MORE ON THE QUINT MINT
The E-Sylum (6/14/2020)
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Regarding the "Quint Mint" of Philadelphia, Dave Schenkman mentioned a June 1972 TAMS Journal article by David Gladfelter. Independently, Gladfelter submitted these notes. Thank you! -Editor
The Quint Mint article reminded me of a piece I wrote about this company for the TAMS Journal many years ago. I dug out a file I haven't looked at in 30 years or more. There was a photo of Silas Quint, a copy of his signature, and a product catalog.
There were also a couple of stencils made by Silas circa 1860 that they actually gave me. The stencils wouldn't show up on a scan, but the company made paper impressions for me and those I scanned. They also made copies of much larger stencils – too large to scan, but Krause was able to reduce them to go with the article.
The citation is TAMS Journal 12(3):112-116 (June 1972). This was written back in the age of the typewriter and carbon paper.
I obtained some of their dies for which they had no use – their token and medal press had already been sold. Some of the dies went to auction (with approval of the TAMS board), some were donated to museums and historical societies, and I kept some, making a full accounting to the company and to TAMS. Later, Bowers and Ruddy obtained some of the dies and sold them at fixed prices.
Thanks! -Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE QUINT MINT (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n23a23.html)
