G.G.G & G.G.G.G. (Goodwin's Grand Grease Juice)

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G.G.G & G.G.G.G. (Goodwin's Grand Grease Juice)

Altered from: Robert Scot (American (born in Scotland), 1745–1823)

U.S. Merchant (1845–1860)

1806

Object Place: New Hampshire, United States

Medium/Technique Silver United States quarter dollar, counterstamped

Dimensions Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 6.5 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.23 oz.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession Number13.411

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas

ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates

Catalogue Raisonné Rulau NH 150-157 variant over Breen 3887. Unique?

DescriptionThis is an 1806 Scot, Draped Bust, heraldic eagle reverse quarter dollar that has been counterstamped "USE G.G.G and G.G.G.G" for use as token. According to Russell Rulau, July 1855 New Hampshire District Court copyright records indicate that M.H. Goodwin got trademark licenses for G. G. G. and G. G. G. or Q. of F. for Goodwin's Grand Grease Juice and Goodwin's Grand Grease Juice or Quintessence of Fat. It was a product for the "Establishment, Growth and Beauty of the Human Hair." The draped Liberty bust quarter is not one of the host coins listed in Rulau.