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| Sarawak Binatang District Council 4 Gallon Water Token |
Sarawak
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Copper ca. 1917-41 KM-Unlisted; Prid-Unlisted; SS-29 Selvaraj Collection
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PCGS MS 64
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SARAWAK. Binatang District Council 4 Gallon Water Token, ND (ca. 1917-41). PCGS MS-64 Red.
KM-Unlisted; Prid-Unlisted; SS-29.
Struck at the Royal Mint in London
Provenance: From the Selvaraj Collection.
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| 1799 NY Associate Church Communion Token |
United States
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White Metal (none) 1799 Rulau: NY-622 and Breen 1172
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NGC VF 30
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White Metal, probably lead based. Rulau: NY-622, Breen 1172, extremely rare. I believe there are less than 12 known. NGC VF30, but easily Choice XF for issue. I don't believe that NGC knew how to grade these at the time, as this was the first example ever graded by NGC. This is far nicer than normally encountered, with no bad bruises or marks, no trace of corrosion, and lovely medium silver gray color. It also is nicely and evenly detailed, virtually ideal for this type.
A splendid example of this important 18th century American communion token. Measuring 23.4 x 12.7 mm in oval, this cast production closely resembles the fabric and composition of many of the Scottish communion tokens of the era. A nearly identical but rarer variety for the Philadelphia Associate Church dated 1799 must be from the same maker.
1799 New York, New York, New York Associate Church, R. E-NY-622, R.7; White metal, plain edge. A major rarity that Robert Vlack calls "the earliest dated American communion token." The white metal composition of this token is likely pewter or perhaps lead. The surfaces are attractive light gray with strong lettering on both sides. This token is listed on page 46 of the Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900 where Russell Rulau states that only 7 pieces are known and gives a catalog value of $3,000 in XF. The Associate Church in America is an offshoot of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland. This is an extremely important and rare 18th century American token and only the second example that we have handled.
A note from American Journal of Numismatics reader John Thomson appeared in the October 1873 issue: "I beg to state that, from 1784 to 1870, tokens were in use in my church. Our tokens were small oval pieces of lead, bearing on the one side the former name of the church-Associate Church, N.Y.-and on the other side, the date-1799."
This is considered the premier entry in the American communion token series. It's certainly the earliest with good attribution (Breen identifies other earlier types as American, but to say their attribution is speculative would be too kind.) The First Associate Reformed Church of New York was founded in 1756. In this era, the congregation met at a church on Cedar Street (then Little Queen Street) in lower Manhattan, between Broadway and Nassau Street, just a block or so away from the famous Trinity Church.
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| Great Britain Groat (1422-61) |
Great Britain
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Silver GROAT (1422-61) G.BRITAIN S-1836 HENRY VI CALAIS S-1836
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NGC XF 40
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Great Britain Groat (1422-61), Henry VI Calais S-1836. An evenly struck and centered coin with nice original toning and eye appeal.
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| Senegal: French Colony ND-(1920-24) Aluminum Bread Token of 500 Grams |
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Aluminum 500G (UNDATED) LEC-23 ALUMINUM BREAD TOKEN Lec-23
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NGC MS 64
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Senegal: French Colony ND-(1920-24) Aluminum Bread Token of 500 Grams.
La Coste & Cie 500 Gr of Bread Token
Lec-23
This specimen issued by the Boulangerie of La Coste & Cie for 500 grams of Bread following WW1 when coinage was scarce.
NGC MS64 finest and only piece graded by NGC (8/8/2022)
PCGS: 3/64, 2/63 (8/8/2022)
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| Great Britain 1/4 Pence 1860 |
GREAT BRITAIN 1707-1815
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Copper 1/4P 1806 G.britain KM 661
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NGC MS 65 BN
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Great Britain 1/4 Pence NGC MS65BN Nice luster and strike.
NGC: 7/65BN, 2/66BN - 6/65RB, 1/66RB
PCGS: 4/65BN, 1/67BN - 3/65RB, 1/66RB
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| Ireland (1643-1644) "Ormonde" 6 Pence |
IRELAND 1603-1823
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Silver 6P (1643-44) S-6547 ORMONDE MONEY KM59, S-6547 (2.96g)
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NGC AU 53
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Ireland (1643-1644) "Ormonde" 6 Pence
KM59, S-6547. 2.96gm. The Great Rebellion, Issues of the Lords Justices.
Dublin Mint
NGC AU53
Obverse description: Crowned C·R (for Charles Rex) within a double circle. Pellet between C and R.
Reverse description: Roman numeral VII (denoting a six pence, or 6d) within a double circle. Short numerals and large D.
Obverse legend: C(AROLUS).R(EX). (''Charles, King'').
Reverse legend: BI (denoting a six pence).
History: This coin was struck by Irish coiners led by James Butler, the Earl of Omonde, which reimbursed the badly needed Irish troop that supported Charles I during the English civil war (1642-1651).
James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, 12th Earl of Ormond, 5th Earl of Ossory, 1st Marquess of Ormond, 1st Earl of Brecknock KG, PC was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Viscount Thurles from 1619, Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642, the Marquess of Ormonde from 1642 to 1661 and the Duke of Ormonde from 1661 onwards. He was appointed commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland and, from 1641 to 1647, he led the fighting against the Irish Catholic Confederation. Without actually changing sides, he found himself on the joint-Royalist-Confederate side in the fight against the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. After a series of catastrophic defeats in this role, he lived in exile in Europe with King Charles II of England. Upon the restoration of Charles to the throne in 1660, Ormonde became a major figure in English and Irish politics, holding many high government offices, including his elevation to an English dukedom in 1682.
