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ODD TRADE TOKEN DENOMINATIONS
Last week, Dave Schenkman and I asked, "Who's sharp enough to tell us who issued these odd denomination tokens?"
-Editor
Pete Smith writes: Why am I still up at 2:00 in the morning? Because I have been looking through my token collection for pieces that match your pictures in The E-Sylum. Here is what I found:
There is the possibility that any of these dies may have been matched with more than one obverse.
Great token collection! Duane Feisel was quicker on the trigger and first to respond.
-Editor
Duane writes: Almost too easy!
Dave Schenkman sent in the images of the token obverses. Here are the full attributions.
-Editor
(1.5 cents) John W. Taylor, Hallwood, VA.
(7 cents) Huffman Auto Store Inc. 518 W. Broad (Richmond, VA)
(12 cents) Brunswick Balke Collender Company, W.F.M. (William F McLaughlin) (Fort Wingate, NM).
(65 cents) House Marefos 411 Sansome (San Francisco CA)
Pete and Duane were right on the money, although each had some misspellings. Rich Hartzog got three of four, attributing the 7 cent token to The Midway S.T. Moss, Lowell, AZ. But as Pete noted, the die may have been matched with more than one obverse.
But first, Dave has one more QUICK QUIZ: who issued this 1 2/3 cent token? Remember, Dave will give a talk titled “Collecting by the Numbers; A Look at Trade Token Denominations” on Friday, June 27, at 1 PM in room 301 at the Whitman Baltimore Coin Expo. -Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: JUNE 15, 2014
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n25a09.html)
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