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Medical Hub (Hobb) Collection (112128)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Medical Hub (Hobb) Collection  (112128)
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70.00USD+ (17.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Feb 17 @ 08:02UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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A massive (literally!) collection of approximately 168 steel hubs (a.k.a. hobbs) used for producing medical insignia, tokens, and medals. Includes 13 hobbs incorporating a caduceus symbol; 81 general medical dies (some with the caduceus symbol also); 30 with hospital insignia; 17 dental-specific hubs; and 27 nursing-related hubs. A hub (or hobb) is a piece of hardened tool steel into which has been pressed or cut a positive-reading design that will be made into a coin, medal, or piece of jewelry. The hub is pressed into a piece of dead soft tool steel to make a negative die which is hardened by heat and then used strike a piece of soft brass, gold, or silver to make the finished item. These were made by a professional die engraver in the Seattle area in the twentieth century and are now available as unique collectibles. You can use them as unique decorations or paperweights.

Provenance: The Fred Holabird Collection
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