Awesome 1901 Pan American Exposition Letter Opener. Silver Coins Plus More.

[JerV3]

Hey everyone,

Been hunting a nice old section of a park and been coming away with some nice keepers. Not as old of finds as I would like to be finding but I'll take what I can get.

One one outing I managed 18 old coins and a awesome piece of history. The letter opener made my day. It took hrs to clean it. It was ranking as one of the harder items I ever cleaned.

It was a surface find and had been beaten to death by weather over the last 100 yrs. It has a patent date of may 14th 1901. I am pretty sure it was a give away at the expo to get folks to attend. It was in buffalo NY where it took place.

I love to find old coins and silver. But this one was truly a keeper relic. I managed like my 5th no date standing lib of the yr. I got a few war nickles. One nice indian head. A really nice 1907 V nickle and a 1927 buff.

Got a few mercs common dates. I think a 42 and a 28. I'll be back at it again this weekend. The compact thingy is solid sterling even though it is broken. Also got a 47 rosie 18 wheats and a 1922 pgh railways token.

Hope you all like the pics and finds.

Thanks for looking

HH Jer

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Beautiful letter opener! You always find the coolest stuff!

 

[Fisher]

That is awesome. Great finds!
HH

 

[The Buzzard King]

GREAT finds! VERY impressive!
Congrats!
5th SLQ of the year? Damn. Those things elude me bigtime.
I've found 8 Barber quarters, but only 2 SLQ's in the last 2 years.
Again, Great stuff!

 

[Schrecky]

Man, that is a nice find, congrat's

 

[Old_Okie]

That letter opener is outstanding!

old_okie

 

[mikewaz]

That letter opener is awsome!
Mike

 

[halfdime]

Great finds!

 

[madmacabre]

Great finds ,What state are you in ? just wondering how far that letter opener traveled from the expo event.

 

[silverfreak]

Very nice finds

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

Way to go Jer!!!!!! keep up the good finds.

 

[Captn SE]

Jer, that letter opener is a great relic find!! From the looks of the letter opener from your first pic, you did a very good cleaning job!!

Congrats on all your finds. The pics/displays are excellent.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[oddcoins]

WOW ~ that's some great finds! Especially that 1901 letter opener! VERY COOL!!!!

 

[jimbob450]

Very nice letter opener. What is it made of
and what did you use to clean it? Jim

 

[Ron B]

Awexsome post; I see why you are excited!

That letter opener is indiscribeably awesome! Great job!
You certainly discovered a small piece of history!

GRB

 

[Argentium]

Jer , I will go so far as to say banner find on the letter opener. My reasons are as follows, You have found

an item that is 1. historically interesting and important 2. I think its safe to say this item is so unusual , that it

has not been seen on t-net before , and 3. the letter opener is a beautiful piece of Americana , and 4. the

condition of the piece is very pleasing . Great find ! Gregory, Santa Fe.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Hi Jer! Great to see one of your posts...they're always filled with interesting relics and coins.

That letter opener is really spectacular! Congrats! Great job cleaning it.

 

[nebstater]

As a friend of mine would say,

Those are some good goods there. WTG

 

[liftloop]

way to go nice finds

 

[49r Relics]

Wow, that letter opener is museum quality, congratulations on that. I noticed that all of your coins (and the letter opener) cleaned up exceptionally well . . . any tips you can share on how you got the coins so clean? Can't wait to see Part II of this park hunt.