11 / 169
9
H
19th Century Merchant Tokens
457. Copper. R&B Unc. National Union League Die. Only 15
struck in Copper. (F-G)
26.
CHARLES K. WARNER, PHILADELPHIA
.
PaPh 457A;
Fuld NC 28d. CN. Lustrous Unc. (F-G)
27.
717. HMG, PHILADELPHIA.
Brunk G-11. HMG/ PHILA
c/s from prepared punches on a Good 1838 large cent. Rulau
reports that a similar specimen brought $143.00 in Kirtley’s
sale of December 1997. (F)
TEXAS
28.
Tx-By-3. J. L. BARNES SALOON, BRYAN, TX
. . Brunk
B-302. This rare c/s is stamped on a cleaned 1855-O arrows
half dollar in G/VG condition. Most popular – we note several
auction sales by Heritage on 2007 in the $900.00 range.
NON LOCAL
29.
MILLER HOUSE
. MV 213; Brunk M-665; c/s from a
prepared punch on the obverse of a VG 1877 seated quarter.
Rulau notes that both Cohoes, NY and Ironton, OH both had
Miller Houses in 1881. An example on a VG 1876 quarter
brought $241.50 in our 2014 Auction Eighty-Four.
30.
UNLISTED VARIETY OF RICHARDSON’S BATTERY.
Type of MAV 117 & Storer
5784 But struck in 52mm. Very Fine.
A white metal band surrounds a brass ring encasing copper,
lead & brass discs surrounding a lead heart at center. The
obverse of the heart bears an incused inscription: MAGNETO
GALVANIC around RICHARDSON’S/ BATTERY. The heart
on the reverse is incused with PAT. IN U.S. A. FEB. 9, 1881,
around IN CANADA/ FEB.9/ 1881.
The Richardson, Boyd and other similar Galvanic Batteries
supposedly worked by “galvanic action” due to the “union of
metals.” Whereas in a common battery the effect is facilitated by
an acid, These device needed only “the natural humidity of the
skin” to cause a beneficial flow of electricity. This was sufficient
to cure nearly any disease by producing “a proper proportion of
electricity” in the blood—or so “Professor” Boyd claimed. The
Boyd Battery is the most common of the type. The Richardson
batteries are all rare and this unlisted variation is the first that has
come to our attention. It is not mentioned in this size by either
Storer or Rulau. (G)
Lot 27
Lot 28
Lot 29
Lot 30
CIVILWAR
STORECARD TOKENS
ILLINOIS
31.
150A-1b. BAIERELE’S SALOON, CHICAGO.
R9. Very
Fine. The Third Edition terms this tiny 14mm token “One of
the keys in he Illinois series” ($1800-2200)
KENTUCKY
32.
510G-1b. A. HUBER, LOUISVILLE.
R9. VF/XF with some
light scattered obverse tarnish. Virtually no information at
all is known about A. Huber. The attribution to Louisville is
apparently based upon the fact that the obverse is paired with
reverse die #1431 showing that it was made by the H. Miller