bill Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Bronze store card celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stack's New York auction house. The obverse was struck from a transfer die made from the original Washington & Independence dies of 1818-1820. The original dies were donated to the Smithsonian after the transfer dies were made. The token was struck in 1988 by the Medallic Art Co. Rulau and Fuld catalog the piece as Baker 3X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Stack's aluminum store card struck for the 1939 World's Fair. Struck by the Osborne Coinage Co. in Cincinnati. Baker 737 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Bronze store card celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stack's New York auction house. The obverse was struck from a transfer die made from the original Washington & Independence dies of 1818-1820. The original dies were donated to the Smithsonian after the transfer dies were made. The token was struck in 1988 by the Medallic Art Co. Rulau and Fuld catalog the piece as Baker 3X. Is "The token was struck in 1988" a typo? as the token is dated 1935-1985. Seems strange that their 50th anniversary token would be struck 3 years after the event! Nice tokens Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Not a typo, thats what Rulau and Fuld say. It could be a typo in the catalog, then again it could be that they made the transfer die in 1985 and didn't actually get the token struck until 1988. Good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edix2001 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Stack's aluminum store card struck for the 1939 World's Fair. Struck by the Osborne Coinage Co. in Cincinnati.Baker 737 I've got one of those. I've also got a bunch of contemporary numismatic-themed storecards, mostly minted by the Patrick Mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Still find it odd that a 'card' means a kind of coin/token/medal here. Aren't cards actually meant to be made of card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 In the late 1970's and early 1980's I used to work at a recording studio (MediaSound) on 57th Street and 8th Avenue, and I made it a point to walk two blocks east and check Stack's window display on a daily basis during my lunch break. What I saw was always amazing, and if I had worked some overtime I would try and spend the extra money there. Usually though I encountered older women in fur coats quickly disposing of their deceased husbands coin collections and the Stack's staff always seemed busy attending to them. I admit I felt more comfortable in the Macy's coin department. No rush, no crowds, and my money was always welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 In the late 1970's and early 1980's I used to work at a recording studio (MediaSound) on 57th Street and 8th Avenue, and I made it a point to walk two blocks east and check Stack's window display on a daily basis during my lunch break. What I saw was always amazing, and if I had worked some overtime I would try and spend the extra money there. Usually though I encountered older women in fur coats quickly disposing of their deceased husbands coin collections and the Stack's staff always seemed busy attending to them. I admit I felt more comfortable in the Macy's coin department. No rush, no crowds, and my money was always welcome. Macy's had a coin department? How did it compare to a a traditional coin store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Macy's had a small coin department on the 8th or 9th floor of their main store in NYC. They had everything that a "normal" coin shop had with a few hundred coins under a long glass counter. There was one salesman. It was very hard to find, you had to walk past acres of Persian rugs to get to it as I recall. I believe I found it by accident when shopping for pants one day. It was a good day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 It was very hard to find, you had to walk past acres of Persian rugs to get to it as I recall. I believe I found it by accident when shopping for pants one day. It was a good day... I cannot remember the last time I ventured into a coin shop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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