Numismatics Postage & Finance Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s miniature beer can coin bank advertising Pabst Blue Ribbon. Pabst Blue Ribbon (affectionately known as PBR) has been brewed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 1844. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage 1960s deposit bag from Concord National Bank of Concord, New Hampshire. The bag is in blue nylon with a canvas lining and has a great vintage graphic of the bank building on the front. It was made by A. Rifkin & Company of...

ARTIFACT: This is a coin bank advertising the Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1910's. This was one of Portsmouth's early banks. The bank is numbered 671 and has slots for all United States coins from pennies...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare 1940 Pratt & Whitney bronze table medal from the East Hartford Plant Expansion. The handsome table medal features a piece of Duralumin bezel set into the top center and below it reads: “THIS PIECE OF DURALUMIN IS FROM THE FIRST...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1909 Barber Half Dollar Alaska Yukon Pacific with a beautiful pop-out pin-back coin. The design features three ladies bearing gifts and reads: "ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION" and below "SEATTLE 1909". The outer ring...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1969 heavy bronze medal commemorating the dedication of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge in original box by Medallic Art Co. in New York. The medal shows an image of the tresses and bridge with city skylines on either side and...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1879 O Morgan Dollar coin in a medallion fra`me for wear on a necklace. VINTAGE: Circa 1879 SIZE: Size 1-5/8" x 1-1/2 CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel and coin silver ATTACHMENT: None MARKINGS: "E. PLURIBUS UNUM. 187UNITED...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1892 pair of cased silver life saving medals from Newburyport, MA. These were awarded to Theodore Nutting for saving four men on a capsized boat at Newburyport Bar (Plum Island) on either June 26th or 28th, 1892. VINTAGE: Circa 1892...

ARTIFACT: This is a tin drum-shaped coin bank designed by famous illustrator, Fern Bisel Peat, who is still beloved by both adults and children for the fairy-like quality of her art. The design around the band of the drum shows a boy marching in...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified very cool "NCSB" Special Agent Investigation Department Badge 1920's-40's? The badge is in the shape of a shield with a textured background. In black painted detail, center disc reads: "N.C.S.B" and above "SPECIAL AGENT" and below...

ARTIFACT: Lovely, pre-entry WWI French Table Medal showing a nude woman piloting a Bleriot monoplane over the clouds and reads: "SIC ITUR AD ASTRA". Artist signed in silver-plated bronze. Reverse panel for presentation, not engraved...

ARTIFACT: This is a large eighteenth century medallion made of bronze, and may possibly have either religious or patriotic meaning. The medallion shows a scene in relief of a robed man seated upon a rock holding a staff and a tablet. At first glance the...