James Butler was the eldest son of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles and of Elizabeth, Lady Thurles, daughter of Sir John Poyntz of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire. His paternal grandfather was Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond.
He was born at Clerkenwell, London, 19 October 1610, in the house of his maternal grandfather, Sir John Poyntz
Shortly after his birth, his parents returned to Ireland. The Butlers of Ormonde were an Old English dynasty who had dominated the southeast of Ireland since the Middle Ages
Upon the shipwreck and death of his father in 1619, this 8 year old boy was (by courtesy) styled Viscount Thurles.
The year following that disaster, his mother brought him back to England
Then nine years of age, he was placed at school with a Catholic gentleman at Finchley
via the influence of his Catholic grandfather, the 11th Earl
It was not long before James I of England, anxious that the heir of the Butlers should be brought up a Protestant, placed him at Lambeth, under the care of George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury.
The Ormonde estates were under sequestration and the young Lord had little for his clothing and expenses
He appears to have been entirely neglected by the Archbishop — “he was not instructed even in humanity, nor so much as taught to understand Latin”
At fifteen years of age, he went to live with his grandfather (then released from prison) at Drury-lane
Unlike almost all his relatives in the Butler dynasty, he was a Protestant
This made his relationship with the rest of his family and dependants somewhat strained, as they suffered from land confiscations and legal discrimination on account of their religion, while he did not
Unusually for a Protestant lord brought up in London, he learned Irish – albeit a partial knowledge of which language, which proved most useful to him in later in life (when he returned to Ireland)
At eighteen he went to Portsmouth with his friend George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham intending to join the expedition for the relief of Rochelle; a project abandoned upon the assassination of the Duke.
He then married his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Preston, only child and heiress of Sir Richard Preston, Earl of Desmond
Charles I gave his consent by letters patent, on 8 September 1629.
At Christmas 1629, they married putting an end to the long-standing quarrel between the families and united their estates
In 1634, on the death of his grandfather, he succeeded to the earldom.
The Great Rebellion
On the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Ormonde found himself in command of government forces based in Dublin. Most of the country was taken by the Catholic rebels, who included many of Ormonde’s Butler relatives and their followers.
Strangely, Ormonde’s bonds of kinship were not entirely severed.
His wife and children were escorted in safety from Kilkenny to Dublin under the order of the rebel leader Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, another member of the Butler dynasty
In spring 1642 the Irish Catholics formed their own government, the Catholic Confederation, with its capital at Kilkenny
They began to raise their own regular troops, more organized and capable than the irregular militia of the 1641 rebellion.
Also in early 1642 the king sent in troop reinforcements from England and Scotland.
The Irish Confederate War was underway
Ormonde mounted several expeditions from Dublin in 1642, that cleared the area around Dublin of Confederate forces
He secured control of the area historically known as the Pale
He also re-supplied some outlying garrisons, without serious contest
The Lords Justices, who suspected him because he was related to many of the Confederate leaders, recalled him from command, after he had succeeded in lifting the siege of Drogheda in March 1642
In April he relieved the royalist garrisons at Naas, Athy and Maryborough
On his return to Dublin he won the Battle of Kilrush against a larger force
He received the public thanks of the English Parliament and a monetary reward
In September 1642 was put in command of all Royalist forces in Ireland with a commission direct from the king.
In March 1643, Ormonde ventured his troops to New Ross, deep in the territory of the Catholic Confederation, and won a small but indecisive victory there (Battle of New Ross) before returning to Dublin.
Nevertheless, Ormonde was in a very difficult situation.
The Confederates held two thirds of the island.
The English Civil War, started in September 1642, had removed the prospect of more reinforcements from England
Worse still, the king desired to recall troops from Ireland to fight his cause in England.
In addition the Scots Covenanters, who had landed an army in the northeast of Ireland at Carrickfergus to counter the Catholic rebellion in that part of the country in early 1642, had subsequently put northeast Ireland on the side of the English Parliamentarians against the king; and the relatively strong Protestant presence in and around Derry and Cork City was inclined to side with the Parliamentarians as well, and soon did so.
Isolated in Dublin, with the king seeking ways to minimize his Irish troops, Ormonde therefore agreed to a “cessation” or ceasefire with the Catholics, which began in September 1643, by which the greater part of Ireland was given up into the hands of the Catholic Confederation (leaving only districts in the north, the Dublin Pale, an area around Cork City, and certain smallish garrisons in the possession of Protestant commanders).
This truce was vehemently opposed by the Lords Justices and the Protestant community in general in Ireland
Soon afterwards, in November 1643, by the king’s orders, Ormonde despatched a body of his troops into England to fight on the Royalist side in the Civil War, estimated at 4,000 troops, half of whom were sent from Cork
In November 1643 the king appointed Ormonde as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland — head of the Irish government executive
For the previous two years the occupant of this post had not set foot in Ireland.
Ormonde’s assigned mission was to prevent the king’s Parliamentarian enemies from being reinforced from Ireland
He also had to deliver more troops to fight for the Royalist side in England
He also had instructions to do all in his power to keep the Scottish Covenanter army in the north of Ireland occupied
He was also given the king’s authority to negotiate a Treaty with the Catholic Confederation
This would allow their troops to be redirected against the Parliamentarians.
The Irish Confederacy
Ormonde was faced with a difficult task in reconciling all the different factions in Ireland.
