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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 3, 2022Here'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. Dick Grinolds, a real Yankee Doodle Dandy, starts us off with an item with a patriotic theme - just in time for the Fourth of July. -Editor 
Dick writes: "Here's a nice enameled U.S. Centennial Seated 25c lapel stud that just came in. I just put it up on eBay along with a group of interesting coin related pictorials featuring Nellis Tayloe Ross, Moritz Wormser, Howard Newcomb, etc." Nice - thanks. -Editor
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3264 Wax Seal From Jos. H. Merriam, Seal Engraver And General Letter Cutter 18 Brattle Square, Boston; made for J.R. Simms, Dealer In Newspapers, Books, Stationery &c., Fort Plain, N.Y., C.O.D. $5.00. The seal has a wood handle and brass plate engraved with the initials JRS slightly intertwined. It is 3 1/2 in length with a 13/16 brass seal. The attached receipt is virtually complete with just a couple of the embossed letters of the recipient's address missing. The important extra is the handwritten $5.00 C.O.D. notation which gives some insight into pricing of the time. Whether the price is just for the seal or included other items (such as an embosser) is not known.
Joseph Merriam of course is the die sinker of the Harvey Lewis sutler tokens and the classic Civil War Great association item - perfect for display. Also from Dick Grinolds' eBay offerings. -Editor
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Material: silver, probably 800/000, Signature: front with embossed signature 'Salvador Dalí', verso with date and crowned embossed stamp 'Dalí 1978', Depiction: main side with three female nudes, reverse with peace doves and olive branches, inscribed all around with the word 'peace' in various languages, Diameter: 6 cm, Condition: good Many fine artists over the centuries have dabbled in or been commission to make medals. From Auktionshaus Schwab in Mannheim, Germany. -Editor
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Boone Iowa SILVER Masonic Chapter Penny Token, very nice toning. Tuscan Chapter No. 31 R.A.M. Chartered October 17 1867 One Penny with Masonic images on reverse. A nicely toned Masonic chapter penny in silver. From the eBay offerings of Steve Hayden. -Editor
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1860 $5 Con Exchange Bank from Desota, Nebraska. VG. Scarce note. A well-circulated note! The typo in the description is what first caught my eye - "Con Exchange" vs "Corn Exchange". Fascinating connection to the agricultural past. A corn exchange is a building where merchants traded grains. The Corn Exchange Bank of New York merged with Chemical Bank in 1954, taking the name Chemical Corn Exchange Bank and ultimately merging into Chase Manhattan and later becoming JPMorgan Chase. -Editor
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1793 English MONEY England Numismatics COINS Medals Rome Illustrated Economics Stephen Martin Leake was an 18th-century English numismatist known for his studies in English finance. One of his best books was An Historical Account of English Money a treatise on coins from the Roman conquest in Britain to the reign of King James I and merger of Scotland and England. Note the impressive, full-page engravings of coins and medals. Item number: #20011 Price: $599 LEAKE, Stephen An historical account of English money from the conquest to the present time London : Printed for R. Faulder, 1793. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o viii, 428, [3]-8, [20] o 14 engraved plates, plus engraved portrait frontispiece Provenance: Armorial Bookplate / Handwritten John Martin Leake, 1811 o John Martin Leake (1739-1836) was the son of numismatist and author Stephen Leake, as well as Chester Herald and Treasury Comptroller of Army. Motto: PARI ANIMO Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 13.5cm) Looks like a nice item for the numismatic bibliophile. -Editor
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