1st :Museum" Find

RichieRich

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1st "Museum Piece"!!! Scored these beauties hunting in Meridian last night. The local Historian does not know about the J.A. Pitman token. She said they were "Long time Meridian family - I'm not sure just where J. A. fits, but Linda Tewksbury's brother is married to Jana Pitman. Her dad was Ray & her grandfather was Zeke. If you must must have it - keep it, but we'd like to put it with the other ones we have in the display case. Jana had three sisters no brothers - & an Uncle Bill whose son was killed as a young man - (he was in my middle sons class) -" Of course it is going to be there.
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1st "Museum Piece"!!! Scored these beauties hunting in Meridian last night. The local Historian does not know about the J.A. Pitman token. She said they were "Long time Meridian family - I'm not sure just where J. A. fits, but Linda Tewksbury's brother is married to Jana Pitman. Her dad was Ray & her grandfather was Zeke. If you must must have it - keep it, but we'd like to put it with the other ones we have in the display case. Jana had three sisters no brothers - & an Uncle Bill whose son was killed as a young man - (he was in my middle sons class) -" Of course it is going to be there.
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Congrats! Love the tokens. Keep a close eye on the display over the years. My dad donated Indian artifacts and old bottles to our local museum (at their request), and they never displayed them. Who knows what happened to them.
 

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Area code 312 is for the Chicago area.

The area code system was developed by AT&T and Bell Laboratories in the 1940's, and went into effect in 1947. It was called the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and included the United States and Canada .

Searching for "J. A. Pitman" was inconclusive.
 

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RichieRich

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I already asked what happens to the pieces if they dissolve
 

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Thanks for trying DeepseekerADS
 

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Congratualtions on the nice token finds! :occasion14:
 

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RichieRich

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Thanks Professor of Engineering
 

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Keep a close eye on the display over the years. My dad donated Indian artifacts and old bottles to our local museum (at their request), and they never displayed them. Who knows what happened to them.

Museums get literally hundreds of donations a year, especially from estates. It takes a lot of time to create an exhibit, and the relevance, so most of the donations just go into storage. Depending on the museum, and the policies (you should read this before donating) they have the right to sell the artifact to general money for operating expenses.
I was working with the Gem and Mineral Museum, and literally tons of rocks,minerals, and whatever showed up per week.
 

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Great Advice seekerGH I will dig into it
 

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Museums get literally hundreds of donations a year, especially from estates. It takes a lot of time to create an exhibit, and the relevance, so most of the donations just go into storage. Depending on the museum, and the policies (you should read this before donating) they have the right to sell the artifact to general money for operating expenses.
I was working with the Gem and Mineral Museum, and literally tons of rocks,minerals, and whatever showed up per week.

Yup, that's why I mentioned it. Neither you or the public may never see the objects again, which is a shame.
 

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