Let's see your exonumia!

Well, here is an update to the post above!

I posted a question to Jess Patrick a week or so ago about whether he actually sold all 25,000 of these Cremona Pattern Quarters or not. I haven't heard back one way or another, but with as few of them that seem to show up on the various secondary markets, I am beginning to think that the number sold was just a fraction of the maximum possible.


Then I run across the piece below . . . . . .


It looks like The Patrick Mint may have sold a few pieces to whomever created this large silver medal.


This 50mm strike encases gold plated Patrick Mint Cremona Pattern "Quarters That Never Were" . . .


These weigh in at 63 grams and have proof like fields. The Cremona Pattern isn't struck into the host round, but are actually "glued" into place.


I am hoping that someone has seen one of these in the past and can shed some additional information on who created them, and when? They are definitely good looking strikes.


Does anyone have any ideas? @lordmarcovan ?


Or did someone "knock off" the Patrick Mint pattern reproduction?

Z

 

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A new addition in honor of my Grandfather. He had an extensive collection of ceramic chickens when I was young.

This is a silver Poultry Festival Medal. Just my speculation but I am picturing some sort of 4-H type event.

 

Did someone say "Poultry Festival Medal?"

I wonder if this one was given to the owner of the chicken that laid golden eggs?

Z

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As a longtime collector of Welsh-language medals it's hard to know where to start or what to choose, however I like this bronze-gilt medal by the Anglesey Druidical Society, a friendly society between 1772-1784. As an aside, I'm looking for a Welsh medal connected to the Chicago Colombian World's Fair of 1892-93, details of which are:
CHICAGO EISTEDDFOD 1893, Bronze, 45mm, by H.Zearing, Obv: Bust of Columbus right, 1492 CHRISTOPHER COLVMBVS 1892 & 3 around, Rev: Y GWIR/YN ERBYN Y BYD in two lines below gorsedd sign, EISTEDDFOD FFAIR Y BYD (World's Fair Eisteddfod) CHICAGO 1893 around. Has anyone ever seen one of these?

 

I'm not sure this really fits the exonumia definition but what the heck, I don't consider it legal tender anymore.

 

@ZoidMeister I'm not sure if you found the info you were looking for but the American Mint did a "the quarters of the fifty States" set that has gold plated quarters set into a medallion with an identical reverse to yours.


(not my coin, found on the internet)

The obverse was different for each state but all had the identical reverse as yours.

 

Hmmm, the American Mint . . . . I'll have to Google-Fu them.

It looks very much like the couple I found. And the quarter was plated and inserted, right? Not struck into the larger medal . . . . ?

Z

 

Yeah they were just normal state quarters that they plated and stuck/glued into the medal. I vaguely remember seeing some once that the quarter fell out.

 

Well I couldn't find the state quarters tokens on their website but I did find the one you posted there.

https://www.americanmint.com/the-quarter-that-never-was-commemorative-inlay-coin-us-2570416

Also found pics elsewhere of one the coin fell out of.

 

Awesome! Very cool! I appreciate the link and info.

That State Quarter piece looks a little smaller than the Cremona quarter piece. The Cremona is 50mm diameter.

It's also good to know that I didn't overpay for the ones I picked up . . . . I paid $20 shipped . . . . .

Z

 

Oxidized silver doubloon...

 

One of my favorite pieces of exonuma

 

I'm really really happy with this one - accompanied by its original envelope . . . . .

Very low mintage to boot.

Z

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You do know about this one, right . . . . ?

Z

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https://groveminting.com/newmarket/...-die-overstrike-of-the-1955-lincoln-cent.html

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I've got two that are quite different that I think are neat - a little holed brass token from the Spanish American War circa 1898 that says "Remember the Maine" on one side and "Cuba Must Be Free" on the other. Second up, I have a 2020 "Official Mint Medal" - in .999 silver from S. Korea for "Taekwondo" in an NGC slab graded MS69. I like the giant fist punching out on the obverse and the Yin / Yang design on the reverse.

 

You may be interested to know there's going to be a write up in the next Error scope magazine on that medal! Another tid bit its now in the Lord M holie collection.
This one

 

I bought this one with a 1933 Chicago "COPIE" Century of Progress International Expo Medal/token.
I can't find this company in the index.



This is a well detailed guide to the exhibition.
Seems the file is too large. This guide book is available on the internet found with a bit of extensive search.
If you copy and paste to your web browser it will come up.
file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/Official%20guide%20book%20of%20the%20fair%20Chicago,%201933.pdf
It's a very detailed guide to the fair.

 

Here is the medal, shown in the guide on PG 137

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