Rarity of clover-holed tokens
Brainstormer
shape hole was,
but I thought it might be a common pattern.
But when I did a search, I didn't find too many, so just checking
here.
Here is my example:
http://www.paramind.net/ebay/Token_Board_of_Trade_Nome_1.jpg
Do you see many of these patterns around?
Thanks for any help.
Robert
Jon Purkey
Was it made that way or was the hole punched later?
I have a penny (1993 I think), received as a gift, with a clover
shaped punched out. It was sold as a good luck piece.
Roger Hunt
<room32...@verizon.net> writes
I wonder if anyone has assembled a collection of tragically defaced
rarities? (Pieces possibly obtained for little money)
--
Roger Hunt
Mike Marotta
> ... I didn't know what the scarcity of the clover shape hole was,
The clover is one of several standard punches. I do not know Alaskan
tokens, but I placed an educational exhibit on coal mine tokens.
Tokens could be made this way at the factory or punched later. The
point was to have a control. With coal mines, there could be
different towns and even if the stores were owned by the same company,
the tokens would not be good in different towns.
The standard reference is ALASKA TOKENS by Ronald J. Benice (Lake
Mary: Token and Medal Society, 1994). Your local librarian may be
able to get it via ILL (inter-library loan) from a consortium.
According to the state of Alaska's government website (featuring Sarah
Palin), there is an active token collecting club.
"Richard (Dick) Hanscom is originally from Newburyport, Mass. and a
graduate of the University of Maine at Orono. He and his wife Janice
were married in 1974 and arrived in Fairbanks that same year. A
professional numismatist since 1976, he is currently a partner in
Alaska Rare Coins in Fairbanks. He has published the newsletter
"Alaskan Token Collector & Polar Numismatist" since 1979, for which he
received a special award from the Alaska Historical Society in 2000.
He is the author of the book "Alaska & Yukon Stocks and Bonds,"
published in 2002. Alaska has a rich numismatic (coins, currency,
tokens, medals, stocks and bonds) history. It is his hope that the
Alaska state quarter will be a significant addition to that legacy."
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/alaska_coin_commission_members.htm
Down here in the Lower 48, Kaye Dethridge and his wife maintain this
website:
http://www.alaskatokens.com/
According to Virtual Tourist:
"Of the half dozen or so bars in Nome, the Board of Trade Saloon is
the oldest. When It opened, in 1900, a reviewer described the
"handsome fixtures, as rich looking as though they had been the work
of artists."
(Doubleclick on the image and it blows up to a nice snapshot of the
Saloon.)
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Alaska/Nome-739354/Nightlife-Nome-BR-1.html
Learn a bit more here:
MacBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon
http://www.macbridemuseum.com/collection/imageDisp.php?pageNum_Recordset1=182
Mike M.
Michael E. Marotta
"Token -- but not inhalin'
Votin' for Sarah Palin
in 20-12,"
Brainstormer
>
> Learn a bit more here:
>
> Mike M.
> Michael E. Marotta
> "Token -- but not inhalin'
> Votin' for Sarah Palin
> in 20-12,"
Thanks for the great links.
After all the wonderful scholarly information, I always feel so greedy
when I still am wondering, "I wonder what it is worth." =)
Of course, how can one put a price on historical objects (good ad
copy).
And, how does one ever ask that question without feeling like the
world
record limbo champ.
Robert
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