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WARREN & SON, SACRAMENTO

The E-Sylum (4/18/2021)


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WARREN & SON, SACRAMENTO

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Michael Wehner writes:

"Regarding Dave Hirt's question in his commentary on J.N.T. Levick: "There is a token in this sale that I can not identify. It is lot 1056 Warren & Son, Sacramento, tin, size 25. Perhaps our token collector readers can help us identify it. "

"This is most likely one of the agricultural medals that I wrote about in the June 2020 issue of the Medal Collectors of America MCA Advisory. Col. J.L.L.F. Warren issued two sizes - the smaller one, for his 1852 Agricultural and Horticultural Fair is 1.5 inches in diameter or "size 24" in the old catalogs. I suspect that the "size 25" listing came from a slight error in measurement. Almost all of the examples of this medal that I could locate in old catalogs are unawarded.

"I also spoke about Col. Warren at the 1st Newman Numismatic Portal symposium. SeeAward Medals from the California State Fair and their Precursors(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/588176)

"See above for a picture of the medal in "tin"

Thanks!-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE ON J.N.T. LEVICK(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n15a15.html)

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