Let's see your exonumia!

Got this at my first FUN show....looking to go in 2015

 

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Nice token dwhiz. I'd like to get to the FUN show some day, but it's a long run for me. I have some FUN exonumia but got it from eBay.

Bruce

 

I had to wait till I retired and my son has a house right down the street from there. It's a 16 hour drive for my but I enjoy the trip

 

won these last night....sellers pictures

 

Found these today

 

Another fantasy dollar.

 

The reverse is reminiscent of the Barber's Head Dollar, Judd 1555, but the bust is completely different. Maybe it's a replica of another pattern dollar - I don't know them well.

 

"The reverse is reminiscent of the Barber's Head Dollar, Judd 1555, but the bust is completely different. Maybe it's a replica of another pattern dollar - I don't know them well."

The closest I could come up with is J-1615/6.

 

This is one of the fanciest counterstamps I've ever seen. Although the workmanship is a bit crude, it's still very appealing.

Who issued it? Not sure, but I came up with a longshot. Brunk lists an example of "J.Sch" on an 1866 2-Cent Piece. This one is on an 1825 Large Cent and barely fits on the coin which means that it wouldn't fit on the 1866. Apparently Sch is a very rare surname...probably German but not positive. He also lists an "F.A. Sch" which may or may not be related to this one.

In any case, there was a company in Tuttlingen, German that manufactured surgical instruments named Jetter & Scheerer. It was founded by Gottfried Jetter in 1867, but established operations in the U.S. in the 1890s. At some point, probably in the early years of the 20th century they began to manufacture military daggers and bayonets for the German armed forces. Their products were marked "J.Sch." on the blades of the weapons. The earliest example of this mark I found on a bayonet was 1938. The style was much more modern than the stamp on my coin, but mine may have been an earlier version. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any earlier J & S products stamped "J.Sch." to compare. I think it's a longshot that this was Jetter & Scheerer's mark, but you never know.

Bruce

 

H8_Modern I bought a C.O.I.N medal like yours last month. I can't find anythng about them through google. Do you know anything at all about it or what became of the organization. I'm wondering if they became NY International Numismatic Convention or maybe merged with them?

 

I remember when you posted yours longnine. I tried to find out something about the club at the time too but came up short. Found a few examples of their medals on eBay but that was it.

Bruce

 

I had a fishing buddy who would say "What do you want, a medal?"

 

Nice.

 

#1 Before I post the image for the 9th Infantry Division, I'd like to post some Vietnam history about them. //// Their 2nd Brigade had the unusual ( perhaps even bizarre to them), distinction of serving in the Mobile Riverine Force in Vietnam. They operated both on their own and with the Navy in Task Force 117.

 

#2 The other thing is their unit insignia is based on a 15th century tradition of the octofoil. The octofoil represented 9 sons in a family. The 9th son, in the center of the octofoil was then surrounded by 8 brothers. Some of the troops referred to their insignia as the psychedelic cookie.

http://9thinfantrydivision.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/patches3.jpg?w=584

 

#3 9th Infantry Division, Camp Bearcat Vietnam, brass, C/A, 4.4 grams, 21mm (5cent size), Cunningham VN1040a. Same both sides.

 

(I may have showed some of these coins by them self in a past post's, i just want to show all the coin's or woods we make each year now).

In the fall 2013 we have the State fair, the PNNA( Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association) puts on in the hobbie hall a booth, were kids find there birth date in a pile of cents, then they get to pick any world coin of there choice to get them interested in coins, some of these kids have been coming back for ten years. each kid gets one elongated cent to.
Last year was our first year that they offer a elongated cent, i made over two hundred in a 4 hr. period, very busy.


The PNNA also will let the local clubs use there new machine, you have to buy the die for it..We at the Boeing club bought a die for our coin show last January 2014 and we handed out our own elongated cents for our 2014 show.



We also make make an encased cent for the first time, for our 50th. anniversary 2013



Every year since the 60's the have made for the Boeing club a wooden nickle with a image of year before coin that we have minted.this was for our 50th. year club.




Every year we have a coin minted,1.5oz. Pewter,Copper and Silver, early years Gold they made them 1.5 oz.....

Copper 1.5 oz. minted coin..

 

Keep bringing those kids back every year. They are a great source for new blood into our hobby.

 

Thanks for the history and you know I'm digging that token!