Circus

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Came across three more interesting art bullion for me. A holiday round A mining scene for the rockhound, silversmith in me. And can't pass up a birthday bar, with clown!

Well with the digital caliper's depth gauge in the area of the edge of the coin and the Indians shoulder it is 0.73mm to 0.75mm by the French mean's shoulder and edge of coin. Some of the photo's of the others aren't any deeper than other minting's. They came in Sterling and Antique Bronze, about 38mm in dia. They were part of the bi centennial collection series of states. When you bought them you became a member of the American Bicentennial Society. 11 assorted states with some strange reasons for the medallions. Some were nothing more than the governors medals celebrating. Including George Wallace of Alabama. Don't know of they were a real big money maker for the Lincoln Mint @ 1 S Wacker Drive. Since it came with all the paper work and the envelope.

A sort of strange medal made up for the non collector market newspaper collector! Since the items covered were two years apart. Here is another that I couldn't pass up, as it is a gold plated Ike, on one side of the framing. On the other side of the frame it is hawked as an Apollo dollar. Was probably sold in the newspapers as a two for collectable. And another nicer Apollo medal

From the lettering around the obverse I think it is a copy of an English replacement penny token Now just a northern sub of Detroit!

Went to the LCS with the national rep Abbots, to pick up a holiday silver round for the grandbaby's 1st Christmas I will post a photo of the round tomorrow. I asked the one guy if they had any tokens he said they had two. these are the two couldn't pass either of them up. A real store card and it is from Michigan to boot. I have looked it up in Cunningham book yet. This was the other one, it is a small town very close to the one I live in and a nice find. And another so called half dollar. They have a copper token made up very year and they give them out. This is the 2013 version. I have posted others I have picked up before. Turned out to be a great day, despite the world and life trying to crap om me today!

Couple more of the NRA wildlife medallions And another hunt club.

Today, October 22, 2013, George Fuld, D.Sc., was laid to his final rest. He passed on October 19.

Like all things, people that were with Circuses, and the wild west shows and the stage trick shot shows in the day. Always looking for away to add to the income with out a lot of work. The working men, or the kids with the shows would sell coins that were shot some were holed or most were dimpled like the above one. The disclaimer was they may be from the show or from practice. That explained why they always had a surplus of coins for sale! The deal was the coins were placed on the ground and then shot. Since most of the guns used were smaller caliber to save on costs. The dimple is generally on the small side. When they were shooting the thrown glass balls, they used special shotgun shells in the rifles and handguns so they could hit the balls and destroy more than they missed. Today they still have the same style shell they are called rat shot shells. The other benefit they would do little damage either to people in the area or the insides of the theaters. Free passes today are still called Annie Oakley's because of the hole in the center of some of them. Story goes she would shoot a number of them and that would be the only passes they could give out. As with the famous phrase not worth a "plugged nickle". Contrary to the movies dollars were not shot willy-nilly as the were to hard to come by. Large cents and to show how good they were a nickle was used.

Not being a bullion stacker, I only buy rounds or art bars that I find interesting. This was in his silver and since it was near spot yesterday after noon and I remember seeing these adverted on the tube @ high premiums when they were being humped. I thought why not! Not being one that thinks toning is any thing other than an ad mans word for oxidation on metal. It did strike me that the smokey toning around the circumference of both faces and then the smoke plume on the reverse added a visual reminder of the event. That it might add an ounce to the ASE's No paper work, but it still is an troy ounce of silver. And for when you don't want to waste a silver bullet! 1oz .999 Cu

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Here are a couple of the odd balls I picked up @ the LCS today. Being a token collector I tend to buy what strikes my fancy of the odd ball etc. Called shot the buffalo, 1917 appears to be a .22 slug. It appealed to me since I have read most of the old circus and wild west shows books about the trick shot actors. Meet a few of the modern era ones. They would shoot a bunch of them and sell them after the performance. Probably a faux one but @ the price $2.00 I couldn't pass it up for the sideshow collection. One of them gold plated ones again being in the junque bin box/½ off couldn't pass it up for a buck. Might end up as a pocket piece.

Yep they are, I can remember the old Gilbert and other brand chemistry set for kids. When they use to have all kind of dangerous chemicals in them including the nuclear chemistry set that had radioactive material in it. One of the suggested experiments was melting sulfur to a liquid state in a large spoon and then casting a nickle I did it numerous times. it was pretty neat as it shrank just enough that most times the cast popped of in one piece.

Yes they are very nice!

Here are some more Token books I just got today and one related one :LOL1: The start of the big version. this looks to be a real good one, I have included the contents page of the combined article that are in it. Higley Coppers,CWT,HTT,Large cents and counterstamps, etc. It will be the first one I read. This is a recent one and I have seen it at some coin supply sites on the web. I will update that the Instant Expert: Collecting Lucky coins, tokens and medals Deals with "LUCKY" exonumia of all kinds only. Descriptive copy was a little more broad in its scope. of course what the arcade tokens went in to

I think the mint that is producing them, there under the novelty heading along with the others. Called decision makers/heads tails etc.

From a token collectors view point they are all good. First left CSB5 looks to be a tool crib check,from a shop or factory. The good for one was a popular customer incentive used by clothing and furniture stores etc. pre 1960's. If the star five is the same or blank on the reverse it probably a game counter, if it has one of the Osborn register company and the rest are company store scrip coins from the coal mines etc. as in the last one No expert on the scrips but then tend to be under 10 bucks each,unless it is a dollar amount one then slightly more. Appear in average shape, They tend to ask for a lot more on flea bay and generally don't get it unless the person has a connection to the company or area of the store used. Modern tokens, 1900 and newer tend to be one of those where what you can get is what the party wants to pay for them. All in all a nice score.

After taxes! Juke box token Casino free play

yes it is a nice one, in the sixties Sunco had the antique car coins, I was lucky enough to win both the #1 & #2 sets complete bronze coins sets. will have to get a photo of them.

Show your challenge coins real or fantasy Zombie shoots are a popular theme at a number of gun ranges in my area!

I understand, as I have completed sets of non sport cards. Not worth much if you try to sell them to dealers, 30 years ago when I decided that I would get out of doing the shows with the non sport cards. I sold 7 milk crates filled with the non sport cards sets, packs extra's. Brought in a total off $120.00 USD. I recently asked the dealer a friend that bought them what he would think they are worth today. He said about the same or a little less, since there is so little interest in them and even baseball and other soprt cards are down. My father be fore he passed use to have me buy the sets of Detroit sport team coins, when 7-11 or the big box drug stores sold them. 3 sets he had me buy, one set of each grand kid and his. I'm glad he enjoyed them while he was here since like most of those things are zero to below worthless on the secondary market. Like the art bars or collectors plates, worth spot and a little above to what somebody wants to pay. Being someone that wouldn't know a member of any sports team, if I ran over them in a parking lot till I seen their name on the news. I didn't think the non baseball ones would have any value. Enjoy them and post some photo's for the rest of use that never seen them.

Here are two more

Coin dealer round tuit token