The Old (native) Irish and Catholic Irish of English descent (“Old English”) were represented in Confederate Ireland—essentially an independent Catholic government based in Kilkenny—who wanted to come to terms with King Charles I of England in return for religious toleration and self-government.
But, any concession that Ormonde made to the Confederates weakened his support among English and Scottish Protestants in Ireland.
Ormonde’s negotiations with the Confederates were equally tortuous – even though many of the Confederate leaders were his relatives or friends
In 1644, he assisted Randall Macdonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim in mounting an Irish Confederate expedition into Scotland. The force, led by Alasdair MacCollawas sent to help the Scottish Royalists and sparked off a civil war in Scotland (1644–45).
This turned out to be the only intervention of Irish Catholic troops in Britain during the Civil Wars
But it set a dangerous precedent and proved that Irish troops could and would fight in Britain.
On 25 August 1645, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, acting on behalf of King Charles, signed a treaty in Kilkenny with the Irish Catholic Confederates without first airing the terms of the treaty with the Irish Protestant community.
Irish Protestant opposition turned out to be so intense, that Charles was forced to repudiate the treaty almost immediately out of fear of ceding almost all Irish Protestant support to the other side in the English civil war.
On 28 March 1646, Ormonde, on behalf of the king, concluded another treaty with the Confederates which granted religious concessions and removed various grievances.
However, the Confederates’ General Assembly in Kilkenny rejected the deal, partly due to the influence of the pope’s ambassador (nuncio) Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, who worked to dissuade the Catholics entering into a compromise.
The Confederates called off their truce with Ormonde, and arrested those among their number who had signed the treaty with Ormonde.
Ormonde then judged that he could not hold Dublin against the Confederates. In order to save Protestant Dublin – the bastion of English rule in Ireland – he therefore applied to the English Long Parliament for help and signed a treaty with them on 19 June 1647 giving Dublin into the hands of the Parliamentarians on terms which protected the interests of both royalist Protestants and Roman Catholics who had not actually entered into rebellion.
At the beginning of August 1647, Ormonde handed over Dublin, together with 3,000 royalist troops under his command, to the Parliamentarian commander Michael Jones, who had recently arrived from England with 5,000 Parliamentarian troops
Ormonde in turn sailed for England, remarking of his surrender that he “preferred English rebels to Irish ones”
This new, combined Royalist and Parliamentarian force soon won a major battle against the Catholic Confederates
Known as the Battle of Dungan’s Hill, it took place in Co Meath, in August 1647
The Parliamentarian victory there destroyed the Irish Confederate forces’ Leinster army
It contributed to the collapse of the Confederate cause
It gave confidence to the idea that a Cromwellian campaign in Ireland would be successful
Commander of the Royal Alliance (Royalist & Confederates) in Ireland
Ormonde attended King Charles during August and October 1647 at Hampton Court Palace, but in March 1648, in order to avoid arrest by the Parliament, he joined the Queen and the Prince of Wales at Paris. In September of the same year, the pope’s nuncio having been expelled, and affairs otherwise looking favourable, he returned to Ireland to endeavour to unite all parties for the king.
The Irish Confederates were now much more amenable to compromise
1647 had seen a series of military disasters for them at the hands of English Parliamentarian forces under Jones
They needed help
On 17 January 1649 Ormonde concluded a peace with the rebels on the basis of the free exercise of their religion
Upon the execution of Charles I (30 January 1649) Ormonde proclaimed Charles II as the rightful king
Charles II, although in exile, made Ormonde a Knight of the Garter in September 1649
Ormonde was placed in command of the Irish Confederates’ armies and also English Royalist troops who were landed in Ireland from France
However, despite controlling almost all of Ireland before August 1649, Ormonde was unable to prevent the conquest of Ireland by Cromwell in 1649-50. Ormonde tried to re-take Dublin in August 1649, but was routed at the battle of Rathmines. Subsequently, he tried to halt Cromwell by holding a line of fortified towns across the country
However, the New Model Army took them one after the other, beginning with the Siege of Drogheda in September 1649.
Ormonde lost most of the English and Protestant Royalist troops under his command when they mutinied, and went over to Cromwell in May 1650
This left him with only the Irish Catholic forces, who distrusted him greatly.
Ormonde was ousted from his command in late 1650 and he returned to France in December 1650.
A synod held in at the Augustinian abbey in Jamestown, County Leitrim, repudiated the Duke and excommunicated his followers.
In Cromwell’s Act of Settlement 1652, all of Ormonde’s lands in Ireland were confiscated and he was excepted from the pardon given to those Royalists who had surrendered by that date.
Ormonde, though desperately short of money, was in constant attendance on Charles II and the Queen Mother in Paris, and accompanied the former to Aix and Cologne when expelled from France by the terms of Mazarin’s treaty with Cromwell in 1655.
In April 1656 Ormonde was one of two signatories who agreed the Treaty of Brussels, securing an alliance for the Royalists with the Spanish court.
In 1658, he went disguised, and at great risk, on a secret mission into England to gain trustworthy intelligence as to the chances of an uprising.
He attended the king at Fuenterrabia in 1659, and had an interview with Mazarin and was actively engaged in the secret transactions immediately preceding the Restoration.
n 4 November 1661, he was once more appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and busily engaged in the work of settling that country. The main problem was the land question, and the Act of Explanation was passed through the Irish parliament by Ormonde, on 23 December 1665.
