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The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 27, July 3, 2022, Article 24

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 3, 2022

Here'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. Dick Grinolds, a real Yankee Doodle Dandy, starts us off with an item with a patriotic theme - just in time for the Fourth of July. -Editor

U.S. Centennial Seated Quarter Label Stud
U.S. Centennial Seated Quarter Label Stud front U.S. Centennial Seated Quarter Label Stud back

Dick writes:

"Here's a nice enameled U.S. Centennial Seated 25c lapel stud that just came in. I just put it up on eBay along with a group of interesting coin related pictorials featuring Nellis Tayloe Ross, Moritz Wormser, Howard Newcomb, etc."

Nice - thanks. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
3095 Enameled Engraved: CENTENNIAL 1876 (U.S. Flag). 1876 Seated 25c Lapel Stud (https://www.ebay.com/itm/225054422911)

Joseph Merriam Seal
Merriam seal 1 Merriam seal 2

  Merriam seal 3

3264 Wax Seal From Jos. H. Merriam, Seal Engraver And General Letter Cutter 18 Brattle Square, Boston; made for J.R. Simms, Dealer In Newspapers, Books, Stationery &c., Fort Plain, N.Y., C.O.D. $5.00.

The seal has a wood handle and brass plate engraved with the initials JRS slightly intertwined. It is 3 1/2 in length with a 13/16 brass seal. The attached receipt is virtually complete with just a couple of the embossed letters of the recipient's address missing. The important extra is the handwritten $5.00 C.O.D. notation which gives some insight into pricing of the time. Whether the price is just for the seal or included other items (such as an embosser) is not known.

Joseph Merriam of course is the die sinker of the Harvey Lewis sutler tokens and the classic Civil War Good For One Scent dog pictorial die as well as his own long series of tokens and muled strikes. The fact that this receipt stayed attached to the seal for possibly 150+ years is simply fortuitous.

Great association item - perfect for display. Also from Dick Grinolds' eBay offerings. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
3264 Wax Seal & Receipt: Jos. H. Merriam, Seal Engraver And Letter Cutter Boston (https://www.ebay.com/itm/394143455065)

Salvador Dali 1978 Israel Peace Medal
Salvador Dali 1978 Israel Peace Medal obverse Salvador Dali 1978 Israel Peace Medal reverse

Material: silver, probably 800/000, Signature: front with embossed signature 'Salvador Dalí', verso with date and crowned embossed stamp 'Dalí 1978', Depiction: main side with three female nudes, reverse with peace doves and olive branches, inscribed all around with the word 'peace' in various languages, Diameter: 6 cm, Condition: good

Many fine artists over the centuries have dabbled in or been commission to make medals. From Auktionshaus Schwab in Mannheim, Germany. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 533074: Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), 'Israel Friedensmedaille' / 'Israel peace medal', 1978 (https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Salvador-Dali-1904-1989-,-Israel-Friedensmedail-533074-c-7CF40DAAC5)

Boone, IA Silver Masonic Chapter Penny
Boone, Iowa Silver Masonic Chapter Penny obverse Boone, Iowa Silver Masonic Chapter Penny reverse

Boone Iowa SILVER Masonic Chapter Penny Token, very nice toning. Tuscan Chapter No. 31 R.A.M. Chartered October 17 1867 One Penny with Masonic images on reverse.

A nicely toned Masonic chapter penny in silver. From the eBay offerings of Steve Hayden. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Boone Iowa SILVER Masonic Chapter Penny Token Tuscan Chapter (https://www.ebay.com/itm/204004671419)

Desota, Nebraska Corn Exchange Bank
Desota, Nebraska Corn Exchange Bank $5 note

1860 $5 Con Exchange Bank from Desota, Nebraska. VG. Scarce note.

A well-circulated note! The typo in the description is what first caught my eye - "Con Exchange" vs "Corn Exchange". Fascinating connection to the agricultural past. A corn exchange is a building where merchants traded grains. The Corn Exchange Bank of New York merged with Chemical Bank in 1954, taking the name Chemical Corn Exchange Bank and ultimately merging into Chase Manhattan and later becoming JPMorgan Chase. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1860 $5 Con Exchange Bank from Desota, Nebraska. (https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/source/search/auction/24769/lot/97344/1860-5-Con-Exchange-Bank-from?lang=en)

For more information, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_exchange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Exchange_Bank

1793 Leake's English Money
Historical Account English Money book

1793 English MONEY England Numismatics COINS Medals Rome Illustrated Economics Stephen Martin Leake was an 18th-century English numismatist known for his studies in English finance. One of his best books was An Historical Account of English Money a treatise on coins from the Roman conquest in Britain to the reign of King James I and merger of Scotland and England. Note the impressive, full-page engravings of coins and medals. Item number: #20011 Price: $599

LEAKE, Stephen An historical account of English money from the conquest to the present time London : Printed for R. Faulder, 1793. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o viii, 428, [3]-8, [20] o 14 engraved plates, plus engraved portrait frontispiece Provenance: Armorial Bookplate / Handwritten John Martin Leake, 1811 o John Martin Leake (1739-1836) was the son of numismatist and author Stephen Leake, as well as Chester Herald and Treasury Comptroller of Army. Motto: PARI ANIMO Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)

Looks like a nice item for the numismatic bibliophile. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
An historical account of English money from the conquest to the present time (https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31240125199)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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