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MISSOURI JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS VOLUME 24 JULY, 1999 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MISSOURI NUMISMATIC SOCIETY Michael Pfefferkorn Elongated Cents from MissouriTourist Sites 4 Jeff Sullivan A Bank’s Piggy Bank 13 C. Joseph Sutter Missouri Sales Tax Token 15 Russ Weltmer Metallurgy of Modern (& Some Old) Coins 22 John A. Bush The 1789 Mott Token 26 Missouri Numismatic Library Now Open To Public! MISSOURI JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS VOLUME 24 JULY, 1999 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MISSOURI NUMISMATIC SOCIETY P.O. Box 410652 St. Louis, MO 63141-0652 TABLE OF CONTENTS -------- Current Officers 2 Ken Thompson The President's Report 3 Michael Pfefferkorn Elongated Cents from MissouriTourist Sites - Part II 4 Jeff Sullivan A Bank's Piggy Bank 13 Chris Sutter Missouri Sales Tax Tokens 15 ClayTeague Proof Sets are Different for 1999 16 -------- Student Excavators Find Numismatic Artifacts 18 -------- Gold Value Chart by Scotsman's 20 Russ Weltmer Metallurgy of Modern (& Some Old) Coins 22 John Bush The 1789 Mott Token 26 -------- Political Cartoon, 1878 27 Michael Pfefferkorn Library Report 28 NewAcquisitions 28 Ruth Hill Library 30 -------- Ancient Study Group Report 38 INDEX TOADVERTISERS Arch City 21 Belleville Coin Shop Inside Back Cover Capital Plastics 19 Dansco 21 Eagle Coin and Stamp Co. Outside Back Cover Midwest Money Outside Back Cover Jerry Morgan 20 Scotsman Coin & Jewelry Inside Front Cover Harry Swarthout Inside Back Cover GUIDE TOAREA ACTIVITIES Ancient Coin Study Group 19 Future Numismatic Events 17 Mercantile Money Museum 18 Metro East Numismatic Groups 19 Missouri Numismatic Society 40 St. Louis Numismatic Association 19 World Coin Club of Missouri 39 1 CURRENT OFFICERS President Ken Thompson Vice President Terry Schaab Recording Secretary Mike Dwyer Corresponding Secretary Bill Vaughan Treasurer John Bush Librarian Michael Pfefferkorn BOARD OF DIRECTORS Norm Bowers Armand Brucker Dan Burleson Dave Frank Bill Leach Steve Moore Russ Vogelsang PUBLICATIONS Editor Michael G. Pfefferkorn Asst. Editor Sandra Pfefferkorn Advertising Manager Sidney L. Nusbaum Typesetter Lisa Wester Printing Murray Print Shop Monthly Newsletter Bill Vaughan ***************************************************** The MISSOURI NUMISMATIC SOCIETY invites you to attend the NEXT REGULAR MEETING which will be held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Mount Zion United Methodist Church at 1485 Craig Road between Olive and Page Blvds. The church is located across from Craig School about one mile north of Olive Blvd. Ample parking is available at the back of the church. **************************************************************** 2 M. N. S. PRESIDENT'S REPORT by Ken Thompson The Missouri Numismatic Society is proud to welcome everyone to the 39th annual Coin Festival. The M.N.S. considers itself a full-featured numismatic club. Education, dealers, investors and collectors are all important components of the numismatic hobby. Education is important because it is necessary to have a continuous stream of new collectors. Dealers are necessary to have access to the coins and other material we need for our collections. The investors are needed to assure a supply of reasonably priced coins and other material for the dealers and collectors. Without the collectors, everything else would be moot. John Foster, as the Bourse Chairman,works with the dealers and investors to have bourse tables at the annual show. Steve Moore conducts a 50 lot auction at our regular meetings. The club's educational program is divided into 3 main areas. We have furnished over 1800 titles of numismatic materials to the main branch of the St. Louis County Library. These materials can be used by everyone. Producing this journal is another educational activity. Mike Pfefferkorn is the driving force in these two educational functions. Informative programs at the meetings complete our educational work,with Mike Dwyer securing our presenters. The programs for the coming year are listed in the back of this book. All the club members are collectors, and the subjects of their collections are as varied as the people in the club. We invite you to our meetings, which