife with a cheating husband.

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• Zoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 2:01AM

  
  
  << <i>Here's s similar one that I saved from the melting pot (literally).
  
  Julian CM-32.
  42 mm.
  101 pieces struck at the US Mint from 1877-1880.
  
  The Mighty Dollar was a play that was produced at the Park Theatre in New York City.
  
  Most known examples are engraved to people who were associated with the theatre industry, the play, or the Florences.
  
  Fortunally, whoever did this left just enough detail for me to figure out that this was the medal awarded to Ariel N. Barney, who was Director of the National Theatre at the time this was struck.
  
  >>
  
  Nice piece. Do you know if Mr & Mrs. Wm J. Florence own or run the Park Theatre in New York City? Did Mr. Florence place the order with the US Mint?
  

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• Zoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 2:14AM

  William "Billy" Jermyn Florence was an actor that played the role of Bardwell Slote in The Almighty Dollar. His wife was Malvina Pray Florence (also known as Mrs. Joseph Littrell), an American actress who acted with him. She was the sister of Mrs. Barney Williams (Maria Pray).
  
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  Billy Florence as Bardwell Slote:
  
  
  
  Malvina Florence:
  
  

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