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Regarding the concept of fair and equal treatment, since the comment "I like it, subject matter included!" in post #7059 is in fact so obviously and clearly an overt political statement, I'm rather puzzled as to why no objection to that has been made as yet.

 

Maybe I posted this one before, I forget. Still one of the nicest coronation medals I have, think it is made of silver.

 

Here is the Bacchus necklace from Mardi Gras 1968. I got it years ago when my grandma passed away. I'm not sure how she got it.... but I like it.

In tribute to all the cool Medals commemorating the annual event.

 

I like the variety with the spelling error, 'SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOOT".

 

That IS a genuine beauty!

 

And THAT can really HURT!

 

Well, still in Australia, and in the Hunter Valley northwest of Sydney, well known for its wines. The visitor's center is across from my hotel and I dropped in there. And saw this in the lobby:

And the medal itself. About US half dollar size, coin alignment.

Cessnock is the name of the nearest town to the visitor center.

 

At a price of "ONLY $2" can we safely assume these aren't 99.999 fine gold?

 

If you rather other than US monies to invest in check out their website

 

Very handsome piece, quite impressive and visually striking.

 

Thank you bringing this to my (our) attention; it certainly appears that this could be a rather interesting venue and/or endeavor to explore further.

 

I absolutely love the fact that this piece has so very much going on, both on the obverse and I dare say even quite a bit more on the reverse. The minor miracle here is to actually see a kitchen sink worth of images thrown onto a single coin and still have it come out making perfect sense; quite a remarkable achievement indeed!

 

Numismatic vandalism, is it? Counterstamps applied to a wildly common nickel that will still be worth a nickel in 20 years, and a cull, heavily worn, dateless Buffalo nickel? I'm not sure what the "plain old stupid" remark means, but if you don't like them, that's okay with me. To each their own.

Bruce

 

The stamps used on the coins I posted are what's known as prepared punches. The entire word or phrase is cut onto die steel, usually computer-guided , and so will strike up very neatly on a press. Many tool companies will make custom punches, but they can be a bit pricey.

Individual hand-held, hammer-struck punches are harder of course, but aren't difficult to apply fairly evenly. I've applied numbers and words to brass and steel tags as part of past jobs. I used to draw pencil lines across the tags and line up the letters on it. Later, I'd just wipe the mark off. You can also use a piece of tape as a guide. The important thing is to be sure the object you're stamping is fastened down securely on a solid surface. I had access to a small anvil, but any hard surface will do.

Bruce

 

This arrived today

 

The "remark" refers specifically and entirely to the nature of the particular "counterstamp" on these coins, neither more nor less. To go any further with this issue would almost inevitably carry the discussion into forum-site-banned political territory, and since I'm here purely due to my interest in numismatism and not politics, as ideally everyone else on here should be, I choose to let this particular sleeping dog lie.

 

Very shiny and quite naturalistic; who wouldn't be happy to have these?