A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

1950 Paul Revere
American Commemorative Society
Bronze Medal HK-506




I watched this medal for well over a year, maybe closer to two. This one comes from Barcelona, Spain.
It ended many times without a bid, would disappear, and then become relisted again.
Tried communicating with the seller, even translating my message to Spanish but no replies.
Euro converted to more in US Dollars. I told myself, I'm not paying over $50.00 shipped for it.

Finally, the Euro dropped below that last week, but then rose the last couple days where the final price was $41.29 + $8.93 shipping which is $50.22.
Then to my surprise, ebay added $2.48 tax.
I have never paid international sales tax until today. I hope the IRS audits ebay. LOL
They are so inconsistent charging sales tax.



Anyway, another one popped up unexpectedly for sale at the same time last week in the US for $459.00 and I checked completed sales as usual and none have sold. I had to buy it because if someone else saw that same medal listed for $459.00 and found mine at 10% of what he is asking, this would be gone.

There are three issues in circa 1950 by American Commemorative Society, trade name of late Charles F. Smith, Boston, MA.
These were designed and engraved by J. R. Pinches, and probably struck by Pinches in London.

They are:
HK-506 Paul Revere Dollar
HK-506a Telephone Diamond Jubilee Dollar
HK-506b Middlebury College Dollar

Charles F. Smith is the same person who issued the eight 1947 and four 1948 c.smith So-called Half Dollars and I have a set of each, and a duplicate set of 1948.
I have no interest in forking out several hundred dollars to complete this 3 medal set and I did get the most elusive of the three here.

Charles F. Smith also has issued a Benjamin Franklin Kite medal, I have not seen that but that does interest me.

TNG - Good job on both the Revere medal and your club report. I have your email still to answer. Been laid up with resparatory probs for a bit.

I have two official medals here known as So-called Dollars. The "Hi-Ho" and the "Cheerio". There must be some song with those lyrics together, wouldn't you think?
Maybe A&P had a radio commercial or jingle?

1933 Century of Progress
Chicago World's Fair
Hi-Ho Medal HK464



1933 Century of Progress
Chicago World's Fair
Cheerio Medal HK464a



The A&P Carnival Exhibit seems to be one of the lesser known attractions, as I can find little information. What they did there at the A&P Carnival is a mystery to me. I doubt there was a grocery store at the World's Fair. I watched several funny and interesting yooo tooobe videos. People looked like they were enjoying themselves in the depression years.



Established in Manhattan in 1925, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, known everywhere as A&P operated more than thirteen thousand grocery stores nationwide, with more than forty thousand employees.
By 1950, approximately ten cents out of every dollar spent on food in the United States passed over A&P counters.
A&P's decline began in the early 1950s, when it failed to keep pace with competitors that opened larger supermarkets with more modern features demanded by customers.
By the 1970s, A&P stores were outdated, and its efforts to combat high operating costs resulted in poor customer service.
A&P was for sale in 2013 but could not find a buyer. Declaring a loss in April 2015, it filed for its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 19 of that year.
All of its supermarkets were sold or closed by November 25, 2015.

Very nice!

TNG - thanks for the Pony Express and A&P posts. As a small boy growing up on a Pennsylvania dairy farm I still remember my trips to the A&P with my mother to buy what we didn't grow. Thanks for the memories.

Love it 999! Great condition too. I know what you mean about camera not working.
I get my best pictures outside in the natural light but it's a safari for me getting outside.

From TNG on 04/20/2018 9:35 pm:



The elevator can't go straight up the arch due to the curve (155 degree change from top to bottom), so the tram rotates as it goes up. When I rode it in the mid 1980s, it would clunk into place every few seconds as you moved. You were basically horizontal the entire time, but lurches a bit side to side. A quick Internet search found several videos and fact sheets about the arch tram system.