6/6/26 Report - Nice Parker Ink Bottle. Marble and 1917 One Cent Finds.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Its not Saturn Or Jupiter, it is a marble find.  A few weeks ago when I was looking through some old find photos, a few stood out to me as just being interesting pictures.  I showed some of them in the past, but here is another.  Some of the other marble finds made good pictures too.

Copilot classified this one as a vintage handmade German single-ribbon swirl from the late 1800s to early 1900s.

I don't know if that is right yet.

Here is a marble collecting site.

An online reference guide for marble collectors

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Recently Dug 1917 U.S. Cent.

The 1917 Lincoln Wheat Cent is worth $0.25 to $135,000 depending on mint, grade, and variety.

Circulated (1917-P): $0.25 – $40

Uncirculated (1917-P): $30 – $38,813 (MS-68 RD)
1917-D condition rarity: $0.50 – $21,275 (MS-66 RD)
1917-S semi-key: $1.00 – $40,000+ (high grades)
1917 Doubled Die Obverse: $90 – $135,000 (trophy variety)

I was in West Virginia for a few days and detected the old wagon trail that I've detected once or twice a year for several years.  Every year there is some rain and erosion and a few coins or artifacts appear.  Other people detect the trail too, so you might be tempted to believe it is hunted out but usually something old can be found, even though I'm using the Garrett Ace 250, a low end but working metal detector.  I was really wishing I had the Manticore.  Some junky areas off trail were near impossible to work with the Ace - well, not impossible, but it really demands a lot of patience.

But what I want to talk about here is first, the large range of prices for a 1917 U.S. cent. Of course, it is the result of the usual factors, including rarity, condition, etc. etc. 

The second thing is the poor condition of the coin.  It was really hard to see the date, but I finally got it.  This area is tough on buried coins, particularly copper ones.

I ended the last hunt there when the Ace developed a problem.  I've been thinking I should get a better detector up there.  Next time I go, I'll have to get a better detector.  We'll see if that produces more finds.

The details of this old cent doesn't really matter.  The condition is just too bad.

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Parker Ink Co. Super Chrome Turquoise Blue Ink Bottle
with Paper Label. 

Superchrome was developed by Gaylen H. Sayler and patented in the early 1930s, but it was not widely marketed until Parker began producing the Parker 51 pen.

The label reads inn script  - writes dry with wet ink.

PARKER

Super chrome

... turquoise blue

permanent ink

The Parker Pen Co. Janesville, Wis??. U.S.A.

Here is the metal screw top.

The bottom reads as follows.

3 0Z                                  88CG

10                               A in circle underlined.

MADE IN U.S.A.

The makers mark is for the Armstrong Cork Co. which later got into glass.

The logo consisted of the Circle-A mark with a notable underline. As with the others, it was found on both amber and colorless glass, and it occurred on liquor containers but, these lacked the “MADE IN U.S.A.” found on the ones with the Circle-A “rmstrong” marks. 

Here is that link.

ArmstrongCork.pdf

However this bottle has the circled and underligned A along with the MADE IN U.S.A. mark.

I just added this Parker ink bottle to my tgbottlebarn.blogspot.com site. 

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Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net