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 Does anybody no what the cursive lettering means?  apothecaries weight,equivalent to 60 grains or one eighth of an ounce. it is to bad that somebody made a mess of the one side, but for the cost on it can see if I can remove most of the scratches.  One of the state series that was sold years ago.
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I'm uncertain of how your title relates to these two items?
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The shop moved and hasn't had any tokens available for sale for a couple months these are the first installments of what I picked up!
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Nobody appears to have specifically replied to this question, but the cursive writing is the apothecary symbols for 2 drachms. The first symbol is drachm and the following pair is 2.
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Nobody appears to have specifically replied to this question, but the cursive writing is the apothecary symbols for 2 drachms. The first symbol is drachm and the following pair is 2. Thanks, somebody on another forums posted that it wasn't what I thought it was representing Quote:
A cast square apothecaries' weight, the letters Zÿ stand for 2 drachms. Quote:
found out a few things about your apothecary weight, Circus. Although the cursive writing appears to read "3y" (at least to me ), it's actually a stylized "3 ij" which is the symbol used to denote 2 drachms. Previously, the term "dram" was used but it was changed to "drachm" in 1900 to avoid confusion in regard to the term dram being used in other applications of weight.
The symbol for 1 drachm would be "3j", and "3iij" for three drachms. Apparently, most of these were brass. Yours looks more copper by the picture, but that may be because of the lighting. |
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Edited by Circus
03/07/2016 05:51 am
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Circus ... These are commemorative half dollars, coins, legal tender, produced by the U.S. Mint. These coins are listed in the Red Book and other coin price guides. So-called halves are exonumia, being simply souvenirs from fairs or events. |
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Not only that but the Columbian you have is the very first date coin in the Classic Silver Commemorative series and the Washington-Carver is one of the very last of the 50 types produced.
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Wasn't aware of either fact, not being a coin collector my main thing is interesting topics on the tokens/medals have to check the red/blue books out. Thanks
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For the older crowd, do you you remember the show?  same both sides   another older one when the burger king wasn't a creepy plastic guy in their commercials. |
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Posted 03/05/2016 5:09 pm