He vehemently opposed the Importation Act 1667 prohibiting the importation of Irish cattle
He retaliated by prohibiting the import into Ireland of Scottish commodities, and obtained leave to trade with foreign countries
He encouraged Irish manufactures and learning – the Irish College of Physicians was incorporated under him
In his estates in Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary, he was responsible for establishing the woollen industry in the town in 1670
He had great influence over the appointment of judges: while he naturally wished to appoint to the Bench men of legal ability, a record of loyalty to the Crown was also generally required.
He was prepared to appoint judges of Gaelic descent, like James Donnellan
He also appointed some of ‘known Roman Catholic’ leanings
Ormonde had ever loved, he loved to the end. Himself a merciful man, he encouraged the Irish judges to show a similar spirit of mercy; as he remarked, a man who has been reprieved can later be hanged, but a man who has been hanged can never be reprieved.
In general the judges followed his example and, by the standards of the age, were merciful enough.
Ormonde soon became the mark for attack from all that was worst in the court of Charles II
Buckingham especially did his utmost to undermine his influence.
Ormonde’s almost irresponsible government of Ireland during troubled times was open to criticism.
He had billeted soldiers on civilians, and had executed martial law.
He was threatened by Buckingham with impeachment.
In March 1669, Ormonde was removed from the government of Ireland and from the committee for Irish affairs.
He made no complaint, insisted that his sons and others over whom he had influence should retain their posts
He continued to fulfil the duties of his other offices
He elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford on 4 August 1669
In 1670, an extraordinary attempt was made to assassinate the duke by a ruffian and adventurer named Thomas Blood, already notorious for an unsuccessful plot to surprise Dublin Castle in 1663, and later for stealing the royal crown from the Tower.
Ormonde was attacked by while driving up St James’s Street, London on the night of 6 December 1670
He was dragged out of his coach, and taken on horseback along Piccadilly with the intention of hanging him at Tyburn
Ormonde, however, succeeded in overcoming the horseman to whom he was bound, and escaped
The outrage, it was suspected, had been instigated by Buckingham, who was openly accused of the crime by Lord Ossory, Ormonde’s son, in the king’s presence, and threatened by him with instant death if any violence should happen to his father.
In 1671 Ormonde successfully opposed Richard Talbot’s attempt to upset the Act of Settlement 1662
In 1673, he again visited Ireland, returned to London in 1675 to give advice to Charles on affairs in parliament
In 1677, Ormonde was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the third time
On his arrival in Ireland he occupied himself in placing the revenue and the army upon a proper footing.
Upon the outbreak of the disturbances caused by the Popish Plot (1678) in England, Ormonde at once took steps towards rendering the Roman Catholics, who were in the proportion of 15 to 1, powerless
The ‘mildness and moderation of his measures’ served as the ground of an attack upon him in England led by Shaftesbury, from which he was defended with great spirit by his own son Lord Ossory.
While wary of defending Oliver Plunkett publicly, in private he denounced the obvious falsity of the charges against him – of the informers who claimed Plunkett had hired them to kill the King he wrote that “no schoolboy would have trusted them to rob an orchard”.
On 29 November 1682, an English dukedom was conferred upon him, and in June 1684 he returned to Ireland; but he was recalled in October in consequence of fresh intrigues. Before he could give up his government to Rochester, Charles II died; and Ormonde’s last act as Lord Lieutenant was to proclaim James II in Dublin.
Ormonde also served as the 6th Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin between 1645 and 1688
although he was in exile for the first fifteen years of his tenure
Subsequently Ormonde lived in retirement at Cornbury in Oxfordshire, a house lent to him by Lord Clarendon
Ormonde also refused the king (James II) his support in the question of the Indulgence
Unusually, James refused to take away his offices, and continued to hold him in respect and favour to the last.
Despite his long service to Ireland he admitted that he had no wish to spend his last years there.
Ormonde died on 21 July 1688 at Kingston Lacy, Dorset
With him disappeared (arguably) the greatest and grandest figure of the times
Ormonde was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1 August 1688.
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| Great Britain 6 Pence 1697 |
ENGLAND 1603-1707
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Silver 6P 1697 England 3RD BUST - LARGE CROWNS BULL-1233 ESC-1566
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NGC MS 63
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Great Britain 6 Pence 1697 NGC MS63. Slightly weak on the central reverse, as often seen.
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| Ireland 1805 George III Bank Token 10 Pence |
IRELAND 1603-1823
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Silver 10P 1805 BANK OF TOKEN COINAGE KM Tn3
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NGC MS 63
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Ireland George III Bank Token of 10 Pence 1805 MS63 NGC, KM-Tn3. An illustrious example with golden highlights upon gray surfaces coupled with outstanding underlying luster. Nicer in-hand.
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| Great Britain Shilling 1773 SSC |
GREAT BRITAIN 1707-1815
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Silver 1S 1723 SSC G.britain 1ST BUST ESC-1176
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NGC MS 64
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Great Britain Shilling 1723 SSC, NGC MS64 and could grade 65. Shock white with a good number of die polishing lines and a solid strike.
ESC-1176
NGC: 31/64, 5/65, 2/66
PCGS: 20/64, 3/64+, 5/65
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| Great Britain Half Crown 1689 |
ENGLAND 1603-1707
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Silver 1/2C 1689 England BULL-826 ESC-503 WILLIAM & MARY ESC-503
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NGC VF 30
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Great Britain Half Crown 1689 ESC-503 NGC VF30. Somewhat dark original toning with nice even strike. Three noticeable scratches to the left of the shield on the reverse. Nice portraits of William & Mary.
