White metal Token of Dr. Bohannan, United States/Missouri. 0000.999.56996

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.56996

Physical Description

  • Axis: 6

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 10.218
    • Diameter (in mm): 34.4
    • Thickness (in mm): 1.5

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Token
  • Material: White metal

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: DR. BOHANNAN'S MEDICAL OFFICE 63 PINE ST, ST LOUIS. / ENTRANCE / FRONT and REAR, / WHERE ALL SECR- / ET DISEASE, SUCH / AS SYPHILIS IN ITS / FIRST and SECOND ST- / AGES, GONORRHOEA, / GLEET, STRICTURE / INFLAMMATION / OF THE / BLADDER
    • Type: Inscription

  • Reverse

    • Legend: IMPOTENCY, / DISEASES OF THE / BONES, MERCURIAL / DISEASE, SCROFULA, / ERUPTIONS OF ALL / KINDS' NO MATTER / HOW LONG STAND- / ING, ALL EFFECT- / UALLY CURED / BY DR. B
    • Type: Inscription

  • Edge

    • Description: reeded (mostly obliterated)

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.56996
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: Gay Nineties

Notes

  • Box states: "According to Adams, only one specimen known (Betts Sale No. 179)"; Rulau: "Unique"

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined