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Stokes Dies
Thought members would be interested to see the dies that Stokes used. I spotted these in an antique market called Hunted. They are mostly school and business (no military unfortunately, unless some of the school ones are Cadet, but I didn't spot any). There were maybe 300 dies. Prices varied around 30-50AUS$ No connection to vendor.
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G'day Oz
Thanks for the heads up, Im local to Hunted and will go and have a look. Regards Phil. |
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hi phil
called in there 6mths ago and they dont have anything military. the dies came up a year or so ago. about 100 of them. there were some military but nothing exciting i found. bc |
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Hi BC
Thanks for the info, I assumed that they were a new find. Hunted is only a couple of K from me but I don't go that often. Regards Phil. |
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heres an article.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/...dd40011d3e2050 when they closed ringwood, they sold hundreds of the metal dies. i used to visit there regularly in the 1980s. bought some fantastic items from their safe including a pair of officers gold and enamel 32nd btn collars. they were a presentation item for the last CO and the company made 2 pairs? why i dont know, but i got the sample pair. unfortunately, i didn't collect badges back then and traded them to a dealer. i also bought all the silver and gold civil nursing badges they had. there were about 20 different hospitals and about 5-10 of each. i also moved them on. there were several other nice purchases over a 2 year period. i loved going through their safe and sample books. unfortunately, the manager at the time retired and i could never get in with the new manager bc |
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Woody
BC,
Yes, like your story. If only you could turn back time. Young Toby picked 1000's about 4 years ago from Stokes when they closed. I believe there were pallets and skips destined for scrap. I was told be paid a little more the scrap price. He has been selling at markets etc. Museums Victoria also collected all the token dies. I shake when he tells me he was selling Unknown pallets to buyers. They tend to come up on eBay every so often. This is the proof (hub) for manufacturing Simpsons Donkey |
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