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| Great Britain 2 Pence (Maundy) 1897 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 2P 1897 G.britain MAUNDY KM776
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NGC MS 68
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Great Britain 2 Pence (Maundy) 1897 NGC MS68
NGC 2/68 None higher.
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| Great Britain 6 Pence 1817 |
GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
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Silver 6P 1817 G.britain KM 665
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PCGS MS 64
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Great Britain 6 Pence 1817 PCGS MS64. Ex. John J. Pittman Collection
Medium natural toning on a well-struck coin.
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| Great Britain 6 Pence 1820 |
GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
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Silver 6P 1820 G.britain KM 665
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NGC MS 63
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Great Britain 6 Pence 1820, NGC MS63 with nice eye appeal.
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| Great Britain Shilling 1820 |
GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
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Silver 1S 1820 G.britain KM 666
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PCGS MS 64
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Great Britain Shilling 1820, PCGS MS64. A beautiful example with attractive toning.
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| Great Britain 1/4 Pence 1890 |
GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
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Copper 1/4P 1890 G.britain KM 753
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NGC MS 65 BN
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Great Britain 1/4 Pence 1890, NGC MS65BN. A nice solid example.
(Note to self: Check for C by the lighthouse)
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| Great Britain 1 Pence (Maundy) 1904 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 1P 1904 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 65
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Great Britain 1 Pence (Maundy) 1904 NGC MS65 (From original set)
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| Great Britain 2 Pence (Maundy) 1904 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 2P 1904 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 66
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Great Britain 2 Pence (Maundy) 1904 NGC MS66 (From original set)
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| Great Britain 3 Pence (Maundy) 1904 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 3P 1904 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 65
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Great Britain 3 Pence (Maundy) 1904, NGC MS65 (From original set)
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| Great Britain 4 Pence (Maundy) 1904 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 4P 1904 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 64
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Great Britain 4 Pence (Maundy) 1904, NGC MS64 (From original set). (Could MS65 with some light conservation).
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| Great Britain 1 Pence (Maundy) 1853 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 1P 1853 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 65
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Great Britain 1 Pence (Maundy) 1853, NGC MS65 with lovely toning. (From original set)
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| Great Britain 2 Pence (Maundy) 1853 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 2P 1853 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 66
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Great Britain 2 Pence (Maundy) 1853, NGC MS66 with lovely toning. (From original set)
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| Great Britain 3 Pence (Maundy) 1853 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 3P 1853 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 66
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Great Britain 3 Pence (Maundy) 1853, NGC MS66 with lovely toning. (From original set)
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| Great Britain 4 Pence (Maundy) 1853 |
GREAT BRITAIN - MAUNDY
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Silver 4P 1853 G.britain MAUNDY
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NGC MS 65
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Great Britain 4 Pence (Maundy) 1853, NGC MS65 with lovely toning. (From original set)
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| Roman Empire Constantinian circa AD 330-340 |
ANCIENT - ROMAN EMPIRE (1st CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ROMAN EMPIRE Constantinian cAD 330-340
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AE3/4 (BI Nummus) AD 330-340 RIC 257 Roma/she-wolf & twins Lugdunum
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NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
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Roman Empire Constantinian circa AD 330-340. Roma Commemorative (AD 330-340). AE 3/4 or nummus (2.89 gm). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5. Lugdunum. Struck under Constantine I. AD 332. Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left / She-wolf left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; above, two stars. RIC 257. Probably as good as you will ever find one of these.
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| Isle of Man Half Penny 1786 Engrailed Edge |
ISLE OF MAN 1709-1860
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Copper 1/2P 1786 Is.of Man ENGRAILED EDGE KM 8
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NGC MS 65 BN
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Isle of Man Half Penny 1786 Engrailed Edge NGC MS65BN. Nice looking coin with a decent strike with a tiny amount of red surrounding the obverse lettering. KM 8 Prid-31
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| Isle of Man 1 Penny 1786 |
ISLE OF MAN 1709-1860
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Copper PENNY 1786 Is.of Man ENGRAILED EDGE
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NGC XF 45 BN
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Isle of Man 1 Penny 1786 NGC XF45. Ideal milk chocolate copper. Choice for grade. Unable to view edge.
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| Isle of Man Penny 1758 |
ISLE OF MAN 1709-1860
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Copper PENNY 1758 Is.of Man COPPER KM 7
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PCGS MS 63 Brown
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Isle of Man Penny 1758 PCGS MS63BN. Smooth chocolate brown.
KM 7
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| France 1/12 Ecu 1659I |
FRANCE - PART 2
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Silver 1/12E 1659I MATURE BUST KM 166.4
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NGC AU 55
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France 1/12 Ecu 1659I, NGC AU55 with some nice peripheral toning.
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| France Half Ecu 1653D |
FRANCE - PART 2
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Silver 1/2E 1653D
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NGC VF 20
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France Half Ecu 1653 D, NGC VF20
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| France Ecu 1650 K |
FRANCE - PART 2
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Silver ECU 1650K K DAV-3799 DAV-3799
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NGC VF 35
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France Ecu 1650 K, NGC VF35.
Dav-3799; KM-155.9; Gad-202.
Bordeaux Mint. Louis XIV.
Top Pop at NGC. One other graded VF30 exists.
PCGS: 1/62, 1/63.
Photos to come soon.
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| Canada 1813 Nova Scotia Penny Token |
CANADA - TOKENS Nova Scotia
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Copper PENNY 1813 NOVA SCOTIA - NS-20A4 Charlton #: NS20A4
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NGC MS 63 BN
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Canada 1813 Nova Scotia Penny Token Breton-962, Charlton-NS20A4 (Small Letters - Rare). Glossy brown surfaces.
