#25-cents

[novanumismatics]

Hot Dog Inventor Charles Feltman & His Tokens

Before there was Nathan's, there was Feltman's. History often has a way of remembering only the final victors, and in the case of Coney Island hot dogs, the annals of certainly possesses a case of amnesia. In 1856 Charles Feltman, a Jewish immigrant from Germany, arrived in New York City. There...

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tags: #25cents, #5Cents, #CharlesFeltman, #ConeyIsland, #Exonumia, #Feltman, #HotDog, #Merchant, #Nathans, #NewYork, #NewYorkCity, #NYBknUnl25, #NYBknUnl5, #OceanPavilion, #Tokens, #Trade, #Varieties

[novanumismatics]

The "Model Artist's" Theatre and Its Token

An Englishman born in Paris in 1819, George Lea emigrated to the United States at the age of 19.  Initially trained as a pharmacist in Bristol England, Lea came to America penniless, but found employment at a New York City drug store on Crosby Street. Tenacious and driven, it was not long...

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tags: #2reale, #25cents, #Artists, #Exonumia, #FranklinMuseum, #GeorgeLea, #Model, #ModelArtists, #NewYork, #NY583, #NY584, #Spanish, #Tableaux, #TehWallhalla, #TempleOfTheMoses, #Token, #Troupe, #Vivants