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KenRingold Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 05/02/2011 1:54 pm Quote: As for the word Josh the earliest citation is from the St. Louis Reveille of 1845 so I was a little early on that. but it was probably around a little before 1845. In either case it had nothing to do with a Josh Tatum for 40 years later. Hmmm I did some more investigating and kept running into Josh Tatum. However, I did find that the term was first used in 1845, like you said. But they can't state the origin of it. This predates Tatum. Here is something else; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVkf0EEl4GM Scroll to the second answer here; http://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...60522AAsiRnd But then again, I have only found references to the St. Louis Reveille. I have, and no one so far, has been able to provide the actual citation, even tho copies still do exist. Issue and page no. cannot be found by me. And I found this; http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article997.chtml PCGS recognizes the Tatum story. That's good enough for me. Edited by KenRingold 05/02/2011 5:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
delaner Pillar of the Community United States 870 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 01:23 am I'd take Conder at his word... he knows his stuff! =) But it's good to do the research on your own. Conder's knowledge pre-dates the Internet and all that anybody wanting to be right can write on it... Anyway, very cool coin. I learned a lot today! Report this Post to the Staff
KenRingold Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 03:05 am Another note. I did search for Federal Court cases for Josh Tatum and came up with zero. HHHmmm. The mystery has yet to be solved. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 09:41 am Citation from St Louis Reveille "Look out in future, and if you must Josh, why, give a private one." Sorry don't have further context. It isn't surprising that you would keep running into the Josh Tatum Story. It has been repeated over and over since at least the early 1960's and probably even earlier than that. It is FIRMLY lodged in our numismatic mythology. Just like the story that the mint made MacNeil add the chain mail to the Standing Liberty quarter because of a great public outcry over the bare breast. Report this Post to the Staff
mysilveryears Pillar of the Community United States 1888 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 12:20 pm Quote: "I have always wanted one of them, any idea how much they are worth?" There was a high grade set of these in a fancy presentation box that sold at a local auction house last week for close to $200. With the sales tax + buyer's penalty, it would have been OVER 200. Still want one ? Edited by mysilveryears 05/03/2011 12:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
KenRingold Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 05/04/2011 2:10 pm Quote: Citation from St Louis Reveille "Look out in future, and if you must Josh, why, give a private one." Sorry don't have further context. I think more of the citation is needed. It looks to me like it's someone talking to a person named Josh. Report this Post to the Staff
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