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Isn't that about halfpenny size? Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: mario To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??
HI JOHN; I BELIEVE IT WAS ROUGHLY 29mm,.... MARIO ----- Original Message ----- From: John Lorenzo To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:36 AM Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??
Mario - What was the size in mm of the Blacksmith Penny in Taylor????
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "mario" <mariobyrge@c...> wrote: > RAY; > YES, SWEDEN TRADED IN BARS. SOME TOWNS IN IRELAND ADAPTED A "BARTER" IN TOKEN,.......SLAP TOKENS IS ONE OF THE MEANS. HOWEVER, THIS COIN IS NOT A SLAP TOKEN,..........IT MORE THAN LIKELY WAS A "LOCAL" TOKEN AND NOT HONORED IN TRADE THROUGHOUT ALL OF IRELAND. ALSO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, IRELAND WAS DIVIDED IN POLITICAL CONTROL. I WOULD GUESS THAT THIS TOKEN OR COIN,..EVER HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, WAS SPARCELY PRODUCED WITHIN A LOCAL AREA,........MOST LIKELY IN NORTHERN IRELAND,......... > MARIO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Williams > To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this?? > > > I was not aware of any copper coinage that traded in commerce by weight. (Except those hugh Sweedish bars) > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: mario > To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this?? > > > I PLACED A BID ON THAT CONTEMPORARY COUNTERFEIT,.......IT APPEARS THAT THE LEGEND MAYBE "RUNIC" INWHICH IT WOULD BE IRISH. I REFERENCED THAT COIN AGAINST "IRISH SLAP TOKENS" AND CAME UP WITH NOTHING IN THAT DESIGN STAGE AT ALL. TO ME, IT APPEARS TO BE A "BARTER" TOKEN THAT WOULD CARRY THE VALUE BY THE WEIGHT OF THE COPPER,......OFTEN, THEY WERE ISSUED DURING A DEPRESSION OR ECONOMIC CALAPSE. > I AGREE WITH CLEM, THAT PRICE IS A BARGAIN. WHEN I PLACED MY BID,......I THOUGHT THE VIEWERS WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE WHAT IT IS,..SO I THOUGHT,..........OH WELL,..............ONLY IF WE CAN PREDICT! > MARIO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Byron Weston > To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:04 PM > Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this?? > > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "John M. Kleeberg" > <jmkleeberg@y...> wrote: > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, Steve Frank > > <taxi_steve929@y...> wrote: > > could it have bought more if noticed by more people?? Or did the > two > > high bidders just go real high and the winner got stuck??? anyone > > know??? Thanks. Steve > > > > I don't know about the price, but it may not be totally crazy. I > > know very little about these things, other than that: they are > > Irish, they are rare, they circulated in Ireland in the early > > nineteenth century, they are penny size (as opposed to most > > counterfeits, which are halfpenny size), they are made to look > > crude, there is an example of one in the American Numismatic > Society > > collection (but I can't find it on the database at the moment), and > > there is some article that mentions them in the British Numismatic > > Journal, but I don't know the exact reference. I believe the > > younger group (Vicken, John K. or Eric C.) know more about this > than > > I do - it was from one of them that I learned about the BNJ article. > > > > It's like those crude Irish counterfeit shillings - all I can do > > about those is to say, "Ah, a slap token," in a knowing voice, but > > that's about the extent of my knowledge. > > > > John M. Kleeberg > > An obvious imitation of the 1805-6 Irish designs, John, but it could > have been made in either Ireland or Britain, likely Britain though. > Just an opinion. > Byron > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colonial-coins/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > colonial-coins-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2722.900" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isn't that about halfpenny size?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mariobyrge@comcast.net href="mailto:mariobyrge@comcast.net">mario</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com href="mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:10 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HI JOHN;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I BELIEVE IT WAS ROUGHLY 29mm,.... