1904 St.Louis Worlds Fair Fob and a Merc.......

[Corinth1812]

My girlfriend lives in a small apartment complex where there used to be an old house, so the temptation to poke around has been to much to bear. The first time i hit the yard area, i found a 1945-s mercury dime, tried it again this evening and found a 1917-s mercury dime and a 1904 Dr. Pepper Louisiana Purchase Exposition Silver Medal Watch Fob. Any info on it would be great. I thought it might be silver but its brass with nickel plating. I did a little research on the web and one sight claims its worth from between 200.00 - 400.00 dollars. Complete with all the nickel plating 400 with the plating missing 200. Any info would be wonderful.. Ill hit that place again theres a ton of clad 4 inches and above, the merc was 7 inches down standing up on end and went off....1-40/12-43/12-44/1-40, and it was difficult to pinpoint. I almost didnt dig it because of the 1-40 but the tone had that distinct silver sound. The Fob went off 11-46/12-45/6/45/7-46/ in that quarter- half range, and it was deep 9 inches down.

 

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[Buck(PA)]

Thats really cool! sweet find! HH

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I've dug my share of fobs, and I've seen my share of fobs posted here, and that is without a doubt one of the nicest I've seen. Would love to see a closer scan of it. Severe Kudos!
Carl

 

[DrGrip]

Great looking fob. To the right collector you could collect that 400.

Grip

 

[waseeker]

Nice job David. I always thought I was pretty lucky, but I must admit you have passed me by

 

[artzstuff1]

That is one nice fob for sure!!!! the dime is great also,,,


arthur

 

[Tank69]

wtg o the finds sweet fob

 

[Mackaydon]

You may have seen this:

"Created in 1885 by pharmacist Charles Alderton at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas, and said to be America's oldest major soft drink, Dr. Pepper quickly grew in popularity, but its real breakthrough as a national and international favorite came in 1904, when it was introduced to an estimated 20 million people attending the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (world's fair) held in St. Louis, Missouri. The fob's eagle design replicates the official silver medal which was awarded to the Dr. Pepper Co. at the expo. The scene on the reverse depicts the company's national offices and factory in Waco. (One version of the fob also lists the bottler, the Artesian Mfg. Co.) The metal, sometimes misidentified as silver, is nickel-plated brass. What's it worth? Probably $200-250 as found; $300-400 with full plating."

Don.....
Source: http://www.treasurenet.com/treasures/askmarkparker/200507.htm

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice FOB and congrats on the silver! HH, Mike

 

[lonewolfe]

WoW = excellent FOB!

HH

 

[woody_g]

now thats a nice looking fob

 

[limegoldconvertible68]

You are on fire man. You are putting me to shame! Congrats on some more great finds.

 

[j.d. in the usa]

wtg!! seewt finds

 

[garthbfan169]

Very kool cornith Love the FOB!!

 

[bookfisher]

Terrific Find! I'd be really psyched if I found that! WTG!

 

[Corinth1812]

You may have seen this:

"Created in 1885 by pharmacist Charles Alderton at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas, and said to be America's oldest major soft drink, Dr. Pepper quickly grew in popularity, but its real breakthrough as a national and international favorite came in 1904, when it was introduced to an estimated 20 million people attending the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (world's fair) held in St. Louis, Missouri. The fob's eagle design replicates the official silver medal which was awarded to the Dr. Pepper Co. at the expo. The scene on the reverse depicts the company's national offices and factory in Waco. (One version of the fob also lists the bottler, the Artesian Mfg. Co.) The metal, sometimes misidentified as silver, is nickel-plated brass. What's it worth? Probably $200-250 as found; $300-400 with full plating."

Don.....
Source: http://www.treasurenet.com/treasures/askmarkparker/200507.htm

Thats the only thing i could find on it, hoping someone on here could help me with it.

 

[Mackaydon]

What, specifically, would you like to know?

 

[allen]

there is no telling what other
goodies that site still holds !!

 

[history hunter]

WTG on the finds!

 

[spartacus53]

Nice finds on the Merc and watch fob