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LeAnn Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 06/14/2007 12:06 pm In our state agriculture news, there is a section on antiques and stuff. It has a nice picture of a toothpick holder with a dollar as decoration. In 1892 the Central Glass Co. used real coins for molds to make glass items. They only did this about 8 months before the treasury dept. shut them down as it was ruled as a form of counterfeiting. I found these examples on e-bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/1892-Seated-Qua...et_W0QQitemZ 150132412823QQihZ005QQcategoryZ22QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/6-U-S-Glass-Coi...ch_W0QQitemZ 160126482260QQihZ006QQcategoryZ22QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem LeAnn Oh yeah, if this is in the wrong place, please move to where it belongs.Thanks. Edited by LeAnn 06/14/2007 12:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 06/14/2007 12:09 pm That is Amazing! I had never heard of that. Crud another coin related cool history thing I don't have the willpower to not bid on. Report this Post to the Staff
LeAnn Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 06/14/2007 12:10 pm That's fast, I just posted this 5 seconds ago. You're good! Report this Post to the Staff
chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 06/14/2007 12:24 pm Thanks for the link Le Ann. It is a very interesting story, and why they considered this practice counterfeiting is a real head scratcher. Report this Post to the Staff
LeAnn Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 06/14/2007 12:34 pm Here's the picture of the toothpick holder, slightly damaged Image: GLASSCOIN.jpg 33.23 KB LeAnn Report this Post to the Staff
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