Nicholson's, St. Louis, MO

GOOD AT NICHOLSON'S
STATE OF MISSOURI / HALF / DIME

TC-352969; Missouri NIA; Wright 758 *** 15.31mm*** David Nicholson, born in Scotland in 1814, moved to Canada and then in 1838 to St. Louis. By 1850 he operated one of, if not the largest grocery businesses in the city from his store at Number 1 Fourth Street. He was still in business in 1870, and died in 1880.

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Saint Louis, Missouri (Independent City), U.S.A.

J. B. Wilson's, St. Louis, MO

GOOD AT J.B. WILSON'S / HALF / DIME / FOR
BREAD

TC-353092; Missouri *** erronersly listed as cwt in 460y-4e james b. wilson 1853-1857; auction record $880+ 12-03 pc&a, joe levine*** Image courtesy of Mark Borckardt and Heritage Auctions Contributed by: Numisman

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Saint Louis, Missouri (Independent City), U.S.A.

Wm. Hisgen's Billiard Hall, Petersburg, IN

WM. HISGEN'S BILLIARD HALL / GOOD FOR / HALF / DIME / IN TRADE / AT THE BAR.
PETERSBURG PIKE CO. IND: / (Crested, Mantled Shield of Arms) / 18 78

TC-439513; Gross PETERSBURG 1b

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Petersburg, Indiana (Pike County), U.S.A.

Wm. Hisgen's Billiard Hall, Petersburg, IN

WM. HISGEN'S BILLIARD HALL / GOOD FOR / HALF / DIME / IN TRADE / AT THE BAR.
PETERSBURG PIKE CO. IND: / (Crested, Mantled Shield of Arms) / 18 78

TC-283411; Rulau In-Pt 3; Wagaman P-2200a *** 15.64mm

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Petersburg, Indiana (Pike County), U.S.A.

Although I might not be the one to write the article or book on the subject, I do have nice, high grade examples of several half-dime-explicit and half-dime-implicit tokens, including the two examples listed and pictured in the 1931 Valentine reference on U.S. half dimes, plus several others. I was able to acquire a few examples from the late Steve Tanenbaum, but more significantly I was able to learn much interesting information from him. He was certainly an expert in his field. I would be willing to assist in writing an article on the subject, and to make my examples available for photography (I am unable to provide my own photographs of my tokens). Anyone interested in working on such a project can contact me at: mrhalfdime@aol.com.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WANTED: RESEARCH ON HALF DIME TOKENS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n09a15.html)