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5" Banded Slate Birdstone Townsend T5268 Wood Co OH

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5" Banded Slate Birdstone Townsend T5268 Wood Co OH

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5" Banded Slate Birdstone, Found 1903 in Wood Co Ohio. Collected by Ladow Johnston, Toledo Attorney in 1933. Sold at an auction of Johnston’s collection in about 1968 to Menard Wilson of Derby Ohio. Ben Thompson purchased in 1968 for $700 and valued it at $3000 at the time. Collected by Earl Townsend T5268. Great piece of history.

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5" Banded Slate Birdstone Townsend T5268 Wood Co OH

Name: 5\" Banded Slate Birdstone Townsend T5268 Wood Co OH
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