 | Colonial Coin and Stamp Company - New York City
Leiser Wolf Schnelling was the proprietor of this business, which operated from 1932 to 1942. During the final four years of this company's existence, it published elegant coin boards that featured top-notch graphics and cellophane backings which permitted viewing of both sides of the coins.
Finer than competing boards, the Colonial brand titles cost ten cents more, selling at 35 cents apiece. Colonial also offered attractive, bound sets of its boards with brown, leatherette covers. Such board albums are extremely rare today. |
 | Earl & Koehler - Portland, Oregon
One of the rarest brands of coin boards is that produced by the partnership of Ben Earl and Frank Koehler. Printed in 1939 only, these boards are seldom found outside of Oregon or California.
Most of the few known Earl & Koehler boards are for Lincoln Cents. This rare title for Mercury Dimes is the only example I've seen. Subtitled the "Bonus Collection Card," the intent was for users to fill the board from circulation and then sell it back to the publisher for a profit. E & K was one of just two such premium card issuers. |
 | Lincoln Printing Company - Los Angeles
Lincoln Printing Company was a partnership of the Ritterband Brothers, Robert, Bill and Richard, that operated from 1928 until the early 1980s. It produced coin boards from 1937 to 1941, issuing just four titles for the most popular of series.
This remarkable and very rare board was a custom printing done for funeral director Dave J. Malloy in 1939. In addition to advertising his main business, Malloy advised his customers that he would evaluate and purchase collector coins by appointment. Bury the deceased and buy his coins from the widow, all in one operation! |
 | Gramercy Stamp Company - New York
Yet another extreme rarity is this board for Indian Head Cents. Its landscape orientation is unique among vintage coin boards of the 1930s & '40s.
Gramercy published only two titles, the other being for Lincoln Cents. It appears that they were in production for less than a year in 1940. |
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