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Re: Hoard of bottles found in crawl space yesterday: Post a Prohibition-Era coin!
Here's a 1920's Prohibition era piece with a strong numismatic tie-in. Brand Bros. Co. was the name of Virgil Brand's Chicago brewery during Prohibition and "Vril" was one of… (View Post)2 -
Re: Hoard of bottles found in crawl space yesterday: Post a Prohibition-Era coin!
Aqua crown top bottles -- fairly low market value without complete labels but still a neat personal find without having to dig up an early 20th Century privy. I bought a major breweriana collection b… (View Post)2 -
Re: Anyone know information about this Medal?
The LaBatts piece is one of several advertising tokens struck by Whitehead & Hoag for Pan-Am award winners using the expo emblem as a common reverse. Whitehead & Hoag struck a similar piece f… (View Post)2 -
Re: Anyone know information about this Medal?
It's a common gilt brass advertising token from the Vermont Farm Machinery Co. of Bellows Falls, Vermont touting their gold medals won at the 1900 Paris Universal International Exposition and th… (View Post)1 -
Re: Your Numismatic Library *official thread*
I forgot to mention this 2020 new catalog that came in during the Covid-19 run up. Tony Chibbaro includes a subtitle of "A Complete History Of Private Coinage" on the cover of this catalog … (View Post)3