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CuprousCoin Valued Member United States 226 Posts	Posted 03/16/2008 12:59 pm I found this token in a roll of quarters several years ago and have always wondered who he was and if anyone has seen this token before. Now that I have found the Coin Community and its excellent member resources, I was hoping to understand the history behind this token with your help. Edited by Sap 04/23/2008 08:59 am Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 03/16/2008 1:17 pm G'day, "... One of four boys born to a carriage maker in Columbus, Ohio, Howard Thurston would become one of the most popular magicians in America. Along with Harry Houdini, T. Nelson Downs, and Horace Goldin, Thurston would dominate the theatrical era during the first quarter of the twentieth century before the prominence of radio and the motion picture. Born in 1870, Howard Thurston began doing card tricks at a young age. Throughout his career, he always kept a card routine in his show. It was not long before he began experimenting with illusions. Working his way through tent shows and vaudeville, he took his own show on a world tour in 1907. The following year, he joined the great American magician Harry Kellar. On his farewell tour in 1908, Kellar introduced Thurston as his successor. ... see http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibit.../96.oct.html for photos, posters, more details. Must've been a great show. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
longnine009 Pillar of the Community United States 1247 Posts	Posted 04/23/2008 03:42 am It was classified as a "charm" or "throw-out" coin by Virginia Culver (past ANA president and one of the early presidents of TAMS) who collected magician coins. She classified it as such in a TAMS article titled Black Magic.--TAMS April/June 1964. "Charms" or "Throw out" coins were coins meant to promote the name of the Magician rather than coins used in a show. Report this Post to the Staff
chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 05/04/2008 12:08 pm I found mine in a dealers scratch tray Report this Post to the Staff
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