are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month at the Mount Zion U. M. C., located at 1485 Craig Road. (See the schedule in the back of the book). The doors open for fellowship at 7:00 with the meeting starting at 7:30. ********************************************************** TRAVEL THE WORLD THROUGH NUMISMATICS VISIT THE MNS CHECK THE CALENDAR PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION 3 ELONGATED CENTS from MissouriTourist Sites by Michael G. Pfefferkorn NOTE:Many of the items listed below were located by Russ Vogelsang who col- laborates with me in researching numismatic items currently in use in the metropolitan St. Louis area. This article continues a survey of pressed penny machines and their products found in Missouri. Previously,the author listed items found in the metropolitan St. Louis area. A major update is provided for the Six Flags listings. Border designs are given for each series. Design position “H” (DP-H) is horizontal. Design position “V”(DP-V) is vertical. Most coins which are rolled are plated zinc cents. NOTE:* before the catalogue number indicates that the elongated cent is no longer being produced at its original site. Specimens would have to be acquired through a club,by chance at a coin dealer,at a flea market,or by electronic auction. OUTSTATE SITES NORTHEAST MISSOURI MARION COUNTY,HANNIBAL There are no reports of penny presses currently used in this area; however, there has been at least one in the past. A full description is not available. *1. MARK TWAIN SESQUICENTENNIAL / 1835-1985 / AMERICA’S HOMETOWN/ HANNIBAL / MISSOURI (DP-H) PIKE COUNTY,CLARKSVILLE:WORLD BIRD SANCTUARY *?1. WORLD BIRD SANCTUARY / (bust of screaming eagle left) / CLARKSVILLE / MO (DP-V) EAST CENTRAL REGION ST. LOUIS COUNTY,EUREKA:SIX FLAGS-ST.LOUIS Six Flags-St. Louis is one of a chain of amusement parks cur- re n t ly owned and operated by Ti m e - Wa rner Commu n i c at i o n s . The information given below was acquired with the courtesy and aid of the Six Flags-St. Louis staff, especially Rob Lunde, Ruth Ann Krueger,and Bill Noce. To collect the elongated coins f rom Six Flags-St. Louis, o n e must virtually take a tour of the p a rk ’s at t ractions and ri d e s . 4 Prepare for this by,looking for discount coupon offers in local stores or on cans of soda. Leave early enough to limit the time in the traffic line, to park your vehicle,and secure your tickets. Now,you are ready for a Six Flags- St. Louis scavenger hunt to find the ten machines that“roll”pennies or quarters. Proceed through the ticket gate directly to the LooneyTunes Main Street Market,enter, and walk to the east cashiers’counter. Look right and there is machine #1 which rolls two designs. All of the Six Flags elongated coin dies have full or partial beaded borders. 1. (Taz and Bugs Bunny standing facing) / Six Flags / St. Louis / c 99 WARNER BROS (minute letters) (DP-V) 2. (Sylvester holding Tweety facing left) / Six Flags / St. Louis / c 99 WARNER BROS (minute letters) (DP-V) Leave the Looney Tunes Main St. Market and cross the street to The Flags Gift Shop. Machine #2, with three dies, is in front by the doorway. 3. (three trees bent backward as by a storm) / HURRICANE / HARBOR / Six Flags / St. Louis / (DP-V) 4. Six Flags / (head with wide “screaming”mouth) / FASTER / THAN / THE SPEED / OF / SCREAM! / TM & C 1996 Six Flags (DP-V) 5. (a spread Batman Cape) / MR. FREEZE (over coaster) / THE COOLEST COASTER ON THE PLANET (in minute letters) / Six Flags / TM & C 1997 D C Comics (in minute letters) TM & C 1997 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-H) Go east into the Warner Bros. Back Lot past Batman The Ride and proceed to machine #3 which is located opposite the “Gotham City Public Works Power Plant.” Only one die is available here. 6. Six Flags / (the “BAT”signal / BATMAN (in rectangle) / THE RIDE (letters lean right) (DP-H) Machine #4 requires going further east to Axis Chemical, an arcade. At the east end of the arcade,by the HydroThunder machines and the skeeball section, is the first quarter machine. Machine #4 requires four quarters, one of which is pressed into the chosen design. 