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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Promotional advertising paperweight (just shy of 1" thick) picked up at a small local swap meet this morning. Coin's obverse is gold washed around the effigy, which itself looks also to have had some silver enhancement. Slogan "Integrity Before Profit" sure to elicit cynical snickers today. Definitely not a Gordon Gekko quote.  Colligo ergo sum
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02/14/2015 4:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice. I've seen lucite paperweights from the '60s like that, but with one of every denomination inside them. They were pretty, but the shop wanted way too much. Obviously, the silver hadn't toned at all.
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02/14/2015 5:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have seen koala droppings encased in acryllic plastic like that!  A local native wildlife tourist park in Western Sydney sells them as paper weights to Japanese and Chinese tourists. |
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United States
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If only banks still followed that creed....  A couple of years ago I picked up a Canadian Centennial set with the cent through half encased just like yours is. And they still look as good as the day they were made. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pretty nice. I remember banks doing all sorts of things like that. Now they don't even give you a free pen.
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I like it. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very interesting and nice...I like it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What a great piece! I wonder what year this was issued.
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Pillar of the Community
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I wonder what year this was issued. If I had to guess, I'd say in 1964 or at the most a few years after. I say this for two reasons: One, this appears to be a giveaway promo kind of piece, and the bank would not have put a half with a melt value that exceeded its face value (as 1964s were soon after issue) in one. If it was made much later, I'd expect it to contain a 40% or clad half. Two, a 1964-65 release would have capitalized on the hype for the new half dollars. |
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Posted 02/14/2015 2:39 pm
