Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

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Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Sdcookie2 » Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:07 pm

Marked what I can read H G ??? the Boston then My Washington House.
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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Traintime » Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:18 pm

Can you post at a larger format like 640?

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Sdcookie2 » Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:37 pm

Sdcookie2 wrote:Marked what I can read H G ??? the Boston then My Washington House.
Any help appreciated

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Traintime » Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:39 pm

Perhaps clear up this...Does it read Mount (MT.) Washington House or My Washington House...a big difference as Longfellow's House in Boston is where Washington once lived and Mount Washington could refer to some other structures. And the dating could bear on the maker or retailer marks....for instance Henry Guild (using full name mark) was a Boston manufacturing jeweler in the middle decades of the 19th century. Some of these guys might have alternate marks as maker or retailer.

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Sdcookie2 » Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:56 pm

It does read Mt

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Aguest » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:41 pm

I am trying to read the word after HG it might be a last name or.....?

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Sdcookie2 » Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:00 pm

The last part is indistinguishable, there does seem to be a. Between the H and the g

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby wev » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:22 pm

Mt. Washington House in South Boston was a resident home of the Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind c 1840

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby wev » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:30 pm

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In 1838 the former hotel closed and the contents were sold at auction.

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby wev » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:38 pm

The most likely candidate is Henry Gooding

Compare his primary mark shown to yours

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby Sdcookie2 » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:13 pm

By golly I think that is it, wow thank you so much for all your help.

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Re: Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

Postby wev » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:34 pm

sometimes taking home a hotel spoon ends up preserving history, not that I would ever. . .


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