Let's see your exonumia!

I enjoyed reading the text on fretboard’s new token. It states:

“Co-operate with the government and the audobon societies for the protection of our wild birds and wear ostrich plumage”
Isn’t that a little bit like showing your support for the spotted owl by wearing a spotted owl feather in your cap?

Very nice tokens fretboard. :thumb:

 

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Eh-heh-heh => I must admit that I had to look-up the meaning of exonumia ...

... apparently "counterstamped" is one of the meanings ...




... sadly, the "anchor countermark" on the reverse flattened the dude's nose on the obverse!! (yup, apparently some Greek banker didn't think too much of Alex The Great)

=> Pow, right in the snout!!

 

A few more to toss into the mix...

 

Those Scoville's are amazing, thanks for posting some more!

 

L. Hart produced this medal to commemorate Queen Victoria's visit to Antwerp in 1843, gilt, 55mm, 75g.

 

Beautiful historical medal yarm. I love the large size, well executed pieces like yours.

Bruce

 

Here is my latest edition to my exonumia collection. Took me a little while to afford it, but well worth the wait.

The Liberty Head Dollar or SCD was produced for the 1892-1893 Columbian Expo to commemorate Columbus' landing. Often attributed to George Morgan of Morgan dollar fame, this medal was designed by Adolph Weyl in France and struck by Wihelm Mayer in Germany. Produced in various diameters and metals in both high and low relief varieties. The medal that has the SCD (So Called Dollar) attribution measures 35mm in diameter. Also comes in 28mm and 90mm sizes both of which can be found every now and again on Teletrade, Heritage or Stacks auction sites. There are 5 known metals that have be used to create this medal. The first one and most common is aluminum. NGC has this listed as both a business strike (unc) and proof. After speaking with several experts in the field, it is believed that they all were proof strikes, but medals that were struck in a late die state did not exhibit the brilliance that a new die would impart. The second metal used was bronze. A little harder to find than the aluminum. The third metal is what they call gilt. In this case, it is a gold colored alloy that is covering a bronze medal. The last two medals are very difficult to find. They are a white metal version and silver version. I have only seen a white metal one once and have never seen a silver one although they are perported to exist. I have been told that the way to distinguish a white metal version from either aluminum or silver is purely by weight. I cannot remember what metals make up the white metal. To complicate matters, each metal comes in a low and high relief version. Low relief versions are hard to find. Other than the aluminum version which I have seen a handful of times, I have seen a bronze and gilt low relief versions on ebay and both were in very bad shape. As you can see, I only have one low relief version which is the aluminum one. This set has been fun to collect. Previous pics of my other medals in this set can be found in this thread. Hope you enjoy the pics.

 

Thanks for all the information Jaceravone. I have the high relief Bronze version. I knew who made the medal and all, I didn't know of all the varieties.

 

Wow, wow and woweeee, great looking medals and tokens here! Here's a couple more from my collection. I seriously been thinking about selling off many of my coins and focusing more on collecting tokens, problem is I don't have a specific series of tokens I collect. Guess you could say I'm still learning and still collecting.

 

A little different approach. Here is a Walking Liberty Half Dollar made into a ring with my birth year on it. I supplied the coin and had it created. This was from a CT thread around two years ago and I think several members here did the same thing. Your finger size determind what particular coin was needed for sufficient metal.

 

I just ordered one of these with my Mom's birth year on it. It was also a walker - 1945. I can't wait to get it back. The web site I went to was wemakesilvercoinrings.com. Thanks for sharing.

 

Since it's Black History Month I'll Post This

 

I had one made from a Kennedy with my birth year....it was a different site tho. I'd have to search to find it again as it was a couple years ago.

 

J A Bolen medalist, die sinker, and coin collector 1865

John Adams Bolen was a 19th-century medalist (and coin collector). He was born in 1826 and died in 1906. Based in Springfield, MA he was best known for producing storecards and medals both before, during, and after the Civil War. Several of his products are depicted in this thread. :smile

This is one of Bolen’s own store cards which he produced to advertise his die sinking business. :thumb:

Wa Da Ya Think?

 

here is an old new england merchants national bank of boston album i got on ebay from an estate sale.

 

Very cool.

 

Very kool both of you.......(Riff and Collect)

 

Here's a neat little counterstamp I just picked uo off of eBay for a buck. There are a couple of these listed in Brunk's book and are thought to be a Sears, Roebuck department store stamp. What's funny about this is that I almost spent it by mistake. While I was getting ready to put it in a 2X2 it got mixed up with some loose pocket change on my desk. Fortunately, I pulled it out before I spent it.

Bruce

 

My contribution...

 

Friend of yours John? Ninja Jeff........