Where are you Broadstruck? ~TOKEN TUESDAY~
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Chaz
Proud recipient of Y.S. Award on 07/26/08.
Proud recipient of Y.S. Award on 07/26/08.
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Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
1836 R & W Robinson - Attleboro, Massachusetts HT-155 / Low 104
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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DH 322
"Obverse Arms: per fees, the chief party per pale vert and pursuer, the base argent, three open umbrellas. (These are not proper arms, but a parody.)........
Reverse: A nude child placing coins with his right hand into a large coin tray which is resting on the ground, and he is steadying it with his left.........
Diesinker; this is given as Jacobs, but it does not seem to be his work. The figure of the boy is pleasing, whereas Jacobs figures are crude. He may have been responsible for the obverse. Manufacturer, Skidmore. Rare.
The coining presses were hand operated by two men, and the flans were placed on the lower die by a boy. A skilled team could strike forty coins a minute, and as the flans were hot, and the work strenuous a minimum of clothing was worn, the boys often being naked."
Tradesmen's Tickets and Private Tokens 1785-1819 - R.C Bell
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"