Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

Unique. Obverse: $1- 1867 (Resembles $1 U.S. Coin) Reverse: First Premium Awarded/At/State Fair/To/Cassin's/California/Grape/Brandy Bitters/3...

Obverse: Stone & Murray's/Circus/Is Coming With/A/Superb Troupe Of/Star/Performers/The/Most Wonderful/In The Universe. Reverse: Stone &...

This is an extremely rare shell card, made into a button. Obverse: $20- 1868D (Res. $20 U.S. Gold PIece) Reverse: B.A. Wise/Importers/Of/Table &am...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Eat/Gunther's/Chicago/Candy And Be/Happy/emb. metal/pincushion side/38mm/"PAT SEP / 5 1876" in tiny ltrs at ...

This Shell Card is unlisted in Bower's Guide to U.S. Shell Cards, 1867-1880. Mirror on obverse. Reverse: Furniture, Carpets/And/Stoves/Messeng...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Embossed metal/Older's Museum Circus & Menagerie/Coming/Lion at center facing right/38mm. Ref. Bower's pg. ...

Obverse: $20- 1870 (Res. $20 U.S. Gold Coin) Reverse: Older's Museum Circus & Menagerie/The Cretan Beauty M'lle Sanyeah Lady Gymnast/Co...

Obverse: Resembles $1 U.S. Silver Dollar, 1867 Reverse: Hall, Dame & Bullock/Jobbers of/Woolens/Shawls, Cloaks/And/Trimmings/153 Devonshire St...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Better than Silver or Gold/The/New Home/Sewing/Machine/160 Tremont St. Boston, Mass/pincushion edge/38mm Shell card attribu

Reverse: Embossed metal. Emulates $1- 1867 Obverse: Mark Goods/People's Dispatch/Deliver in N.Y./Cor. Worth & Hudson/Boston/Western R.R. D...

Listed in Bowers but not illustrated. Obverse: $20 U.S.- 1776 embossed metal. Reverse: L.B. Richardson & Co./Brokers/Office,/108 Central St./L...

Embossed metal obverse: A/Free/Drink/H.B. Gibbud/Springfield, Mass. Embossed metal reverse: Who So Ever/Will/Let Him Take/The/Water of LIfe/Freely/25

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Men's & Boys' Clothing/One Price/P.O.P.C.H/S. Packard & Co./350/Main St./Springfield, Mass./38mm Maker: T...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: White & Conant/Hardware/&/Tools/542 Main St./Franklin Sq./Worchester, Mass./embossed metal/38mm/ pincushion edge. ...

Obverse text: Kalamazoo/College/Picture of College at center. Reverse text: The Children's Professorship/Endowed/1866/24mm tab or loop on top ...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Woolf Bros./Shirt Maker's/Mens/Furnishing/Goods/557/Main St./Kansas City, Mo./38mm/embossed metal/pincushion edge/Pat ...

Unique. Rare. Obverse: Mirror. Reverse: Hart/The /People's/Clothier/Men's & Boys & Childrens/Clothing/Gents/Furnishing Goods/60 Wa...

Potentially unique. Obverse: $20- 1868 (Resembles $20 U.S. Gold Piece), emb. metal. Reverse: The Place to buy Your/Boots and Shoes/Trunks,/Valises

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Embossed metal. F.S. Pease/Manufacturer/of/Oil/Best in the World/Prize Medals/London 1862, Paris 1867, Buffalo, N.Y./Pat. Ju

Mirror with Embossed metal reverse. 1776/July 4- 1876/U.S./Centennial/Exhibition/F.S. Pease/Oil/Buffalo, N.Y./World's Prize Medals/38mm Maker: ...

Obverse: Mirror (cracked) Reverse: Steinfeld/Manufacturing/Retail Clothier/Merchant Tailor/Reliable-Stylish/PerfectFitting/Clothing/At Lowest Prices/

Lot of 2 Shell Cards, B-NY-7924. Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Thea-Nectar/Pure Chinese Tea/Trade Mark/Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co./embossed me...

This is an unlisted variety of Shell Card from Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company of New York. Similar to B-NY-7922, same reverse. Obverse ha...

Unique. Listed by John Reynolds in "Recent Data on Embossed Storecards", TAMS Journal, December, 1978 (Bower's pg. 182). Obverse: $1-...

Embossed metal, silver plated. Obverse: Resembles $1 U.S. Silver Coin, 1867 Reverse: Brinley & Steel's/Hotel & Dining Rooms/Greenwich/...

