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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: AUGUST 22, 2021Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor 
17TH CENTURY SUFFOLK FARTHING, BURY ST EDMUNDS, THOMAS BULL, A WAGON 17thCentury Token, Suffolk,Bury St Edmunds, Thomas Bull, Farthing, undated, a wagon left, legend surrounding, *THOMAS* BVLL* IN*, rev. T*B at centre, pierced cinquefoil above and below, legend and beaded border surrounding, * ST EDMONDS. BVREY*, weight 0.71g (Norweb 2466; Boyne 35; B.W. 44). Some porosity, good fine with a clear wagon. Boyne notes Thomas Bull was Churchwarden of St James Parish in 1673.
Provenance:
A crude early token from the stock of Sovereign Rarities Ltd. -Editor
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U.S. $20 Double Eagle Spiel Mark Counter, Brass Countermarked "H. L. Dickinson" Large host coin. Very unusual c/s host coin type, possibly unique. The coin appears to have circulated.
Issuer: H. L. Dickinson
I used to collect U.S. merchant counterstamps by the undertype, assembling a nice little type set of coins. While counterstamps are found on all sorts of U.S. coins, circulating foreign coins, and even some tokens, I've never seen a counterstamped spiel mark (game counter). Found in the eBay listings of Bob Merchant. -Editor
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"1846" (1861) Bache Coast Survey Life Saving Medal. By Franklin Peale. Julian LS-4. Bronze. Proof-63 BN (NGC). 34 mm. Provenance: Ex Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society; Heritage's Long Beach Tokens & Medals Signature Auction of June 2016, lot 98629. The plainest medal I've ever seen. Such tiny lettering! From a Stack's Bowers August 31st sale. -Editor
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1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Official Medal. HK-274. Rarity-4. Brass. MS-63 (PCGS). 33 mm. From the August 31st Stack's Bowers offerings. Another very plain reverse, but a nice obverse view of the Mint. -Editor
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Engraver Ron Landis is well-known to collectors for his work reproducing early American coins and teaching people about early minting techniques in his work with the Gallery Mint. He is renowned for his carved coins as well, such as this interpretation of It is based on the painting Ye Olde Mint by Edwin Lamasure, and the Landis carving is a faithful representation of the early Philadelphia Mint, with the number of the engraving, the artist's initials and the date of the engraving noted on the piece. This great item from the collection of Len Augsburger was recently sold by Stack's Bowers. Great parallel to the Tennessee Expo piece. From a Coin World article by Steve Roach. -Editor
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