"Trade & Navigation" Penny Token
NGC MS63BN - the second finest brown graded by NGC/PCGS. One higher in NGC MS64BN Also one in NGC MS63RB
Engraver: Thomas Halliday
Die axis: ↑↑
Weight: 20 grams
Diameter: 33.5 mm
Edge: Engrailed
Breton #: 962
Charlton #: NS20A4
McLachlan #: 563
Courteau #: 11
Sandham #: 50
Haxby-Willey #: 26
Batty #: 1728-1731
Da #: 44
Willey #: 307
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| Azores 120 Reis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on Spanish 1794-S 1 Real Of Charles IIII |
AZORES
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Silver 120R (1887) Azores "GP" C/S ON SPANISH REAL KM 24.1 1794S CN C/S: XF STANDARD
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NGC VF 35
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Azores 120 Reis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on Spanish 1794-S CN (Sevilla Mint) 1 Real Of Charles IIII
NGC VF35, C/S XF Standard
KM 24.1
Some notable die clashing on obverse.
These smaller denominations seem tougher to find than the larger ones.
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| Azores 300 Reis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1751 Brazil 320 Reis of Jose I |
AZORES
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Silver 300R (1887) Azores "GP" C/S ON BRAZIL 320R Gomes-24.12 1751R C/S: AU STANDARD
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NGC VF 30
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Azores 300 Reis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1751 Brazil 320 Reis of Jose I
KM-not listed; Gomes-24.12. Crowned G.P. countermark within incuse circle. Issued by decree o 31 March 1887. On 1751 Brazil 320 Reis of Jose I. The host coin is charmingly toned with moderate, even wear. The countermark is fairly well centered on the obverse and reasonably well punched.
Only two graded by NGC, both VF30.
Also a handful of others punched on various other coins.
PCGS has one coin graded countermarked on a British florin in XF45, and another countermarked on a Portuguese 1763 200 Reis graded VF25.
It seems that all of these (1887) countermarked coins are scare to extremely rare.
Decree of March 31, 1887
The second decree ordained that all foreign silver and copper coinage circulating in the Azores was to be countermarked with a crowned G.P. (Govern now Portuguese) within a circle. These were eventually to be replaced or exchanged by the current Portuguese coinage upon their entry into the public treasury. This countermark for general use is found on a variety of Portuguese, Brazilian, and foreign issues.
This countermark has been heavily counterfeited and should be approached with caution.
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| Azores 300 Réis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1800 R Brazil 320 Réis of Jose I |
AZORES
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Silver 300R (1887) Azores "GP" C/S ON BRAZIL 320R
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NGC XF 40
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Azores 300 Reis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1800 R Brazil 320 Reis of Jose I
NGC XF40 with strong uncirculated countermark.
It seems that all of these (1887) countermarked coins are scare to extremely rare.
Decree of March 31, 1887
The second decree ordained that all foreign silver and copper coinage circulating in the Azores was to be countermarked with a crowned G.P. (Govern now Portuguese) within a circle. These were eventually to be replaced or exchanged by the current Portuguese coinage upon their entry into the public treasury. This countermark for general use is found on a variety of Portuguese, Brazilian, and foreign issues.
This countermark has been heavily counterfeited and should be approached with caution.
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| Azores 600 Réis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1812 Portugual 400 Réis |
AZORES
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Silver 600R (1887) Azores "GP" C/S ON PORTUGAL 400R KM 26.2 1812 C/S: AU WEAK
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NGC XF 45
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Azores 600 Réis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1812 Portugual 400 Réis , Weak Countermark.
NGC XF45, Countermark, Almost Uncirculated/weak. (But fully formed)
KM 26.2
It seems that all of these (1887) countermarked coins are scare to extremely rare.
Decree of March 31, 1887
The second decree ordained that all foreign silver and copper coinage circulating in the Azores was to be countermarked with a crowned G.P. (Govern now Portuguese) within a circle. These were eventually to be replaced or exchanged by the current Portuguese coinage upon their entry into the public treasury. This countermark for general use is found on a variety of Portuguese, Brazilian, and foreign issues.
This countermark has been heavily counterfeited and should be approached with caution.
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| Azores 1200 Réis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1815 R Brazil 960 Réis of Jose I |
AZORES
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Silver 1200R (1887) 29.2 Azores "GP" C/S ON BRAZIL 960R KM 29.2 1815R C/S: AU STANDARD
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NGC XF 45
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Azores 1200 Réis (1887) Luis I, Crowned G.P. countermark on 1815 R Brazil 960 Réis of Jose I
NGC XF45 with standard almost uncirculated countermark.
This host coin appears to be struck over another 1813 dated coin. which can be seen around 10:00 - 11:00 on the obverse.
NGC did not notice this, and there for document this in any way. But it is clear that there is an under-type of some kind.
It seems that all of these (1887) countermarked coins are scare to extremely rare.
Decree of March 31, 1887
The second decree ordained that all foreign silver and copper coinage circulating in the Azores was to be countermarked with a crowned G.P. (Govern now Portuguese) within a circle. These were eventually to be replaced or exchanged by the current Portuguese coinage upon their entry into the public treasury. This countermark for general use is found on a variety of Portuguese, Brazilian, and foreign issues.
This countermark has been heavily counterfeited and should be approached with caution.
