Another local antique/coin shop restocking after a move.

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Does anybody no what the cursive lettering means?

apothecaries weight,equivalent to 60 grains or one eighth of an ounce. it is to bad that somebody made a mess of the one side, but for the cost on it can see if I can remove most of the scratches.

One of the state series that was sold years ago.

 

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A cast square apothecaries’ weight, the letters Zÿ stand for 2 drachms.

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A cast square apothecaries’ weight, the letters Zÿ stand for 2 drachms.

Thanks, I thought that's what it was just had no idea what the letters meant

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Another just number token/ counter

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A couple of so called half dollars!

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Have to make a correction on the last post, it has been brought to my attention that the above two items. "These are commemorative half dollars, coins, legal tender, produced by the U.S. Mint. These coins are listed in the Red Book and other coin price guides." "Not only that but the Columbian you have is the very first date coin in the Classic Silver Commemorative series and the Washington-Carver is one of the very last of the 50 types produced." Not being a coin collector I had no idea that they were anything other than tokens let alone silver legal tender commemorative's. learn something new almost every day on these forums.

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Have to make a correction on the last post, it has been brought to my attention that the above two items. "These are commemorative half dollars, coins, legal tender, produced by the U.S. Mint. These coins are listed in the Red Book and other coin price guides." "Not only that but the Columbian you have is the very first date coin in the Classic Silver Commemorative series and the Washington-Carver is one of the very last of the 50 types produced." Not being a coin collector I had no idea that they were anything other than tokens let alone silver legal tender commemorative's. learn something new almost every day on these forums.

 

 

A couple of so called half dollars!

 

Welcome to coin collecting! Two great coins that every US collector owns.

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Thanks, but I don't think so they will still be considered interesting pieces.

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How many different states do you have a token from?

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I haven't kept track of them but off the top of my head better than 15 and 4 countries. With the tax tokens, transit tokens more than 23. I was planing on labeling the pages by stat when I put the safeties in the archive 2x2 pages.

For the older crowd, do you you remember the show?

same both sides


another older one when the burger king wasn't a creepy plastic guy in their commercials.

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The Carver/Washington half is probably one of the least seen "common" US coins north of the 49th. I probably see several times more Columbians than it.

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I had no idea there were something other than tokens when I bought them. In elementary school the Nun would assign me to do reports on the people of color, she said at a parent teachers conference that it was because my parents didn't object to me doing them. I always thought that GW Carver was was an interesting farm type researcher. And Booker T was an interesting person.

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One of the swastika good luck tokens and one with I believe is called a die crack!

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Except for the font, I love the obverse!

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This is got to be the strangest token/gaming chip I have ever seen or picked up[umm]

almost 2" dia. steel same both sides, no expense was spared in either the design or execution of them [

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I bet these are even hand stamped

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I bet these are even hand stamped

It doesn't appear to be as both sides are the same and stamping by hand would have some variation in the depth and position of the letters and the occasional show thru on the opposite side. All the lettering lines upand the number of them needed as a gaming chip, would make the cost prohibited.