Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Civil War Storecard TokensMt. Holly Paper Co. token. Issued in this year when Cogan was stillin business in Philadelphia. From our 1994 Ganter Sale, #34. Whereit brought $181.50. (G)RHODE ISLANDLot 24Lot 2121. 367A. MORGAN & ORR, PHILADELPHIA – RARE BI-LINGUAL TOKEN, 1855. HK-Unlisted. 34mm. Brass. LustrousUncirculated. Obverse: MADE BY MORGAN . & . ORR . PHILA.1855 around FOR THE/ REPUBLIC/ OF/ PERU. The reversecontains a similarly worded inscription in Spanish: HECHO POREL GOBIERNO PERUNANA around EN/ PHILA/ DELPHIA/ANO/ 1855.The company was a manufacturer of coining presses and obviouslysold one to the Peruvian Mint. This token is similar in nature to HK1003 which commemorates the building of a coining press for theU.S. Mint at San Francisco. (G-H)22. ROCKHILL & WILSON MIRROR CARD, PHILA.37.8mm. Embossed brass shell with mirror reverse. Extremely Fine.Obverse: ROCKWELL & WILSON/ TAILORS &./ CLOTHIERS/MEN AND BOYS WEAR/ NO. 603 & 605/ CHESTNUT ST,/PHILADELPHIA. This firm also issued a similar shellcard tokenwith an 1867 $20 gold obverse. (F)24. EZEKIEL BURR, PROVIDENCE. (?) Brunk B-30. Rulau –Unlisted. Counterstamp EB in a small cartouche on Liberty’s cap.The 1835 half dollar host coin is in VG condition. At one time, thisc/s was thought to be that of Ephraim Brasher (of doubloon fame.)However, that was mostly hopeful thinking. Today, the consensus isthat it is the mark of Ezekiel Burr, a silversmith from Providence,RI. He plied his trade there from about 1792 until 1825, when hebecame a grocer.It is reported that his young son continued the family jewelrybusiness and if, indeed this is the Burr hallmark, then it would havehad to come from the period when Ezekiel was no longer active inthe business.We say “if” because we have been unable to find an authenticatedEzekiel Burr hallmark that looks like this one. We did discover asimilar EB hallmark accepted as being from Burr, but the EB wasin script rather than in block letters and was in an oval cartoucheinstead of a rectangular one. Nonetheless, the example with blockletters from Stacks 2010 sale of the Anthony Terranova Collection(ex-Brunk) on an 1819 50¢ brought $1150.00.CIVIL WAR STORECARD TOKENSINDIANALot 2323. 500. GRANVILLE STOKES ATLANTIC CABLE RELICTOKEN. 21.6mm. White Metal. VF/XF. G. STOKES. FINE/CLOTHING/ 607/ CHESTNUT ST. PHILA. struck on a crosssection of the Atlantic Cable.According to Rulau, “Granville Stokes purchased a portion of thefirst Atlantic cable, cut off quarter inches in thickness and had asuitable die made for striking one side, the other side showing thearrangement of the wires. The first cable was laid, unsuccessfully,in 1858.” Rulau states that only 4 to 6 are known. From our 2000Auction Sixty Seven, Lot #58, where it brought $231.00. (G-H)25. 500L-1a. J.J. JOYCE, KENDALLVILLE. R5. Extremely Fine.Single merchant town with only one variety. (F)MASSACHUSETTSLot 2626. D. F. WALLER, BOSTON. Schenkman MA 180-W5. 35 x 45mm.Black Hard Rubber. About Uncirculated, but with a series of crosshatched scratches on the reverse (like a tic-tac-toe diagram) abovethe ship and extending through the smoke The obverse depicts arailroad engine with coal & freight car inscribed COL DE WITTon the engine. D. F. WALLER above; CONDUCTOR below. Thereverse bears a side wheeler steamboat at center, BOSTON & NEW9H