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| (ND) San Luis Obispo, CA German Bakery Soda Token (Berkemeyer) |
United States
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Aluminum 1 SODA NO DATE K-24 GERMAN BAKERY-BERKEMEYER SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
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NGC TOKEN MS 60
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(ND) San Luis Obispo, CA German Bakery Soda Token (Berkemeyer)
A cool little aluminum California token. No date, but 20th century, soda token good for 1 glass of 5 cents soda for the San Luis Obispo, CA German Bakery Berkemeyer. Reportedly rare but not sure I believe it. NGC MS60. Overall a fun little token.
NGC doesn't show the population for these for some reason (quite frustrating), but I have seen another MS60, MS61, and MS62 graded by NGC.
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| Hawaii Love's Biscuit & Bread Co. Token |
United States
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Aluminum AL HAWAII 2TB-15 LOVE'S BISCUIT & BREAD CO GOOD FOR 6C Medcalf 2TB-15
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NGC MS 63
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Hawaii Love's Biscuit & Bread Co. Token; Medcalf 2TB-15, aluminum, Good for 6 Cents
26 mm
NGC MS63 (sole finest graded)
Love's History per Peter T Young February 6, 2020
“The American missionaries of 1820 appear to have been the first to bake bread in Hawaii. Flour which they had brought with them around the Horn, and that which replenished their supplies at irregular intervals, was invariably caked solid so that the barrels had to be sawed apart into blocks for distribution to various mission families.”
“The flour was then pounded into a powder and sifted to eliminate the inevitable weevils. The stone cook house which adjoins the old mission house in Honolulu still stands as a reminder of primitive cooking and baking.” (Love’s)
Then came Robert Love, a baker and a native of Glasgow, Scotland, who arrived in the Islands and his wife and family on June 19, 1851.
Less than a month later, on July 12, 1851, the Ministry of the Interior issued Robert Love a retail store license permitting him to operate a bakery and sell its products. In 1853 Robert Love purchased property on Nuʻuanu and Pauahi Streets and opened the first Love’s bakery there.
During the 1850s, the principal income of the bakers of Honolulu – including Love’s Bakery – came from re-baking ships’ bread which had become unfit for use during long voyages, and from re-provisioning ships’ stores with hard biscuits known as hardtack, pilot bread or navy bread.
A decade later, Love developed the Saloon Pilot cracker by adding shortening to the hardtack recipe. And, as the name suggests, this new delicacy could be served in the captain’s mess. It remains a crowd favorite.
Robert died July 11, 1858; sons Robert Love Jr. and James Love were the administrators of the Estate of Robert Love. The family continued to run the business, with Robert Jr, following his father’s training, taking the lead. (Robert Jr also served on the Fire Department’s Engine Company No. 2.) William died on December 12, 1878 and the remaining brothers split his share in the company.
James retired from the business and sold his interest to his brother in 1883. Robert Jr. died later that year and his wife, Fanny, took over responsibilities of the bakery and their eldest son, James Henry, was working and learning the business, occasionally under the name Fanny Love’s Bakery.
August 23, 1884, fire destroyed the bakery and by the end of the year it was “restored in handsome, substantial form … brick building.” (Daily Bulletin, February 5, 1885)
Tragedy nearly struck again in 1886. The Chinatown Fire of that year started just down the road from them on the corner of Hotel Street and Smith’s Lane. While the 1886 blaze destroyed eight blocks of Chinatown, their property was saved.
“A vacant lot between this (burning buildings) and the bakery proved a valuable neighbor to that establishment, the bakery suffering but little damage, being at work again next morning.” (Daily Bulletin, April 30, 1886) It was spared in the 1900 bubonic plague Chinatown fires, as well.
In 1900, Love’s purchased L Andrade Bakery. After the turn of the century, the operation was organized under a corporation, Robert Love Estate, Limited, and the family continued to run the business known as “Love’s Bakery.”
Since 1915, the company was known as “Love’s Biscuit and Bread Company” (which became its legal name in 1941.)
On March 19, 1924, Love’s built a new bakery in the Iwilei district, on what was known as the Oʻahu Prison property. The formal opening of the new bread-making plant was held on March 19. While the original Nuʻuanu site continued to produce all types of baked goods, the new Iwilei plant produced only bread and rolls.
When Robert Love founded his bakery in 1851, commercial yeast was unknown. In fact, the manufacture of yeast in the United States on a commercial scale did not occur until nearly twenty years later. Love’s Bakery, alert to the newest and best developments in the baking industry, was an early user of commercial yeast and in October of 1926, Fleischmann’s Yeast selected Love’s as their Honolulu representative. (Love’s)
In 1929 the decision was made to concentrate the company’s entire efforts on the wholesale business and three years later all operations were consolidated at the Iwilei plant (January 28, 1932.)
In July, 1943 the company opened a new plant at 836 Kapahulu Avenue. (This is now the site of the Kapahulu Shopping Center – anchored by Safeway.) Their 144-foot-long oven baked bread at the rate of more than 8,000-loaves an hour.
In 1968, the company was purchased by ITT Continental Baking Company. In 1981 Love’s Bakery was purchased again, this time by First Baking Co., Ltd. of Japan and the company’s name became Daiichiya-Love’s Bakery.
In 1990 the bakery moved from its Kapahulu site to its present site on Middle Street. And in 2008 ownership of the bakery returned home to Hawaiʻi when local management purchased the company from First Baking Co – the name changed back to Love’s Bakery.
Loves Bakery produces 206 varieties of bread, 70 varieties of buns and rolls, and 14 varieties of cakes; the company’s brands include Love’s and Roman Meal.
