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Re: It's a moose!
I remember Moose being used back in the day but in my neck of the woods the term used more often was Honker, especially Big Ol' (F'ing) Honker -- same idea, different beast. Here's one… (View Post)4 -
Re: Elongated Coins - Columbian Expo
My bad - I should have explained above that an "open die" is one that still exists and may have/has been used to roll elongateds long after the original event or date of use. There are at l… (View Post)1 -
Re: Elongated Coins - Columbian Expo
I suspect that some of the brooches and other jewelry pieces were available at the fair; I 'm less certain about the fancy love tokens and the enameled coins but the Expo ran for six months and … (View Post)1 -
Re: Elongated Coins - Columbian Expo
The 1885 LibNick must be in the bank but here's a WCE-1b on a France 2 Franc, KM-743 (1831-1848): (View Post)5 -
Re: Uniface Counterstruck cent BB-62 Battleship New Jersey token
I believe the piece was struck for one of the early attempts to move the USS New Jersey from the mothball fleet to a docking as a museum ship somewhere in New Jersey. This was finally accomplished a … (View Post)2