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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MARCH 4, 2018Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor
1859 Robert Lovett Die Sinker Token   Pre Civil War 1859 Merchant token Miller / Rulau PA 351A Nice Uncirculated. Image of St. George slaying a dragon on obverse. R. Lovett, Jr. Die Sinker Philadelphia. From an eBay auction by Steve Hayden. Great piece! -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: Bermuda Hog Penny Pub Good-For Token   Description: BERMUDA HOG MONEY ADVERTISING MEDAL Interesting crude copy. Clearly not intended to fool collectors. Nice advertising piece. The piece is undated, but looks like it was made in the 1950s or 60s. There is a web site
for the Hog Penny Restaurant & Pub "Established 1957". Here's some history from the site. Have any of our readers been there? -Editor
Featuring great cuts of beef, genuine Indian curries and to die for hearty pub style comfort food...the Hog Penny has and continues to be a favourite spot in Bermuda for generations of locals and
visitors alike.
The Hog Penny was formerly a bicycle shop selling Penny Farthing bicycles before being converted to a meat slaughterhouse selling huge blocks of ice that had been shipped in from North America during the winter. When it first opened as the Hog Penny, during the late stages of segregation, shockingly, it had a divider down the middle of it to separate the races. Soon though, equality prevailed and the middle divider was removed. The Hog Penny was cobbled together from old Watney's pubs in England that were being withdrawn and many of the mirrors, benches and sheep shearing tools you see on the shelves date back to the early 1900s. Hog Penny is Hamilton's oldest licensed establishment having been in business since 1957. It's the original inspiration for the Cheers pub in Boston. To read the complete lot description, see: To visit the Hog Penny web site, see: Federal Tires Medal   Last week we had a piece from the communication industry - here's one from the automotive sector. I wasn't familiar with the Federal Tires brand, but found a web site for
a Taiwan-based company of this name. "Flying A" would have been a dealership. There is a little more information on the web about Tidewater Associated Oil Company, which turns out to be one
of the oldest oil companies in the U.S. Three businesses on one medal! -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: For the Federal Tires web site, see: For a short history of Tidewater Oil, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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