Love’s distributes about 400,000 loaves of bread each week; Bread brands include Love’s, Roman Meal and Country Hearth; Pastry brands include Little Debbies, Mrs. Freshleys, Mary Ann’s Danishes, Bon Appetit, Cloverhill Snack Cakes, Bubba’s Bagels and Bubba’s English Muffins.
Love’s sends about 36,000 pounds of bread products daily to the Neighbor Islands, which represents about 40 percent of the company’s business.
Love’s also has seven thrift store outlets throughout the islands. For more than 160 years, generations of Hawaii families have loved Love’s baked fresh in Hawaii products.
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| Hawaii Kahului Railroad Company Cross Cut Token, 23 mm |
United States
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Nickel GS HAWAII 2TT-9 KAHULUI RAILROAD CO. CROSS CUT, 23mm 2TT-9 GS
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NGC MS 67
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Hawaii Kahului Railroad Company Cross Cut Token, 23 mm, nickel.
"Good For One Fare" (used on bus).
Medcalf - 2TT-9 GS
Circa 1935
NGC MS67 (six this high with one higher at MS68) - (1/19/2023)
The Kahului Railroad (KHRR) was formerly a common carrier railway company in Hawaii. It operated on 3 ft narrow gauge track 15 miles in length from Wailuku to Kuiaha on the north coast of the island of Maui. The company continues today as Kahului Trucking & Storage. It continues to be a subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin.
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| Hawaii Territory - Lunch Token |
United States
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Aluminum AL HAWAII 2TL-14 DEPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION LUNCH TOKEN, 24mm Medcalf 2TL-14
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NGC MS 64
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Hawaii Territory Department of Public Instruction - Lunch Token
Medcalf 2TL-14
NGC MS64
Used during territorial, pre-statehood days, cira 1910. Very scarce Hawaii Territorial Token.
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| Hawaii Territory - Cafeteria Bonus Token |
United States
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Aluminum AL HAWAII 2TL-15 DEPT. OF PUBLIC INST. CAFETERIA BONUS TOKEN Medcalf 2TL-15
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NGC MS 63
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Hawaii Territory Department of Public Instruction - Cafeteria Bonus Token
Medcalf 2TL-15
NGC MS63
Used during territorial, pre-statehood days, cira 1910. Very scarce Hawaii Territorial Token.
19 × 19 mm
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| New Modern Dairy Dairy Token Good For 1 Quart of Milk |
United States
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Brass MILK (1930-58)1QT A-PAST NEW MODERN DAIRY GLOBE, ARIZONA
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NGC TOKEN MS 64
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New Modern Dairy Dairy Token Good For 1 Quart of A. Pasteurized Milk, from Globe, Arizona
Circa - 1930-58
Cute heart shaped center hole punch, pentagon, 25 mm
R3 - Common
NGC MS64
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| Gold Seal Dairies Dairy Token Good For 1 Quart of Milk |
United States
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Aluminum 1 QT (1929-31) GOOD FOR GOLD SEAL DAIRIES PHOENIX, ARIZONA
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NGC TOKEN MS 65
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Gold Seal Dairies Dairy Token Good For 1 Quart of Milk from Phoenix, Arizona.
Circa 1929-31
4 scalloped shape, round center hole.
R4 - Common
Nice gem piece graded NGC MS65.
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| (1931-48) Tucson, AZ Shamrock Dairy GF 1/2 Pint Cream Token AL 25 mm |
United States
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Aluminum 1/2PT (C1931-48) GOOD FOR SHAMROCK DAIRY-TABLECREAM PHOENIX, ARIZONA
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NGC TOKEN MS 65
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(1931-48) Tucson AZ / Shamrock Dairy GF 1/2 Pint Table Cream Token AL 25 mm NGC MS65
Obverse / SHAMROCK DAIRY / PHONE 2542
Reverse / HALF PINT / TABLE CREAM (Cut Out: Shamrock)
NGC label says Phoenix, but all Shamrock Dairy tokens are listed on the TC as Tucson.
The Dairy issued these tokens from around 1931 until 1948.
In the olden days, milk and dairy products were actually delivered to your doorstep each morning. Rather than leave cash on the porch, people would buy these tokens from their "Milkman" and leave them in the empty bottles. They told the "Milkman" what to deliver when he came.
From Shamrock's website:
When the company was founded in 1922, it was known as Shamrock Dairy. Shamrock Dairy began in Tucson with only 20 cows and a Model T delivery truck.
The processing plant for the dairy products is actually located in Phoenix.
In 2003, Shamrock moved the farm to Stanfield, Arizona. Stanfield is in Pinal County, west of Casa Grande.
Listed on the TC #549335
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| Fontana Jersey Dairy Dairy Token Good for 1 Quart of Milk |
United States
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Aluminum MILK GOOD FOR 1 QUART FONTANA JERSEY DAIRY FONTANA, CA.
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NGC TOKEN MS 60
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Fontana Jersey Dairy Dairy Token Good for 1 Quart of Milk from Fontana, California.
8 scalloped shape, 29mm, Coin Turn
Rare
NGC MS60 (slightly better)
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| Fontana Jersey Dairy Dairy Token Good For 1 Pint of Milk |
United States
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Aluminum 1 PINT FONTANA, CA. GOOD FOR FONTANA JERSEY DAIRY
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NCS UNC Details
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Fontana Jersey Dairy Dairy Token Good for 1 Pint of Milk from Fontana, California.
Hexagon shape, 27mm, Coin Turn
Rare
NCS Unc Details, Environmental Damage
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