class: center, middle # So-Called Dollar # Store Card Mules Store Cards Struck Using So-Called Dollar Dies So-Called Dollar Fellowship Gathering, November 19–22, 2021 [Private Mint News](https://privatemintnews.com) --- ## Agenda - Why Store Card Mules? - Select Issues - Future Activity --- ## Why So-Called Dollars? - Great History - Great Designs - Great Rarity - Great Value --- ## Why So-Called Dollars? - Great History - Great Designs - Great Rarity - Great Value In a word... --- ## Why So-Called Dollars? - Great History - Great Designs - Great Rarity - Great Value In a word... They are GREAT! --- ## Why So-Called Dollar Store Card Mules? - Great Designs - Even more Rare - Even less Research --- ## Why So-Called Dollar Store Card Mules? - Great Designs - Even more Rare - Even less Research Most importantly... --- ## Why So-Called Dollar Store Card Mules? - Great Designs - Even more Rare - Even less Research Most importantly... - Something else to collect when looking for So-Called Dollars --- ## How I go serious... with So-Called Dollars of course! <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_HK-75a_Demarest_Declaration.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_HK-79a_Demarest_Declaration.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Select Store Cards from Major Events - 1876 Centennial Exhibition - HK-23-26: Stiners Tea Company - HK-75-79: Henry Griswold Sampson - 1892 Columbian Exposition - HK-216-218: Ritchie & Dyer Co. (not presented) - HK-219: Illinois Pure Aluminum Company - 1917 WWI Era - HK-857-860, HK-866: Numismatic Knights Honorable Mention - 1908 Pittsburgh Sesquicentennial - James C. Lindsay --- ## Stiners Tea Company <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_HK-27_bell-hall.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_Stiner_bell.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Stiners Tea Company <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_HK-27_hall-bell.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_R-NY-NY-302_Stiner-Brass.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Stiners Tea Company - Cataloging Rulau, 4th Edition, page 759 <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_Rulau-Stiners-Tea-Company.png" style="width:60%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Stiners Tea Company - Census Observed Specimens: * NY-NY 300 (2) White Metal: 1x NGC MS62DPL, 1x AU Details, Obverse Scratch * NY-NY 302 (2) Brass: 1x NGC MS68, 1x PCGS MS65 * NY-NY 307 (1) Brass: 1x NGC MS63 * NY-NY 308 (2) Copper: 1x NGC MS65 BN PL, 1x raw Coin Talk Unobserved Specimens: * NY-NY 301 (0) Copper * NY-NY 303 (0) Aluminum * NY-NY 304 (0) Leather * NY-NY 308A (0) Copper * NY-NY 309 (0) Bronze --- ## Stiners Tea Company - Tea Box Example <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_Stiner_box.jpg" style="width:100%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Stiners Tea Company - Catalog Example <center> <img src="images/US-Stiner-tea.png" style="width:100%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Henry Griswold (H.G.) Sampson - HK-79, Rulau-269 <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_HK-79_WM_SB-2-KF7XS.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_R-NY-NY-269C_3-NLD07_Sampson-WM.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Henry Griswold (H.G.) Sampson - HK-75, Rulau-269 <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_R-NY-NY-268_3-NLD07_Sampson-AG.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_R-NY-NY-269D_3-RKVM2_Sampson-WM-BZ.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Henry Griswold (H.G.) Sampson - HK-75, Rulau-270 <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_1876_HK-79_WM_SB-2-KF7XS_rev.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_Sampson_Washington_WM_SB-3-KFBAT.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Henry Griswold (H.G.) Sampson - HK-75, Rulau-270 <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_Sampson_Washington_AG_SB-3-2HAVF.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1876_Sampson_Washington_BR_SB-3-KF7X9.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Henry Griswold (H.G.) Sampson - HK-75 <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_Sampson_Rulau.png" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Henry Griswold (H.G.) Sampson - Census Observed Specimens: * Rulau 269 (1) Silver: 1x NGC MS65 (Gabriele) * Rulau 269C (++) White Metal * Rulau 269D* (1) Bronzed WM: 1x NGC MS63 (Adam) * Rulau 270 (3) Silver: 1x NGC MS63 (Ford); 1x NGC MS64; 1x NGC MS65 * Rulau 270B (1) Brass: 1x PCGS SP65 (Baker) * Rulau 270C (++) White Metal Unobserved Specimens: * Rulau 269A (0) Copper * Rulau 269B (0) Brass * Rulau 270A (0) Copper * Rulau 270D (0) Bronzed White Metal --- ## Illinois Pure Aluminum Company - Columbian Expo <center> <img src="images/US-SCD_1892_HK-219_Ohio-Stone-Mineral-Exhibit.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCD_1892_IPCAC_globe.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## 1908 James Lindsay - Pittsburgh Sesquicentennial <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1908_Pittsburgh-Sesquicentennial_James-C-Lindsay.jpg" style="width:60%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## James C. Lindsay - Receipt <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1908_James-C-Lindsay_receipt.jpeg" style="width:80%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Numismatic Knights of the Round Table, HK-857... <center> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1917_SB-3-KIT0E_Numismatic-Knights.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> <img src="images/US-SCSC_1917_Numismatic-Knights_HA.jpg" style="width:70%;height:auto" /> </center> --- ## Next Steps 1. Update presentation 1. Generate more collector interest 1. Publish more research findings 1. Create catalog numbers --- name: last-page template: inverse ## That's all folks (for now)! Read more at [Private Mint News](https://privatemintnews.com).