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Forum Dad
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The bottom two sets looks like they've been screened into half tone dots for the press.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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02/14/2020 2:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Unless it was all linework, any illustration would have halftone screening.
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02/14/2020 3:47 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for all the input. Interesting, but suspect there's no market for them...any thoughts? They don't fit in my personal collection.
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Valued Member
United States
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Used for something like this?:  (I actually have one of these framed as part of my collection) |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The bottom image looks like a 1652 Pine Tree Shilling.
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Moderator
United States
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Fascinating. I'm quite sure that you would find a ready buyer on ebay. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Not for coin stamping.
Probably intended for paper or leather embossing, interesting anyway.
May be worth something in the right antique auction.
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Valued Member
United States
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Again, thanks for all the help. Will put this group on ebay starting 2/16. Kind Regards, Rod |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes put on ebay. Make sure you state Unsearched too.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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These printing dies may have been used for 1800's "RECKONERS" which illustrated many world coins. Utilized by merchants, postal employees, banks, brokers and anyone exchanging various forms of money, reckoners were handy reference books to have at hand. Here are some pics of a reckoner that was used in a Kansas post office ....   This image illustrates a handy computation table ....  Edited by ExoGuy
02/16/2020 01:12 am
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United States
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Thank you for those examples, ExoGuy!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My pleasure, jbuck. Of course, many other possibilities exist.
These early reckoners pictured many world coins. Although the use of non-U.S. coins to conduct business was "outlawed" in 1857, the practice continued for decades. Coins were typically valued for their specie or metal content; particularly so, in the western states and territories. Thus, the identification of coins made possession of reckoners something of a necessity.
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02/17/2020 12:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Banks do foreign exchange on paper currency, and in the past did coins too. It's common near the border for Canadian stores to take US, though you usually do better at a bank.
I once had to buy a visa in the US at a French consulate. It was evident what the price was in French francs, but the clerk demanded payment in US, calculated to the last cent. He would not accept francs, and he didn't make change. I had to go to a nearby bank to get my bills broken, then return to watch the agent carefully count out the money I gave him, followed by the whamming of stamps in my passport.
That was a prelude to several visits to French immigration in France. Same waiting room, same windows, same agents, same stamps. There were new surprises though....the need for an official government marriage license, and having to sign small boxes without going outside the lines, for instances.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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02/17/2020 12:40 pm
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