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British Medal: ROBERT ALEXANDER; He*Died*For*Freedom*And*Honour



~121mm; 325.2gm

Edge is machined & unmarked; back is stamped WA in a circle; as-cast.

"E.CR.P" cast above lion's RH front paw; "3" stamped between lion's LH rear ankle and tail-tip.

Three symbolic devices take my immediate attention:
Britannia holding an upside-down wreath; two dolphins facing her; lion triumphing over an equal-sized, winged prey beneath her feet.

Who was Robert Alexander, in this context; Military or Naval Officer? Can any of you date this, or offer other insight? (Thanks, mackwork, for the link!)

The hard-board sleeve is ~133mm, and completely unadorned in or out, except for the unusual flap configuration.

Thanks...

 

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WWI Memorial plaque:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_(medallion)

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/memorials/memorial-plaque.htm

 

First time I've seen a sideways NGC slab... do they do this for all medals, or is that the oversized holder?

 

After reading these two references, and one of the links on the Wikipedia article, I am chewing on a possible project; finding (somehow) a surviving member of Robert Alexander's family in order to re-convey his 'Death Penny'. I may be impossible, as his rank and unit is unknown...not to mention that his name would not be considered uncommon, either now or then.

Hello, you Britishers tuned in: have you any suggestions? Shout 'em out, Eh?

 

1928 Bronze Desk Plaque: Edison Illumination & Ironclad Merrimac tid-bit

I sent this letter to the Secretary of A.E.I.C. on April 20th:
Can you tell me, please, how rare this medallion is? That is to say, how many were struck? Were they given to all attendees, or sold as souvenirs? Is it one of a series? I'm a collector of exonumia, among other things. I've had this since about 1966. It's one of my favorite pieces, as much for the Merrimac Iron tid-bit as for the massive beauty of the thing. Thank you for your help and effort.

Earl Parsons, Executive Director AEIC, wrote on the 22nd:
Your email has been forwarded to me for a response. Thank you for your interest in the AEIC iron paperweight. Until your email, no one presently in our office knew the paperweight existed. After looking in all the old files, we found one paperweight in the very rear portion of our safe, covered by other papers and material. There is no record of how many or when they were purchased. I have researched the bound copy of the minutes of the 44th Annual Meeting of AEIC in 1928. Neither the President, Vice President or Secretary/Treasurer mention this Medallion/Paperweight in any of their remarks. In reviewing the financial reports for the meeting, there is no record of any expenditure for such an item. It is an interesting mystery.

There were 249 official attendees plus spouses at the meeting. I’m not certain that everyone received one or if they were given to only the Directors or other special representatives. I have no idea of the value of the item. I intend to pursue this issue further and will let you know if I discover anything of interest.

Again, thank you for your interest. I regret that I don’t have more information at this time.

I am, needless to say, waiting with bated breath for more news about this, and will certainly share it here when it arrives.

 

Sorry Idhair, I meant the edge lettering being struck by Carr. As you say, I don't believe the actual coins were either.

Bruce

 

Made of 925 silver
don't know if it has some value other than metal

 

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The Beatles 1964 US Tour Medal, brass, 30mm

 

I just can't pass these sets up...they go for ridiculously low prices on eBay.
This set is the cheapest so far...$17.37!

 

Here is one script or token haven't been able to find out anything about it yet!

 

Here are some more recent ones. Don't know what the proof set token came out of, the bowling center casino token was an interesting find. and the EDCC was a local coin club that folded years ago.

 

Here are two liberty tokens, I like the view on the reverse of the first one along with the statement. Don't know if that would be PC today. But back then it was "It was a long time ago and in a Galaxy far, far away" it was a different time.

The seconds obverse is to busy and confused for my tatses, and the reverse is bland.

 

The first one was from a bank that got swallowed up my a mega bank. Will have to see if the museum is still functioning

 

There is a little story behind this Gerald Ford medal. When I was in high school, my school club took a trip to the Denver Mint. At the gift shop, I bought an official bronze medal of the President at the time, Gerald Ford, and a little display case for it. Sometime over the years, the medal was lost or misplaced, but I still had the display case. For some reason I took the display case along when I moved to Japan, and it sat empty for years in a drawer. Then last month, I was visiting a dealer in Tokyo and felt compelled for some reason to look in his junk box. There on the very top of the junk box was a Gerald Ford medal, still in its original mint plastic! I told the dealer my story, and he let me have the medal for free! So now the display case has finally been reunited with a Gerald Ford medal

 

Great story Collector and a nice medal to boot. Strange how things work out sometimes isn't it?

Bruce

 

Thanks Bruce I ordered this when I first saw the ad for it. This is one of my favorite coin designs, I just wish I could afford the real thing. The price was $80.00 for this beauty then I sent to ANACS to preserve the original condition

 

"Cuivre" is french for Copper.

But I have no idea what the bat is about. Maybe the 50th anniversary of Batman.

Dave

 

I picked this up on eBay last week for my coin related exonumia collection. It's a full overstrike for the 1980 Greater Los Angeles Coin Convention in conjunction with the American Israeli Numismatic Association. It's struck on a 1958 Israel 1 Lirah (Law is Light). The Lirah (or Lira) was the predecessor to the old shekel issued in 1980. It's a nice 32mm copper-nickel coin and shows the undertype pretty clearly under magnification. This is one of a thousand struck.

Bruce