The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 27, July 8, 2007, Article 8

MYSTERY HALF DOLLAR BOX INFORMATION SOUGHT

Bill Snyder writes: "I am wondering about this small, dove-tailed
wooden box. It is marked '$250$ HALVES' on all four sides and on
the sliding lid.  Here are links to three images of the box:

Box Image 1
Box Image 2
Box Image 3

The Dimensions are: interior - 6 1/4  x  6 1/4  x  1 7/8", exterior -
6 7/8  x  6 7/8  x  2 9/16".    You can lay a five-by-five pattern of
fifty cent pieces in the bottom of the box and have about 1/4" left
over each way. The box easily accommodates stacks of twenty coins.
So, who made it, when, and for whom?"

Bill adds: "Per my Red Book, all U.S. Half Dollars (Seated Liberty
to Kennedy) have the same diameter specification (30.6 mm).
Unfortunately, the lid on this particular box in so warped that it
will not slide completely into place."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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