JULY ~ AUGUST ~ SEPTEMBER 2010 ECI Club News

Archived ECI Newsletters - 1st ~ 2nd 2010

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CLUB NEWS

New Members: Brian Ostro #560 - John Rrobandt - #561 - Kevin White #562 - Jerry Bentzinger #563 - Michael J. Howard #564 -

ECI is planning a member Get-Together in conjunction with the ANA Convention in Pittsburgh in 2011.

California has the lead in the total number of members with 40, Pennsylvania remains in second with 39, Florida continues to hold a tight grip on third at 30 members - Ohio at 4th is at 26 with Illinois with 24 holding 5th. The only state with 0 members is Alaska.

 

GUEST ARTICLE

Roger Rowell #554 Collecting encased silver U.S. quarters has been both fun and frustrating. I got my first encased silver quarter from my uncle that lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was issued by Pacific National Life Assurance Company of Salt Lake City for their 25th anniversary in 1953. The quarter is a 1952 D and the ring is made of brass with no hole. I did not start collecting in 1953 as I had no idea there were more of these available. In 1999, when the U.S. state quarters started coming out, I started collecting the state quarters for my grand children. This renewed my interest in quarter collecting. One day, I came across the Utah encased coin and about the same time went to a coin show in Milwaukee where I found a second encased silver quarter. This one was from Las Vegas, Nevada for First Western Savings, A Multi Million Dollar Institution and has a 1954 silver quarter in a brass ring with a hole. I guess when you have two of something, you have the start of a collection. But, another 10 years would go by before I had the time to look for more. I bought two more on eBay just recently (Chicago, Illinois, Time Magazine, 1923-1948

Silver Anniversary April 1948, with a 1948 silver quarter, nickel ring with a hole and Detroit, Michigan, American Savings, Save the American Way, with a 1954 silver quarter, brass ring with a hole.) Another one just sold on eBay for over $100 which is out of my price range.
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Editors Notes: was grew up in a small family bakery located at the corner of 5th Avenue and 9th Street in Rock Island, IL. I lived there until I went off to college. The lot is vacant now and holds only ghostly memories of earlier friends and events.

My father had been a baker when he was inducted into the army. Uncle Sam thought it best to keep him in the kitchen so he scrambled up powdered eggs and added an occasional egg shell to help the GI’s feel like they were eating fresh eggs from the farm. It wasn’t long until his baking talents were discovered, and from that moment forward he baked his way across Burma.

Upon returning state-side he opened his own bakery, the one I mentioned above. My brother and I thought everyone woke up daily to the smells of fresh donuts, breads, cookies, and cinnamon rolls. But our school chums soon figured it out. They came by every day because they inevitably received a free goodie from the baker, my father. He dubbed them the Quality Control Team.

Now I’m about to participate in my high school class reunion - its 45th. As a result, I’ve been peppered with communications from old classmates talking about our get together. The one thing each communication has inevitably mentioned is the smell of those freshly baked goods from that little bakery and the joy of being on the Quality Control Team.

Now you may wonder how all of this segues into a talk about encased coins. In 2009 I read with considerable interest about the Republic of Palau issuing a $5 piece. That’s right, someone out in the Pacific Ocean was thinking about adding scents to a coin. In addition to this coin being visually beautiful, it provided a coconut scent when touched. Now that was different and it would certainly make you look( or shall I say take time to smell the roses so to speak) at your change. I didn’t buy one, but you can see them on eBay. (Continued Pg 2)

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Elaine Rexdale

 

Columnists

eBay Watch

Steve Swingenstein
 

New Encased

Jerry Ferrell
 

Answer Man

Jim Lawniczak
 

Odds & Ends

H. Pheifeir
 

Club News

Cecil Starcher
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
     

 

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(Editors Notes continued) Now since I have a soft spot in my heart for bakeries I’d like to see an encased piece (that advertises a bakery) produced with a fresh bread or cinnamon scent. Or, maybe a car dealer’s encased cent produced with the smell of fresh leather. Maybe an encased cent with a soap suds scent for a Laundromat, or rose scent for a florist. How about a diner’s encased piece with the scent of French Fries or a pizza joint with the scent of pizza?