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MARIO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jlorenzo@ob.ilww.com href="mailto:jlorenzo@ob.ilww.com">John Lorenzo</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com href="mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:36 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Mario - What was the size in mm of the Blacksmith Penny in Taylor????<BR><BR>--- In <A href="mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</A>, "mario" <<A href="mailto:mariobyrge@c">mariobyrge@c</A>...> <BR>wrote:<BR>> RAY;<BR>> YES, SWEDEN TRADED IN BARS. SOME TOWNS IN IRELAND ADAPTED <BR>A "BARTER" IN TOKEN,.......SLAP TOKENS IS ONE OF THE MEANS. HOWEVER, <BR>THIS COIN IS NOT A SLAP TOKEN,..........IT MORE THAN LIKELY WAS <BR>A "LOCAL" TOKEN AND NOT HONORED IN TRADE THROUGHOUT ALL OF IRELAND. <BR>ALSO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, IRELAND WAS DIVIDED IN POLITICAL <BR>CONTROL. I WOULD GUESS THAT THIS TOKEN OR COIN,..EVER HOW YOU WANT TO <BR>LOOK AT IT, WAS SPARCELY PRODUCED WITHIN A LOCAL AREA,........MOST <BR>LIKELY IN NORTHERN IRELAND,.........<BR>> MARIO<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: Ray Williams <BR>> To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <BR>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:29 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I was not aware of any copper coinage that traded in commerce by <BR>weight. (Except those hugh Sweedish bars)<BR>> Ray<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: mario <BR>> To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <BR>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 7:28 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I PLACED A BID ON THAT CONTEMPORARY COUNTERFEIT,.......IT <BR>APPEARS THAT THE LEGEND MAYBE "RUNIC" INWHICH IT WOULD BE IRISH. I <BR>REFERENCED THAT COIN AGAINST "IRISH SLAP TOKENS" AND CAME UP WITH <BR>NOTHING IN THAT DESIGN STAGE AT ALL. TO ME, IT APPEARS TO BE <BR>A "BARTER" TOKEN THAT WOULD CARRY THE VALUE BY THE WEIGHT OF THE <BR>COPPER,......OFTEN, THEY WERE ISSUED DURING A DEPRESSION OR ECONOMIC <BR>CALAPSE.<BR>> I AGREE WITH CLEM, THAT PRICE IS A BARGAIN. WHEN I PLACED MY <BR>BID,......I THOUGHT THE VIEWERS WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE WHAT IT IS,..SO I <BR>THOUGHT,..........OH WELL,..............ONLY IF WE CAN PREDICT!<BR>> MARIO<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: Byron Weston <BR>> To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <BR>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:04 PM<BR>> Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: What is this??<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "John M. Kleeberg" <BR>> <jmkleeberg@y...> wrote:<BR>> > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, Steve Frank <BR>> > <taxi_steve929@y...> wrote:<BR>> > could it have bought more if noticed by more people?? Or <BR>did the <BR>> two <BR>> > high bidders just go real high and the winner got stuck??? <BR>anyone <BR>> > know??? Thanks. Steve<BR>> > <BR>> > I don't know about the price, but it may not be totally <BR>crazy. I <BR>> > know very little about these things, other than that: they <BR>are <BR>> > Irish, they are rare, they circulated in Ireland in the <BR>early <BR>> > nineteenth century, they are penny size (as opposed to most <BR>> > counterfeits, which are halfpenny size), they are made to <BR>look <BR>> > crude, there is an example of one in the American <BR>Numismatic <BR>> Society <BR>> > collection (but I can't find it on the database at the <BR>moment), and <BR>> > there is some article that mentions them in the British <BR>Numismatic <BR>> > Journal, but I don't know the exact reference. I believe <BR>the <BR>> > younger group (Vicken, John K. or Eric C.) know more about <BR>this <BR>> than <BR>> > I do - it was from one of them that I learned about the BNJ <BR>article.<BR>> > <BR>> > It's like those crude Irish counterfeit shillings - all I <BR>can do <BR>> > about those is to say, "Ah, a slap token," in a knowing <BR>voice, but <BR>> > that's about the extent of my knowledge.<BR>> > <BR>> > John M. Kleeberg<BR>> <BR>> An obvious imitation of the 1805-6 Irish designs, John, but <BR>it could <BR>> have been made in either Ireland or Britain, likely Britain <BR>though.<BR>> Just an opinion.<BR>> Byron<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>----------<BR>> Yahoo! Groups Links<BR>> <BR>> a.. To visit your group on the web, go to:<BR>> <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colonial-coins/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colonial-coins/</A><BR>> <BR>> b.. 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