Token - T. Nelson Downs King of Koins Marshalltown, Iowa
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1904 |
| Composition | Srebro niklowe |
| Weight | 6.7 g |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 154940 |
| References | Magic# MT114, MT115 Paul J. Courville; 2018. Magic Tokens: For Reference and Magic Token Information. Self-published, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
Obverse
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
T.NELSON DOWNS
KING OF KOINS
1904
Reverse
Ręka z monetami
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
THE T. NELSON DOWNS
FOREIGN
PALMING COIN
Edge
Trzcina
Comments
(en)
There are 3 varieties of this token.
MT114 - Has the word FOREIGN on the wrist
MT115 - Nothing is on the wrist
A 3rd variety MT099 (31mm), is attributed to Davenport's Magic Shop in London England and available with the composition of Nickel Plated Brass and Copper.
MT114 is only produced in Nickel Silver and MT115 can be found in Nickel Silver, Nickel plated Copper and Copper
There are 3 varieties of this token... this one has "foreign" at the base of the wrist, MT115 has nothing at the wrist, and MT099 has "demon" at the wrist...*** Thomas Nelson Downs (March 16, 1867 – September 11, 1938) was one of the most famous manipulative magicians renowned for his coin tricks. Downs was also known as "The King of Koins". He was born in Marshalltown Iowa and in 1912 retired there at the age of 42. Not quite comfortable with idle retirement, Downs kept busy by opening a vaudeville house on Main Street, a few blocks from his own home at 7 South 3rd Avenue. (WIKIPEDIA)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1904) | Magic# MT114 Paul J. Courville; 2018. Magic Tokens: For Reference and Magic Token Information. Self-published, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
100% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1904) | Magic# MT115 Paul J. Courville; 2018. Magic Tokens: For Reference and Magic Token Information. Self-published, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
0% | |||||||||||||
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