thedeadpoint Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Hype? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 More nice additions to your collection Bill. Do you have this collection displayed anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Hype? AYPE in a fancy script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 More nice additions to your collection Bill. Do you have this collection displayed anywhere? No, it sits in my safe, but I'm working on a new so-called dollar catalog with Jeff Shevlin that will cover the expositions of the west coast. I tend to collect items that I am currently researching and writing about or thinking about writing about. I started this collection when I started our latest publication project. I've also been collecting the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, but I haven't gotten around to posting that set as yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Ahh Silly Me. I was expecting "alaska" not an acronym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I can see now that I had better start that new wing of my library for Bills books! And a new area for my soon to be added Exonumia Collection, Thanks alot Guys! Just keep posting those cool tokens and informative topics and I will be hooked in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 New additions to the AYPE collection: A button or cuff link. and an encased 1909 Indian Head cent (a mate for my 1909 VDB Lincoln cent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 A fancier version of the watch fob pictured earlier in the thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 The official medals struck by the mint at the exposition were issued in silver, bronze, copper, and gold-plated. The last three are struck on the same base planchets with three different finishes applied. My set was likely assembled by a collector some years ago and then placed in their current box. I speculate that it is not an original set as issued and the jeweler's logo in the box is from a Tronto jeweler and likely dates to the late 1800s. Still, it makes for an impressive presentation. The silver and gold-plated versions of the medal are difficult items to find, the gold-plated perhaps the most difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I'm starting to get serious about adding pieces so a couple more: Hibler & Kappen's 366, an R6 so-called dollar (21 to 75 known): and a smaller Chief Seattle token (the first I have seen): I have a few more pieces coming that I will post after they arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Great additions Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I tend to get hooked when I'm researching and cataloging as reflected in my purchasing patterns. New additions to the collection: HK 366A and HK 367 and a charm with the same design as on the button pictured above: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 The other pair is part of the cataloging effort to move beyond what is currently in the catalogs. Two high grade pieces help understand whether a variety (MANUFACTURES misspelled as MANUFACTURFS) is actually a variety or a different die pair. Turns out is is a different die pair and the die was partially filled creating what appears to be a die error without careful study of a high grade specimen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Finally, a hanging badge (larger than and somewhat different than the one on the ribbaon above. I've paired it with the design patent that covered the piece: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I've made some more purchases over the past couple of months. Two are fobs made by Mayer & Bros. in Seattle. The encased chamber pot cent is always a favorite. The two hanger badges have so-called dollars attached. The final image is two pieces I really like, the Cloisonné sterling silver fob is a beauty. I don't normally collect the silver spoons, but the one pictured with the gold-plated bowl was too pretty to pass up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Wow, Bill - all fantastic, as usual. I only wish I could hold them in my hand. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I can see why you purchased the spoons, beautiful. What a great collection :bthumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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