Now for a real tough one, some sort of metal stamp

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Here are a couple of items I dug many years ago ..
 

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Thanks all. That puts some perspective on this, now to find out what it was used for or called :icon_scratch: It looks like a wax stamp perhaps to seal envelopes or even a concrete stamp :dontknow:

Here are a couple of items I dug many years ago ..
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Cool :icon_thumleft: You wouldn't happen to be the owner of Tom's Treasures? Just found the identical buckle before reading this.

Thanks,

Paul
 

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They were actually attached to a large hand operated stamp(I had a pic of one around here,and could have bought one on E-Bay a while back,but didnt)I have dug a couple and they are all one of a kind and worth BIG MONEY,they seemed to have been very popular during the 1880's but the last one I dug was dated 1855 and it is known for fact the sority that the stamp represented was defunct by 1860.They actually imprinted the paper
 

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kuger said:
They were actually attached to a large hand operated stamp(I had a pic of one around here,and could have bought one on E-Bay a while back,but didnt)I have dug a couple and they are all one of a kind and worth BIG MONEY,they seemed to have been very popular during the 1880's but the last one I dug was dated 1855 and it is known for fact the sority that the stamp represented was defunct by 1860.They actually imprinted the paper
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And knowing my luck, without the handle, it's worthless :'( I will look up some more on this with your given info and see what I find :icon_thumleft:

Thanks,
Paul
 

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Actually its an antique seal stamp used by any number of busineses and organizations.

I have several State Seals which I use to stamp or emboss drawings, although mine are the more contemporary hand held type

Hate to inform you but they do have value....in fact, you can buy a stamp and have the seal mounted...makes a great conversation peice...paper weight...or door stop
 

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It was used for embossing paper - probably each member got a certificate of membership with the group seal on it. Notary Publics use the same sort of thing, but modern seals are a lot smaller. As pointed out, this was part of a larger device. See eBay 120592739182 for an example.
John in ID
 

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stefen said:
Actually its an antique seal stamp used by any number of busineses and organizations.

I have several State Seals which I use to stamp or emboss drawings, although mine are the more contemporary hand held type

Hate to inform you but they do have value....in fact, you can buy a stamp and have the seal mounted...makes a great conversation peice...paper weight...or door stop
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my dad took one of these seals. removed the die had them ground down perfectly flat. then he would use them to make foils of tokens. he would put the token between a 2"x2" folded piece of foil. then put that between two cork pads. then stick this in the press and it would produce an amazing copy of the token. this provided for accuracy. the only thing it didn't tell would be the material (br, al, wm, cdbd...)

in our case the seals were lead.

also, i believe one of the plates was incused so it would make a 'notary' like impression on paper. i can't tell well but is one of your plates (seals) incused? they both look raised but it's hard to tell.
 

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Just for giggles I will tell you that I was offered $1000 for one of mine ....I still have it.
 

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Just for giggles I will tell you that I was offered $1000 for one of mine ....I still have it.
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I like those kind of giggles kuger :laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7: :hello:


Tim
 

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Yea,if the history wasnt behind this one it would be gone but it will someday be in a museum where it belongs.It is the Sons of Temperance,of a history rich town
 

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Well, after a couple of hours of searching, I've come up with zip to any specifics related to this stamp but not giving up yet. Thanks to all the help, I know 85% more than I did prior which was, oh, 0. :wink:

Paul
 

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Try -- Yahoo "Knights of the Maccabees" -- and follow the yellow brick road.

In days gone by, people would hang certificates of organizations in their "Study", like in office today, as a sign of their accomplishments. Just look at old photos, like doctors, lawyers, businessmen, merchants, etc.
Practice still continues today in presenting award certificates, you know like employee of the year, month, day, minute, ata-boy for showing up for work; and I might add, it is a big business at that. Certificates would have organizations embossed seal to make them official and much classier than plain old piece of paper, signed by the boss.
 

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Try -- Yahoo "Knights of the Maccabees" -- and follow the yellow brick road.

In days gone by, people would hang certificates of organizations in their "Study", like in office today, as a sign of their accomplishments. Just look at old photos, like doctors, lawyers, businessmen, merchants, etc.
Practice still continues today in presenting award certificates, you know like employee of the year, month, day, minute, ata-boy for showing up for work; and I might add, it is a big business at that. Certificates would have organizations embossed seal to make them official and much classier than plain old piece of paper, signed by the boss.
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I followed the yellow brick road but someone dropped a house on my search engine :P I did find other things about kotm, but nothing about stamping or certs or anything. I will get some sleep and try again later. Yahoo was bringing in some different results so I will likely go back to that.

Thanks a bunch,

Paul
 

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As far as the stamps use,I was told they were basically like a letterhead,or the organizations "stamp",making a document official.If you look closely at the back,you should see a tiny engravers mark,two of mine say "Kuner",he was a famous engraver and lived into the early 1900's.
 

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I am going to green check this since yep, the ID is correct but finding information on it personally isn't happening. No reason to keep this one going.
Thanks for all the help and great IDs :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft:

Paul
 

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