The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 7, February 13, 2005, Article 16

ON SILVER-DOLLAR SHERIFF'S BADGES

Carl Honore' writes: "On my original question of Sheriff and
Marshal's badges, these that I have seen definitely fit the
description that Alan Weinberg presented. He does NOT
have a large collection of these. He has a large collection of
brass and silver badges from which ONE or TWO of them
are made from older coins. These do have the pins broken
off and there are Mexican Pesos visible on the pin side.
They do in fact say just sheriff, or whatever. I couldn't make
out the date on one of them. Yes, these could be modern
fantasies made from older coins I suppose but why go to all
that trouble? This man knows his stuff and I don't think he
paid premium prices for these two from his collection. In any
event, the two responses in the 6 February edition of The
E-Sylum are at first glance diametrically opposed. Are these
rare, or not? Weinberg seems to think they are, Hal Dunn
seems to think they are perhaps more numerous than rare but
still somewhat scarce. I was just curious. I don't think my
accountant was fooled. He has an encyclopedic knowledge
of what he has and where he got it."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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