Of course, as you can see, my plan has limited application. What scent for a bank or a politician? And, probably not too good an idea for a shoe store or disposal service. But if that Palau coin can smell like coconuts then it seems possible we could get our encased pieces to have different scents too. Not being a metallurgist I have no idea how all this is done.

Nevertheless, I can’t help but think there are possibilities here. It’s sort of like blazing the new frontiers of the encased hobby. But, like many fun ideas, these possibilities may have to wait until I win the lottery. Until then…I’m quite happy to enjoy the ones I have…someday, some hobbyist might consider these scent-less ones the “primitives” of the encased world.

(Roger Rowell continued)   I like to find out what might be out there to collect, so I have spent the last few months putting together a list of the known encased silver U.S. Silver quarters which is now available to everyone in ECI. So, starting over 50 years ago, my collection is slowly growing and I would appreciate any information about encased U.S. silver quarters and ones for sale.

The Answerman

Question: "I need help finding locations (State, Town) for the following mavericks:1901 - round - off-center - MALVERN CLOTHIERS 1912d - round - Can be Bought From CRESCENT NEWS CO. for 5 cents
1923 - round - Hancock Savings & Loan - We Pay 5% on Deposits - Why Take Less
1038 - round - "You Can Be Lucky as 2,000,000 Bendix Owners."
1937 - round - "Souvenir - Northwest Territory Celebration - 1787-88 1937-38
1938 - round - Your NABOR DRUGGIST is a Friendly Merchant 1940 - round - Good Luck, Good Health - Sunsweet Prune Juice 1948d - horseshoe - Westlake Finance -
1948 - round - Wilbert Burial Vaults - Sold Through Funeral Directors 1948d - round - Good Luck, Good Health, Good Looks - Formfit 1951d - round - Ted's Tavern - Phone 82 1951d - round - VIT-A-WAY for all livestock - More Than Just a Mineral Mixture - Costs So Little - Does So Much.
1950 - round - Wonder Bread - Builds Strong Bodies 8 Ways
1949 - horseshoe - General Meat Corp. - Chelsea 2-8655 Any help will be appreciated. Ray"

(The Answerman continued) Answer: "Ray, here is what I know about your pieces: Malvern Clothiers, sorry I don't know this piece, but I note there is a Malvern Arkansas - Crescent News.  Under the old ACE maverick program, this piece was ID'd to New Orleans.  I don't know if that is right or not. - Hancock Savings is from Findlay, Ohio. Bendix was from South Bend IN.  That is correct.  Someone attributed it to Cincy in one of the ACE issues, but that is wrong.  Northwest Territory Celebration.  That's really not a maverick as we know where the Northwest territory is.  It just covers a lot of states. Don't see how it can be narrowed down though. - Nabor Drugs, I'm not sure. - Sunsweet Prune Juice, San Jose California -  don't know. - Wilbert Burial Vaults Broadview Illinois - Formfit, Chicago as per the ACE program. - Ted's Tavern, don't know. - Vit a Way, Fort Wayne TX - Wonder Bread, I've seen St. Louis and Kansas City, don't know though. - General Meat Corp.  NYC."

Question: "I have in my possession a 1896 Indian head penny that is encased in a Hauger-Martin $9.99 suits mirrored case.  It appears to be out of Grand Rapids Mi.  Just 100 or so miles south of where I live.  Can you give me some information on the item?"

Answer: Linda I have heard of the Grand Rapids encased Hauger Martin, there are a couple of different types. They are not all that uncommon. However, I know of no authentic mirror encased with 1896 encased cent. Most are in the mid 1900s or early 1910s. Particularly if your cent is a circulated one, I would think that it may have been replaced at some point in the 100+ year life of the piece -- i.e., someone took out the original cent and put
in that one. Can't tell for sure without seeing the piece, but the date makes me on the alert."
 

HP SAYS:   I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener. I also made a cover for my hearing aid and now I have what they call blue teeth, I think.

You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.

I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!

I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'

I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'.

I've gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's when your chest is falling into your drawers!

When people see a cat's litter box, they always say, 'Oh, have you got a cat?' Just once I want to say, 'No, it's for company!'

Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write, 'A Good Doctor'!

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals. As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve. Enjoy Your Days & Love Your Life, Because Life is a journey to be savored.