7. Six Flags / (the “BAT”signal / BATMAN (in rectangle) / THE RIDE (letters lean right) / TM & C 1996 D C Comics (in minute letters)(DP-V) 5 8. Six Flags / (laughing face of the Joker) / The JOKER’S / REVENGE / THE JOKER: TM & C 1996 D C Comics (in minute letters) TM & C 1996 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) 9. Six (hooded head of Ninja) Flags / NINJA (DP-H) Now for a trek across the park! Go west past the Empire Theater, the Studio Commissary, and Earl’s Gasoline (restrooms) to Chouteau’s Market. Find the entrance to Marquette’s Market. Sitting near the Coke cooler is machine #5. 10. (Marvin the Martian in roller coaster car marked Six Flags) TM & C 1996 D C Comics (in minute letters) TM & C 1996 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) 11. I CLIMBED / THE / ROCK (“the rock,” a climbing wall) / Six Flags / St. Louis (DP-V) 12. (Taz in roller coaster car marked Six Flags) TM & C 1996 D C Comics (in minute letters) TM & C 1996 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) Move on past McDonald’s and Kicks on Route 66 which has remote control car operated by tokens. Cross the railroad tracks and veer left past the Water Street Cab Co. Enter the Old Chicago Game arcade and proceed to the north end where you will find machine #6. 13. TIDAL / WAVE (both lines on huge wave of water) / Six Flags (divides beaded border) (DP-H) 14. (full figure of Taz) / Six Flags / St. Louis (DP-V) 15. Six Flags / (eagle’s head to left) SCREAMIN’/ EAGLE (DP-H) [Note:this is the same design reported in the 1997 article as Six Flags #3.] Go back through the arcade, down the steps at the doorway, left across the train tracks, pass the vintage carousel (or perhaps take a break and ride the carousel),and enter Britannia Games. Machine #7 has three designs. 16. (Bugs Bunny standing r. with a carrot) / Six Flags / c 94 WARNER BROS (minute letters) (DP-V) 17. Six Flags / THUNDER RIVER / (flooding river) (DP-V) 18. Six Flags / DRAGON’S / (figure of Dragon wrapped around tower) / WING (DP-V) Leave Britannia Games, pass Sherwood Forest Theatre and Gateway Recording Studios. Go to the east end of the Missouri Mercantile across from the train tracks. Machine #8 has three more designs. 19. Six Flags / ST. LOUIS / (Tweety Bird standing right) C 94 WARNER BROS (minute letters (DP-V) 6 20. (six pennants on flag poles) / Six Flags / ST. LOUIS (DP-V) 21. (steam locomotive right) / Six Flags / ST. LOUIS (DP-V) To reach machine #9, you must walk pass the ferris wheel, cross the railroad tracks, turn right and go under the train bridge. Head for the Villain’s Cafe Gift Shop. Machine #9, the second quarter press, is located at the shop entrance. 22. I SCREAM / (face with U SCREAM in mouth) / WE ALL SCREAM /Six Flags / ST. LOUIS (DP-V) 23. Six Flags / (bust of the Joker left) / The JOKER’S / REVENGE / THE JOKER: TM & C 1996 D C Comics (in minute letters) TM & C 1996 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) 24. Six Flags / (Mr. Freeze standing, facing) / TM & C 1997 D C Comics (in minute letters) TM & C 1997 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) Go left around the corner past the remote control boats wh i ch use the same tokens which operate the remote control cars. Walk on past the the Log Flume Ride to the Moon Auto ride. Directly across from the Moon Auto attraction. Machine #10 com- pletes your tour and collection. 25. Six Flags / (babyTaz standing,facing) / C 1996 WARNER BROS (in minute letters) C 1996 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) 26. (kids on log flume ride) / Six Flags / ST. LOUIS (DP-V) 27. Six Flags / (baby Daffy standing,facing) / C 1996 WARNER BROS (in minute letters) C 1996 Six Flags (in minute letters) (DP-V) Note:Check the 1997 Missouri Journal of Numismatics (p. 31) for two additional designs which are no longer in use. Free copies of back issues are available at each monthly Missouri Numismatic Society meeting. ST. LOUIS COUNTY,EUREKA:WAL-MART These pieces were in use in the spring of 1999; however,the penny press at this location has been removed. All three generic designs (i.e. they could be used anywhere) had beaded borders. *1. (a frog giving the “peace” sign sitting behind a steering wheel) (DP-V) 7 *2. (a four-leaf clover between two scrolls) / MY / LUCKY / PENNY (inside a horseshoe) / (floral design) *3. (two hearts - one solid on left and one outline on right - both partially covered by the symbol for Taoism) ST. LOUIS COUNTY,MARYLAND HEIGHTS:CLANCY’S RIB CO. Clancy’s Rib Co. is a family owned restaurant in the building which for- merly housed the Bombay