Let's see your exonumia!

The coin is on the left & the hologram is on the right.

 

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Perhaps we can dispense with the coins entirely at some point!

 

Two new pieces of exonumia.

The first is a pretty difficult merchant token to hunt down...the Indian bust obverse has just stunning detail, and of course, I'm a fan of the horse on the reverse. With a little help from a friend, I believe this token to be at least Rarity-4 (200-500 struck), and possibly rarer. Hard to know for sure. I know of 3-4 others graded in mint state by NGC, but pops are not available.



The second is a merchant token for a dress/clothing store in Philadelphia. The store burned down around the turn of the century (c. 1900). There is a bit of a smudge under the horse on this one, but the luster is out of this world, and I couldn't pass it up! Purchased from Ernie Latter a couple weeks ago.

 

Two more beautiful CWTs Brandon. I don't know the real rarity of the first one, but when I collected them I don't recall seeing many in any grade. I would think it would be R-5 or better. By the picture, yours looks like it might even grade a 66.

Always liked the P & R token very much. Actually, the smudge below the horse doesn't bother me at all. It's in the perfect spot where it almost looks to be part of the design. Ernie Latter always has a nice selection when I see him at shows. Bought a few from him myself.

Bruce

 

Hi Bruce,

"Broadstruck" (another exonumia guy on a couple other forums) felt similarly on the S&H token. He quoted the obverse as R-4 and the reverse as R-4, but there are other tokens struck with both the obverse and reverse. R-5 is probably closer to reality, which is fine with me. I guess the Indian bust is pretty appealing to Indian Head Cent collectors, though artistically I think Smith & Hartmann's Indian is nicer than Longacre's IHC, but I'm also pretty sure the high relief wouldn't hold up very well for dies striking millions of coins.

-Brandon

 

The second token, with the bee hive reminds me of the Mormon coins

 

The 519 MI BN (military intelligence battalion) was located in Saigon from 1965 until the end of the war. Their main role was interrogation and document/material exploitation. Which was military speak for analysis of captured enemy documents and maps. Today this is called DOMEX-document and media exploitation. The 519 was part of 16 campaigns in Vietnam including U.S counter-offensive of Tet. They earned three Meritorious Unit Commendations while in country.

Brass, C/A, 22mm 4.4 grams, Cunningham VN510, 5c Saigon

 

Nice! Thanks for the background information too!

 

cool hologram.

 

Here are a couple more from the last bargain bin diving.

Same both sides, about the size of a nickle. Have no idea what it is used for, not being a golfer. You would think with what they charge the could have something that wouldn't get lost in a pocket!

For all the Edison fans, I'm a Tesla man myself!

I guess this was an award for the person that sold the most toilet paper back in the day!

 

An honor award no less. Can't overstate the importance of toilet paper Circus. It's surprising what neat stuff you can find in a bargain bin.

Bruce

 

You forgot that it was the President's honor award

 

This is the long awaited 15th Anniversary WINS Medal struck at Northwest Territorial Mint. They really did a class job with this. The reverse was designed by JD White who is the WINS Operations dude. He was also the Admin/moderator for the CoinWorld chat rooms "back in the day." We called him the Sheriff. The Obverse is the original logo from the WINS homepage. It was designed by GDJMSP and also JD. I think you already know GDJMSP. And if you don't, he'll get you for that transgression.

39mm, 1 ounce, antiqued copper, M/A.

 

Nice one JD!!

 

I beg your pardon. A serious error on my part.

Bruce

 

I have no idea what this is or when it was made.

 

From the ©FM under the pipe I believe it is a product of the Franklin mint in there Indian nation series don't remember the correct title.

 

Perhaps it was for the most toilet paper used.....in the executive washroom?

 

Thanks. Never thought of the Franklin Mint. I'll look it up.