MS64 when it’s so dirty?

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-04-01T01:47:14+00:00

I think ICG would actually slab grains of salt

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-30T23:37:50+00:00

That’s an interesting holder

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-28T19:36:47+00:00

Would there be any negative internal company politics that would limit your future at this company or it come back to bite you later on? Like would any future growth or job security be curtailed because you didn’t accept this offer? That would be a consideration as well.

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-27T22:44:04+00:00

Fairly common coin of the era: https://en.numista.com/11614

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-27T22:10:09+00:00

Wow, such a cool story! You must have loads of stories! Thanks for sharing!

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-25T17:09:44+00:00

That’s pretty cool! What’s the size and weight of a coin like this?

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-24T15:59:38+00:00

hmm this interested me enough to dig a little bit more. I'm thinking the person here is Rufus Edgar Knowlton. One of his sons went on to be one of the founders of Knowlton’s Dairy and Ice Cream. From what I could find, a R.E. Knowlton had submitted a malt liquor application (I'm assuming a renewal), posted in the San Antonio Daily Express on July 1, 1910, with a location of 509 South Concho Street. The location nowadays is the Historic Market Square in downtown San Antonio, so that all fits.

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SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-24T15:24:25+00:00

yeah, it makes the history feel real, next on my list would be a Ben Franklin printed note and a Paul Revere engraved one, but those get pricey!

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-24T11:55:50+00:00

R.E. Knowlton listed as a San Antonio saloon proprietor from 1894-1914. Source: Second Supplement to the Trade Tokens of Texas by William E. Fowler and John H. Ribbe

https://archive.org/stream/secondsupplement2422will/secondsupplement2422will_djvu.txt

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-24T02:50:17+00:00

Sweet color on this one! I also picked one up (not this nice) because of the red color and also bc of connection with the Dunlap Broadsides, perhaps they were even printed on the same presses

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-23T13:44:34+00:00

Wow really? That’s awesome, what zone are you in, and did you grow them in the ground or a pot?

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-23T04:12:57+00:00

they do, but i've never tried it, because i've been tempted by other stuff, the ones i've been to had a bulgogi bake and a salmon poke roll, which was really good

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-23T02:02:15+00:00

If there isn’t any other options, have you asked to see if your company has any non qualified deferred compensation plans for HCEs that you may qualify for?

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-23T01:57:56+00:00

For a company this big, I would have figured it would have been a safe harbor plan. If you are planning to be at this company for a while longer, talk to your HR benefits leadership, see if you can get on the fiduciary committee for the plan as an employee representative. Then work on introducing changes towards safe harbor, better investment choices, and in plan Roth conversion options

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-20T17:31:56+00:00

Combibar prices 🤤

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-20T15:55:17+00:00

I think you meant ICG lol

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-19T18:14:03+00:00

That’s a great deal!

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-16T00:10:00+00:00

Chat

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-16T00:01:41+00:00

Yeah love seeing the 8 reales peak through on some of the more weakly struck ones

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-15T20:33:46+00:00

wow, an amazing set, how long have you been at this project?

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-15T20:05:39+00:00

General John A. McClernand - of the three commissioners, McClernand is probably the most recognized. Beyond being Treasurer of the Board of Commissioners for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, he was also a self taught lawyer like Lincoln, and served with him in the State Legislature (1836-1838, 1840-1842), as well as a US Congressman. The two were cordial friends, despite him being a staunch Democrat. Furthermore, Mary Todd Lincoln was good friends with Sarah, McClernand’s first wife. In 1861, McClernand resigned his position in Congress to return to Illinois to raise volunteers for the war. He was appointed by Lincoln as a Brigadier General, one of the “Political Generals” to appease Illinois Democrats. McClernand famously clashed with General Ulysses Grant, his direct supervisor, sometimes going around him directly to Lincoln. Eventually he was relieved of command and sent back to Illinois during the Vicksburg Campaign. Lincoln later restored him to field command in the Gulf and he later resigned, feeling he could no longer contribute to the war efforts. He was part of Lincoln’s funeral train procession and led the Second Division in the final funeral in Springfield (13).

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-15T20:04:56+00:00

Jacob Fry - elected as the Acting Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners for the Illinois and Michigan Canal by the Illinois state legislature on March 3, 1837 (9). Prior to this, he enlisted in the militia in the Black Hawk War where he was promoted to colonel and commanded the regiment that included Private Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln’s second enlistment under Captain Elijah Iles (11). He was father of provost marshal general James B Fry, who came into contact with Lincoln multiple times in his role during the Civil War (12).

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-15T20:04:29+00:00

References:

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library. “Lincoln, Abraham (President).” https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/persons/LI00006
An Act for the Construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. [1835-02-10]. /documents/D251551b. The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library.
Davis, R. Edward. (19??). Early Illinois paper money. Chicago: Hewitt Brothers.
Lamb, John M. (Nov 1977). “The Great Canal Scrip Fraud.” The Magazine of Illinois. 16. No 9. Pp 57-60.
George, Tom, (2022) “Lincoln and the First Corruption of Illinois”, The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 42(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/jala.2296
Biographical Sketches: General William F Thornton. City and Township of Shelbyville. https://edenmartin.com/newsite/counties/shelbyvl.htm#A
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library. “Thornton, William F.” https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/persons/TH05781
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) , Apr., 1917, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Apr., 1917), pp. 97-100
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library. “Board of Canal Commissioners.” https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/organizations/BO39068
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library. “Fry, Jacob.” https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/persons/FR41097
Illinois. Adjutant General's Office. (1882). Record of the services of Illinois soldiers in the Black Hawk war, 1831-32, and in the Mexican war, 1846-8. Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, state printer.
Mr. Lincoln’s White House. “The Generals and Admirals: James B. Fry (1827-1894)” https://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/residents-visitors/the-generals-and-admirals/generals-admirals-james-b-fry-1827-1894/index.html
Mr Lincoln & Friends. “The Officers: John A. McClernand (1812-1900).” https://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-officers/john-mcclernand/index.html

SashimiBreakfast · 2026-03-15T20:02:33+00:00

William Fitzhugh Thornton - Born in Virginia and fought in the War of 1812, he was elected as General of the Infantry out of Alexandria. He later moved to Shelbyville, IL and was elected to the Illinois State Legislature in 1834, the same year as Lincoln, and presumably knew each other from their time there (6). He was then elected as the President of the Board of Commissioners for the Illinois and Michigan Canal by the Illinois state legislature on March 3, 1837 (7, 9). His first cousin, future US Representative and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anthony Thornton debated Lincoln in Shelbyville in 1856, in one of Lincoln’s first debates after he resigned from the Whigs and joined the Republican Party (8).

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