Brooklyn Bridge Token? Any Value? - Coin Community Forum

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seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 08/11/2010 3:41 pm Found this at an estate sale. What is it? Does it have any value? Report this Post to the Staff

carmykle Pillar of the Community United States 2448 Posts	Posted 08/11/2010 3:52 pm Beats me, but I'd keep it just to be able to say I owned the Brooklyn Bridge. I'm certain a token collector will chime in. If you don't receive any real info from this forum, you could send a picture to Coin World and maybe their staff has some info on the medal. Most centenial coins featuring the BB usually have more inscriptions on the reverse and obverse. Report this Post to the Staff
omahaorange Valued Member United States 294 Posts	Posted 08/11/2010 6:42 pm Some facts: The Brooklyn Bridge opened - May 24,1883, 2:00 PM (the same year on the token) The portrait looks like George Washington. I actually found this: http://edisoneffect.blogspot.com/20...-in-new.html The portrait is the same, but the obverse is different. The reverse is similar. Couldn't find anything else at this point, but it's a start. Report this Post to the Staff
seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 08/11/2010 9:26 pm Thanks. I had found similar tokens as well, but this one is TINY. It is smaller than the gold $1 coins from the same time period. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 08/12/2010 05:46 am I would like to be corrected but could that portrait be of John Roebling the designer of the Bridge? Report this Post to the Staff
omahaorange Valued Member United States 294 Posts	Posted 08/12/2010 06:38 am I'm going to say, probably not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Roebling Report this Post to the Staff
seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 08/12/2010 6:10 pm Anyone else have a theory? Report this Post to the Staff
omahaorange Valued Member United States 294 Posts	Posted 08/13/2010 06:16 am Here's another interesting tidbit. I just read a short biography on James Longacre. It describes a pattern he created for the Two Cent Piece in 1863. It described the obverse as having a right-facing portrait of George Washington, with the words God and Our Country at the top. Sounds familiar. There was no picture. There was no mention of the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/s...ant_sorh.htm I haven't been able to find a picture of this pattern. Report this Post to the Staff
seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 08/13/2010 06:54 am Interesting Report this Post to the Staff
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