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LANPHEAR, William K.  (c1827-1887) diesinker, stencil cutter,
          Cincinnati, Baltimore, Minneapolis.
            Name variations: W. A. Lamphear, Lampher.
            Born New York State, ca 1827. Raised in Lancaster
          Pennsylavania, where he was a fan maker, married his
          wife in 1859, then moved to Cincinnati in 1860..
           
          In business in Cincinnati before 1861 where he operated
          W.K. Lanphear & Co as a stencil cutter; Later employed
          engravers William Senour and Frederick W. Lutz (qq.v.)
          which did general engraqving            and who manufactured 
          Suttler tokens, patriotic tokens, and a major maker of
          Civil War tokens. Listed in1863 and 1864 Cincinnati
          city directories as general engraver and related products.
          Directories 1965 and 1866 list all three men as principles,
          Lanphear. Senour and Lutz. Lanphear also operated a
          nearby cigar store.

          In patnership as Lanphear & Ross with Richard Ross,
          1871-1873 in Baltimore. He was sole proprietor there
          of  Excelsior Stencil, Stamp & Novelty Company 1874-
          1880 (see Producers file).  He specialized in storecards
          and Masonic medals at this time. He is plaqued with
          misspellings, even appearing on his own storecards!
          In one Cincinnati city directory ad (1860) he adveritsed
          "old coins bought and sold" which led Q. David Bowers
          to delcare Lanphear an early American coin dealer. Pete
          Smith discovered he moved from Baltimore to Minnesota
          after 1880.

          Died Minneapolis, Minnesota, 25 December 1887.

          M   E   D   A   L   S

 1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Manufacturer of Metallic
            Cards Storecard. . . . . . . . .  Storer 3949, 7931-7932
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Clock Face Cincinnati
            Storecard ("metalic cards" rev). . . . . . CWT 165 CY-3a
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Clock Face Cincinnati
            Storecard ("metalic cards" rev). . . . . . CWT 165 CY-26
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  BMP 1:4350
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Anvil Cincinnati Storecard
            ("metalic cards" rev). . . . . . . . . . . CWT 165 CY-30
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  BMP 1:4351
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Child's One Penny Barrel
            Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CWT 165 CY-31
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA  48:113
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Miss Liberty Cincinnati
            Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CWT 165 CY-49
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  BMP 1:4352
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Padlock Reverse Storecard 165 CY-78
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 49:189
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) One Penny Rev Storecard . 165 CY-80
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 49:190
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Bully For You Storecard . 165 CY-87
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 48:114
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Yankee Notions Storecard. 165 CY-95
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 48:115
1860ca Lanphear (W.K.) Cincinnati Storecard. .  165CY-108a
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 46:92
1860ca Senour (William)Token With Lanphear
            Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  165FM-71a
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 56:102
1860ca Bishop (Samuel) North Liberty Storecard . .  650A-1
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 50:77
1863 Lanphear (W.K.) Manufacturer of Metallic Cards
            Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storer 7933
1880ca Coleman (S.H.) Juneau Wisconsin Storecard .  320A-2
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 49:205

          A  R  C  H  I  V  E  S

DS  Schenkman (David) Engravers, Diesinkers Databank.
Mss Smith (Pete)  Private Mints in North America.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 3:283 (misspelled Lamphear).
P2  {1907} The Numismatist 20:3 (March 1907) p 65.
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 3949, p 534, 7931-7933 1033.
E10 {1970} Gladfelter. Civil War Die Sinkers. Journal of the Civil War Token Society 4:2 
          (Summer 1970) p 12; 12:4 (Winter 1978) p 133.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 192, 348, 479.
            {?} Fuld. Civil War Tokens, p348-354.
P4   {2003} Smith (Pete) Death of Lanphear in Minnesota, TAMS Journal 43:5 (October
M56 {2007}  Ostendorf (John)  Civil War Store Cards of Cincinnati. Civil War Token 
          Society (2007) p 12, 292-208 (bio).
"There has been no scholar better qualified to create 'the American Forrer' than Dick Johnson."
-Cornelius C. Vermule III, Curator Emeritus
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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