Cycle Club, a restaurant which closed its doors in October,1998. Clancy’s Rib Co.,which opened in January,1999 is located east of Westport Plaza at 11660 Administration Drive, the north service road paral- leling Page Blvd. The penny press is located by the second set of entry doors,across from the hostess’s station and next to the restrooms. The coin press is supplied and ser- viced by Midwest Penny Press Co. According to the manager, the penny press at Clancy’s Rib Co. was moved there from Columbia,MO. The dies appear to be the same as those which were reported in 1997 as being at Grandpa’s (Grandpa Pigeon’s) department store at 2511 Lemay Ferry Road in South St. Louis County. They are relisted here. One design (#1) employs a chain border. The other three designs (#2,#3 and #4) have bead borders. 1. (clover) / My Lucky Penny (in script) / (horseshoe and clover) (DP-V) 2. + / OUR FATHER / WHO ART IN / HEAVEN HALLOWED / BE THY NAME,THY / KINGDOM COME / THY WILL BE DONE / ON EARTH AS IT IS / IN HEAVEN,GIVE US / THIS DAY OUR DAILY / BREAD AND / FORGIVE US OUR TR E S P AS S E S ,/ AS WE FORGIVE THOSE / WHO TRESPASS / AGAINST US,AND / LEAD US NOT INTO / TEMPTATION BUT / DELIVER US / FROM EVIL. / AMEN (DP-V) 3. SOUVENIR / OF / THE SHOW / ME STATE / (an arch and MISSOURI superimposed on an outline map of Missouri) / GATEWAY / TOTHE / WEST (DP-H) 4. (Mizzou tiger facing,snarling) / MIZZOU (bold letters) (DP-H) SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI To date, the author has found only one location where an elongated coin machine was installed. As noted below,the penny press is no longer available. SCOTT COUNTY,SIKESTON :LAMBERT’S CAFE Lambert’s Cafe,a popular tourist rest stop and eatery,is famous for free por- tions added to the printed menu and its custom of “throwed rolls.” Large, and very hot, dinner rolls are literally tossed to the customers who usually laugh at their attempts to catch and hold onto them. The original Sikeston location became too small to accommodate customers on busy lunch hours. A customer’s frustration on May 26,1976 led to the first “throwed roll.” Soon this curiosity of 8 service resulted in television features and tourists flocked to the place that throwed rolls. A larger restaurant was built at 2515 East Malone St., one-quarter mile west of the Hwy. 62 and I-55 interchange. Another Lambert’s Cafe is located on Hwy. 65 between Springfield and Ozark,MO.,north of Branson,MO. Lambert’s Cafe elongated cents have beaded borders. Number 1 is a generic type which is prob- ably also found elsewhere. *1. GOOD FOR / A HUG AND A KISS / ANYTIME...ANYWHERE / (heart xxx heart xxx heart) (DP-H) *2. (clover) / My Lucky Penny (in script) / (horseshoe and clover) / LAMBERT’S CAFE (DP-V) *3. LAMBERT’S / CAFE / HOME OF / THROWED ROLLS / (waiter pitching a “throwed”roll) (DP-V) *4. (a long necked mule catching a “throwed”roll in its mouth ) / LAMBERT’S / CAFE / HOME OF / THROWED ROLLS (DP-V) (Elongated type 4 is an allusion to the owner’s hobby of collecting pictures and paintings of mules. Mules were a major Missouri industry and con- tributed to our military efforts from the Civil War up to and including the Korean War. Once,mule traders were common in Southeast Missouri.) Due to difficulties with their four impression machine, Lambert’s Cafe dis- continued the service. The designs are now retired but the die was not can- ce l l e d . Per h a ps , at some future time,the penny press will ret u r n to Lambert’ s. SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI To date,the author has been told of one possible modern location in southwestern Missouri where an elongated coin machine was installed.There may be a penny press in the North Park Mall in Joplin, MO. DALLAS AND LACLEDE COUNTIES:BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK 1. Obv. (fish right) / ( all within a beaded border) Rev. BENNETT SPRING / STATE PARK 1997 (no back border) (DP-V) JASPER COUNTY,WEBB CITY:FRISCO CHURCH This elongated cent was purchased through an auction. It is doubtful that the penny press is still in operation. A beaded border is used on this elongated. *1. FRISCO CHURCH / (church building) / 903 W. DAUGHERTY / WEBB CITY,MO (DP-H) STONE COUNTY,BRANSON:UNSPECIFIED LOCATION This specimen was rolled on a 1974D cent. The die, which used a beaded border,is presumed to no longer be in operation. 9