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A few Civil War Tokens to toss into the mix...

 

Just came across a similar "thing" elsewhere. Apparently a company or studio named Binroth, in the town of Delitzsch (Saxony), made quite a few seals in that style. Yours features Magdeburg (in the state of Saxony-Anhalt); here is one for Bitterfeld (today Bitterfeld-Wolfen, in Saxony-Anhalt). And this is one for Brandenburg, a city in the state of Brandenburg.

As for the text in your piece, well, the side with the big seal is Latin and says "Seal of the citizens (?) in Magdeburg". On the other side, the outer circle is in German ("Seal of the city of Magdeburg 14th century") while the inner circle is sort-of-Latin: "Made by Binroth from Delitzsch, facsimile". It is fair to assume that the thing in the middle is a monogram, with the second/bottom part being a "B". The first/top part could then be a "H" ...

Christian

 

Great toning on your Goodrich & Gay token Cheetah. That particular issue may be an R-2, but with the exceptional toning of yours it's an R-10 in my book. When I first glanced at the Fiedler token the first thing that hit my eye was the 206 Vine St address. I thought "Philadelphia" right away because there's such an address in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Philly. I also try to acquire as many counterstamps from that city as I can...my speciality I guess you could call it. Still about 135 to go so I'm going to be a busy boy for a long time. Do you have much in the way of Philadelphia CWT's?

Bruce

 

I have a decent variety of Philadelphia CWTs I suppose. But I have many more Merchant era and Trade era specimens from Philly.

 

Here's a bit of a sampling of some Philadelphia trade tokens...

 

Thanks Cheetah. Good to see some nice Philly tokens.

Bruce

 

I'm groovin' on that Bohsemeem Spice Company token, Cheetah!

 

I haven't been able to come up for a reference for this Pius IX-Anno XXIIII architectural medal.
At 72 mm and 5.5 mm thick, the medal's reverse exhibits quite a bit of depth.

 

Nice => I've seen that reverse before, but it is always a total winner!!

 

Nothing represents Philadelphia like the Mummers Parade Bought this at the Mummers Museum it was the last one of the Fancy Division medals. It was issued in 1976 and I bought this in 2013.

 

I picked these up a couple months ago.

I have a collection of these in bronze, pewter and silver. This is the lowest serial number I can find, and hope that if there is still a #1 out there, I will acquire when our paths cross.

These silver were limited, but more so the first 40 or 50 were made with an error, naming LBJ as the 38th Vice President. Oops.

 

A very nice medal dwhiz. I've been meaning to go to the Mummers Museum forever but just never made it. I've driven by it countless times but...

Bruce

 

These complete overstrikes on regular circulating coinage are fairly rare but this is the second one I've come across on eBay in the past couple of weeks. This was issued by the Israeli Numismatic Society of Connecticut and celebrated their 5th anniversary in 1977. What's unusual about this one is that it's struck over the obverse of a 1943 W/L Half. Most of the detail on the rim, including the date are easy to see without magnification. The reverse has been flattened by the pressure of the strike and has been slightly cupped. Most of these modern overstrikes are on Kennedy Halves or Eisenhower Dollars so this one on a Walker is a first for me.

Bruce

 

my rare Wright & Son indian head token made some time between 1889 and 1926, then two masonic pennies and a masonic insurance tag

 

beautiful medal and THAT'S THICK! lol

 

that is one of the most amazing, if not the most amazing, edited coins i have ever seen!!!!!

 

Nice tokens MorganDollar. I especially like the Wright & Son piece. Thanks for showing them.

Bruce