Circus Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 A cast square apothecaries’ weight, the letters Zÿ stand for 2 drachms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Another just number token/ counter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 A couple of so called half dollars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Thanks, but I don't think so they will still be considered interesting pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 How many different states do you have a token from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 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 sidesanother older one when the burger king wasn't a creepy plastic guy in their commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 One of the swastika good luck tokens and one with I believe is called a die crack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Except for the font, I love the obverse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 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 [ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 I bet these are even hand stamped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted March 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.