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I always liked this in spite of the fact it is not rare. I forget how it was made. This piece combines a genuine Lincoln Cent with a special "commemorative" reverse by dropping the cent into a tight-fitting shell that contains the special reverse. It weighs 3.6 grams and measures a bit over 20 mm. Does anybody know anything about the history of this piece or more about its manufacturing method? I remember seeing an article on the Internet years ago that indicated they were being made in town at the time of the trial "as you wait" but not sure of the facts anymore.  |
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Cool coin, Ken. In my fifty years of collecting exonumia, I've not before seen the like of this. In stark contrast, I've seen many hundreds of S-VDB's, so I'd have to say it's rarer than those. I'd guess that many of these novelty coins have shed their shells over the last eighty years.
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No doubt rarer than an 09-SVDB. But I think they are only worth about $15 or so. Supply and demand -- you know how it goes. Never thought about it but I'd bet many have lost their shells one way or another. I'd buy another it it crossed my path. They are just too-cool!
50 year in Exonumia is a looooongggg time! I started collecting in 1959 so I think my first piece of exonumia are the cents with the masonic emblem punched into them that I pulled from rolls. I still have every single one of them. I always like finding one -- all different.
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05/24/2015 12:13 pm
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Hey ken, read towards the bottom of the page. It says that over 10,000 people were outide the courthouse and vendors were selling homemade souvenirs. A lady recalled a guy selling these for 10 cents each as well as replica ladders and such. http://www.capitalcentury.com/1932.html |
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Cascade,
That's cool. I missed that one in my search. I wonder how many of the 10,000 folks bought one? A dime was a lot of money when I was a kid in the 1950s! Two big candy bars! I think my mother made 10c an hour in about 1936 selling candy at the dime store. That was big money for a 15 year old kid.
Thanks!
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05/24/2015 12:21 pm
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Glad I could help. Seems like there is probably enough info around that with a research level boarding on obsession one could possibly find a great deal of info on them and maybe even the who and how.
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Charmy Harker has several of these, she may have some of their history as well.
Joe Paonessa
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Joe,
Good to hear from you. A few days ago, I was just looking at the cancelled die you gave me of the GM Test Strike die you made for experimental purposes. That and the token are cool.
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Thanks for posting about this piece, as I am also trying to find information on it. "A Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals" states that 8 designs were made, although I've only seen six (Hauptmann Trial, Admiral Byrd, Morro Castle, Joe Louis, Lord's Prayer, Santa Claus). IDK what the other two are, although I have heard rumors of one commemorating the shooting of John Dillinger, which would've happened roughly around the same time as the the Morro Castle fire and the Hauptmann Trial.
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Hmmm. I am pretty sure I have one of these. I never knew what it was about and never thought to research it. Now I know. Thanks for the post.
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