1793 2ND STORE CARD IN AMERICA ? Start Price USD 125.00 Current Price USD 125.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 15, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 Location MY HOUSE See more about '1793 2ND STORE CARD IN AMERICA ?' Description 2ND STORE CARD IN AMERICA ? LET ME BEGIN WITH I'M NOT A DEALER OR COLLECTOR. AS A YOUNG BOY IN THE 1960'S I TOOK A SLIGHT INTEREST IN COIN COLLECTING, THIS WAS SHORT LIVED. I MET AN OLDER GENTLEMEN WHO WAS A SELLER AT A COIN MARKET. I PURCHASED THIS COIN FROM HIM, AS I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING, BELIEVED TO BE THE SECOND STORE CARD IN AMERICA. I PUT THIS COIN AWAY FOR MANY YEARS AND FORGOT ABOUT IT. IN THE EARLY 1990'S  I REDISCOVERED IT AND THOUGH THAT I WOULD DUE A LITTLE RESERCH ON THE COIN. I CONTACTED "AUCTIONS BY BOWER AND MERENA INC" AND THEY REQUSTED THAT I SEND THEM THE COIN, WHICH I DID. THE LETTER THAT I RECEIVED BACK IS ENCLOSED PLEASE READ IT, IN BRIEF THIS IS WHAT IT SAID YOUR TOKEN IS UNIFACE, ENGRAVED ON ONE SIDE BY HAND READING "JOHN/STANE[?] ST/JOH [ILLEGIBLE] 11/1793", IT WEIGHS 101.4 GRAINS AND IS 26.8 MM ALTHOUGH YOUR PEICE IS DATED 1793 AND WAS CLEARLY MADE IN THAT YEAR, I WOULD NOT CALL IT THE SECOND STORE CARD IN AMERICA. I WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO SUGGEST A VALUE. PROBABLY AROUND 125-150 IN THE RIGHT AUCTION. IT CERTAINLY IS A INTERESTING LITTLE PEICE. IT HAS BEEN A "BRAIN TEASER" SIGNED MICHAEL J HODDER DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH. I WILL INCLUDE THE THE LETTER WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE THE TOKEN. THIS IS THE ORGINAL PACKAGING THE WAY I PURCHASED IT. I'M STARTING IT AT THE LOW END OF WHAT THEY SAID IN 1991, IM AM SURE THAT IT HAS INCREASED IN VALUE IN THE PAST 17 YEARS. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PEICE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING, AND THANKS FOR LOOKING! I WILL SHIP PRIORITY MAIL WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION AND INSURANCE. Place a Bid!