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Partridge & Richardson PA 392 Brass 22mm A dealer in dress trimmings, the merchants were Artemus Partridge and Mr Richardson from Philadelphia, PA. This must not have been an uncommon profession as I have another merchant that had a similar profession. The reverse showing the bees and skep were imagery relating to work. The old saying "Busy as a bee" comes to mind. Obverse  Reverse  |
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Samuel Hart & Co. PA 197B White Metal 29mm Ex: Donald Miller Samuel Hart began his buisness as a Stationer or someone who sells stationery. In 1851 he began manufacturing steel pens, 1853 traveling bottles in leather cases, fancy mother of pearl articles, and playing cards. Samuel Hart and another card manufacturer Lawrence & Cohen merged in 1871 to form New York Consolidated Card Co. which lasted until 1931 when it again merged. Obverse  Reverse  |
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The Samuel Hart is a beauty. Love the obverse detail. Do you know offhand who the diesinkers were?
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Dickeson's Coin & Medal Safe Pa-Ph 50 (Miller PA 151) Copper 33mm Dr Montroville Dickeson was a doctor of medicine who spent much of his time in the study of antiques and archeology. He was a well known maker of stuck copies of American colonial coins. The obverse here is an imitation of a Sommer Island Shilling. The reverse advertises Evans and Watson as makers of coin and medal safes. This is considered a trade token (post civil war) but I include it with my merchants using the old Miller numbers. Obverse  Reverse  |
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I actually do not know who the diesinker was on the Hart token. I tried to use the TAMS website as there was a journal story from Feb 1970 but the site does not have them online that far back. A guess would be either Scovill or R. Lovett as Scovill was from New York and Lovett from Philadelphia. Both were places where Hart was located. If you do find reference to the diesinker please post any info you may find.
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Mobile Jockey Club Ala 5 28mm White Metal Only 15 Struck This was actually issued by the Jockey club though there are many different mulings of both the obverse and reverse of this coin to other dies Obv  |
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Jennings, Wheeler & Co. NY 388 Brass 29mm Another merchant token that has many mulings from Scovill made dies. The North American obverse on this coin is uncommon with a later address of 45 & 47 Chambers St. Obv  Rev  |
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George H. Lovett NY 495G 31mm White Metal Muling of NY 495/NY 492 Lovett was a die sinker and made many tokens of the time. This is a paring of two such dies and is unlisted in Rulau. I tentatively assign is the G variety and similar tokens have a mintage of four so its a R8-10. Tiny wording under the dog reads W. H. Bridgens, New York. The reverse has John Bull and Brother Johnathan exchanging lightning bolts referring to the first Atlantic Telegraph line laid in 1858. Obv  Rev  |
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I guess I have a muling theme with these last three. Finally found a natural blue spectrum blub so they dont look so yellow as my earlier ones did. Enjoy and share any merchant tokens of the period you may have.
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Nice stuff, as always :)
Each of these warrant their own threads! Posting them in here doesn't do them justice!
Mind sharing what kind of blue bulb you obtained?
Thanks,
Cheetah
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I am using a 13w CFL bulb in a tensor light which gives a nice blue spectrum. Its a start for me in taking better pictures as I have a lot to learn but these forums offer some great ideas including the thread you started.
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Uriah Welch NY 945 Copper 33mm Obv  Rev  |
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S.W. Chubbuck NY 1061 Copper 32mm Thick Plachet Samuel Chubbuck (1799-1875) was a silversmith from Utica, NY. As with so many early merchants, he dealt in a little of everything as you can see. Wonderful reverse of the Morse Alphabet. Obv  Rev  |
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Henry B. Fussell PA 171 Brass 25mm The line you see on the obverse is a die break. Obv  Rev  |
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