Obverse: Cooper Union/Check/For Books and/Pamphlets/To Be/Returned/(Over) Reverse: Cooper Union/Reading Room/Exit Ticket/Please Return/At The Door/ (

Obverse: W.C.Coup's/New United Monster Shows/4/Circus Rings/All Going Same Time/Pageantry/An Hour Passing A Given/Point/Tent Covers A Whole/Fair...

Obverse: $1- 1869B (Resembles $1 U.S. Liberty Seated). This is a very rare die, used on 4 different shell cards, according to Bower's (pg.23). ...

Obverse: Property of the French State/Watering/Establishment/ of/Vichy/Sources/Celestins/Grande- Grille Hopital. Embossed metal. Reverse: Yellow ca

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: N. Espenscheid/Hat/Manufacturer/118/Nassau St. N.Y./emb. metal/pincushion side/38mm. 3 to 5 Known (Bower's) Ref: B...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: The Great American Tea Co's/Great/Sun Sun/Chop/Trade Mark/31 33 35 & 37 Vesey St. N.Y./Sunburst background in cent...

Obverse: Resembles a $20 U.S. Gold Piece, 1868 Reverse: Magnolia Water/For the Toilet/Superior to the Best/Imported Cologne/ & At Half The Pri...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Purely Vegetable/Free From/Alcohol/Dr. Walker's/ California/Vinegar Bitters/R.H. McDonald & Co./Agt's New York...

Obverse: Resembles $20 Gold Piece- 1776 Reverse: W.T. & J. Mersereau/Stair Rods/Dog Collars./Pat. Dog Muzzles/Coffee Roasters/321 Broadway N.Y....

Obverse: $1- 1867C (Resembles $1 U.S. Silver Coin) Reverse: Scientific American/Munn & Co./37 Park Row/N.Y./Solicitors Of/American/& Foreig...

Obverse: Mexican, 1865, 8 reals coin motif/ Universal Remedy dated 1865 below. Reverse: South American Fever & Ague /Remedy/The Cheapest, Safes...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Highest Cash Prices/Paid For/Old Newspapers/Pamphlets/Blank Books & Ledgers/Written Full And/All Kinds of Waste Paper/...

Obverse: $20- 1870 (Resembles $20 U.S. Gold Piece) Reverse: J. Monroe Taylor's/Cream/Yeast/Baking Powder./Warranted to give/Satisfaction/For Sa...

Obverse: $20 Gold Piece- 1870 (Resembles U.S. Gold Coin) Reverse: J. Monroe Taylor's/Cream Yeast/Baking Powder/ Warranted to give/Satisfaction/...

This shell card is cased. Obverse: MIrror Reverse: J. Walkers/Patd June/ 16 68 (not readable)/California/Vinegar/Bitters/The Great Blood Purifier/Gi

Obverse: $20- 1870 (Resembles $20 U.S. Gold PIece) Reverse: Wine & Liquors/C. Wall/177 Bowery 177/New York./Deutsch Delicatessen Specreien/ Em...

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: M.B. Washburn/Manufacturer/of/Railway/Supplies/187 141 /Elm St./New York./38mm/embossed metal GEM condition. Ref: Bower

Unique per Bowers. Pg. 236. Listed by John Reynolds in "Recent Data on Embossed Storecards," TAMS Journal, August, 1972. Hebbard Car Spr...

Obverse: $20- 1868E (Resembles U.S. $20 Gold Piece) Reverse: Adolpho Wolfe/Sole/Proprietor/Beware of Imitations/Schiedam Schnapps/34mm. Embossed meta

Gem Condition. Obverse: $20- 1868C (Resembles $20 U.S. Gold PIece) Reverse: Schiedam Schnapps Aromatico/ Rocio De Los Alpes/De Wolfe/Eagle with Shie

Unlisted in Bowers. Dr. T. Felix Couraud's/Oriental Cream/Or/Magical Beautifier/Removes/Pimples, Freckles/Sunburn & C./48/Bond St. New Yo...

This Shell Card is Unlisted in Bowers. In Gem, Uncirculated Condition. Obverse: Resembles $20 U.S. Gold Coin. Reverse: Buy The/Gold Medal/Salerat

Advertising on both sides.Embossed metal on both sides. Obverse: New York Circus 14th Street/Opposite The/Academy of Music/L.B. Lent/Director Rever

Obverse: Mirror Reverse: Steinfeld's/Popular/One Price/Clothing House/&/Merchant Tailoring/Rooms/Correct Styles/Low Prices./15 E. Main St.,...

There are 5 different listings in Bowers from Brokaw Brothers, but this one is unlisted. It could potentially be listed as B-NY-3930. It is unique.