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I think I posted these earlier to some extent but the extras will be in the Coin Club auction at our next meeting
These are my keepers.

Play money from the 1930's.

 

I can see why, Nice set.
A think this is from the late 40's early 50's.

 

Here is a nice Whitehead & Hoag commemorative. Not a real good photo.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia87341.html

 

Another Whitehead & Hoag.

 

1968 Molly Pitcher
SCFC Sterling 39mm Medal
Franklin Mint





Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley. Since various Molly Pitcher tales grew in the telling, many historians regard Molly Pitcher as folklore rather than history, or suggest that Molly Pitcher may be a composite image inspired by the actions of a number of real women. The name itself may have originated as a nickname given to women who carried water to men on the battlefield during War.

At the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778, Mary Hays attended to the Revolutionary soldiers by giving them water. Just before the battle started, she found a spring to serve as her water supply. Two places on the battlefield are currently marked as the "Molly Pitcher Spring." Mary Hays spent much of the early day carrying water to soldiers and artillerymen, often under heavy fire from British troops.
The weather was hot, over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Sometime during the battle, William Hays collapsed, either wounded or suffering from heat exhaustion. It has often been reported that Hays was killed in the battle, but it is known that he survived.
As her husband was carried off the battlefield, Mary Hays took his place at the cannon. For the rest of the day, in the heat of battle, Mary continued to "swab and load" the cannon using her husband's ramrod. At one point, a British musket ball or cannonball flew between her legs and tore off the bottom of her skirt. Mary supposedly said something to the effect of, "Well, that could have been worse," and went back to loading the cannon.

 

1959 Alaska Statehood
.925 32mm So-called Half Dollar
Heraldic Art Medal





William Henry Seward and The Alaska Purchase



US Senator & Governor of New York, Nominee at the 1860 Republican National Convention for President but lost out to Lincoln. Worked closely with Lincoln during his presidency and served as Secretary of State.
All on the day that Lincoln was assassinated, an attempt on Seward also occurred but was unsuccessful. An assassination of the vice president Andrew Johnson was also planned but not carried out.

He was a strong supporter for American expansion.
Seward had been interested in whaling as a senator; his interest in Russian America was a byproduct of this. In his speech prior to the 1860 convention, he predicted the territory would become part of the U.S.
When he learned in 1864 that it might be for sale, he pressed the Russians (then a U.S. ally) for negotiations.

The Russian minister, Baron Eduard de Stoeckl, returned home on leave in 1866. Fearing that the territory might be overrun by American settlers and lost, he urged his government to sell it. He was given the authority to make the sale and when he returned in March 1867, negotiated with the Secretary of State.
Seward initially offered $5 million.

The two men settled on $7 million and on March 15, Seward presented a draft treaty to the Cabinet.
Stoeckl's superiors raised several concerns. To induce him to waive them, the final purchase price was increased to $7.2 million.

The treaty was signed in the early morning of March 30, 1867, and ratified by the Senate on April 10. Stevens sent the secretary a note of congratulations, predicting that the Alaska purchase would be seen as one of Seward's greatest accomplishments.

Despite his being an ardent supporter of American expansionism during his time in the Cabinet, only Alaska was added to U.S. territory during Seward's service as Secretary of State. The land had the same latitude as Siberia and was very difficult to farm, neither gold nor oil nor any other important mineral was discovered there until years after Seward's death.

His influence extended to later American acquisitions. One of his friends, Hamilton Fish, in 1875 signed the trade reciprocity treaty with the Kingdom of Hawaii that eventually led to American annexation of the islands. William Everts, another Seward friend, in 1877 signed a treaty of friendship with the Samoan Islands, laying the groundwork for another American acquisition.

A young friend and protege of Seward, Lincoln's assistant private secretary, John Hay, served as a successor of Seward from 1898 to 1905, during which time the U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Philippines, and the Panama Canal Zone.

 

I ordered this yesterday, Sellers photo that I cropped.

 

Not a Native American but an interesting Toms River counterstamp. Bob Mitchell was a coin dealer who gave these coins away at shows.

Bruce

 

Are there any Lauer subject matter experts that haunt this thread?

Z

 

1876 Phila International Exhibition
Liberty Bell - Independence Hall
HK-26 So-called Dollar





The State House bell, now known as the Liberty Bell, rang in the tower of the Pennsylvania State House.

Today, we call that building Independence Hall. Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly Isaac Norris first ordered a bell for the bell tower in 1751 from the Whitechapel Foundry in London.
That bell cracked on the first test ring. Local metalworkers John Pass and John Stow melted down that bell and cast a new one in Philadelphia.

HK-26 (White Metal) 38mm
Shown with an original ragged blue ribbon and fairly large loop.



The white metal variety can be found commonly holed or not. Also minted in Silver, Bronze, Gilt or Copper. Was engraved by William H. Key, assistant engraver to William Barber.

 

1901 Pan-American Exposition
Peace and Prosperity Medal
32mm Bronze





I would imagine from my experience at looking at Exposition medals, that this one was part of a souvenir ribbon when it was made available at the 1901 Buffalo N.Y. Exposition.
Although somebody did a good job of it, the loop on top was removed at some point in time.

The design is of two women in such a pose that they appear to be North and South America on a globe.



A very similar design can also be found on the reverse of the 1923 Monroe Doctrine US Commemorative Half Dollar.

 

Not I, But also looking for info. I do a search periodically just hoping to find new info. It is a low yield process. If you put Lauer into Numista you get about 25 pages of notgeld. My interest is mostly with with the play money.
13mm.

 

1961 Dag Hammarakjold
Solider Of Peace
.925 So-called Half Dollar
Heraldic Art Medal




(sorry lines over medal from being in 2x2)

Dag Hammarskjöld 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961 was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. Hammarskjöld was the youngest to have held the post. Additionally, he is one of only four people to be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize and was the only United Nations Secretary-General to die while in office.



He was killed in a DC-6 airplane crash en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis.

Hammarskjöld was en route when his Douglas DC-6 airliner crashed with no survivors near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Hammarskjöld and 15 others perished in the crash, whose circumstances are still unclear.
There is some evidence that suggests the plane was shot down.



Former U.S. President Harry Truman commented that Hammarskjöld
"was on the point of getting something done when they killed him.
Notice that I said 'when they killed him'."

Over the years, multiple claims have been made that the plane was shot down, and that Hammarskjöld was actually killed in an assassination plot involving some combination of the CIA, an M-I6 jet, a Belgian Mining Company and a South African paramilitary unit.
This because he was pushing for the Congo’s independence, which would have hurt the interests of any of those forces.

Documents suggesting CIA involvement came to light when the South African National Intelligence Agency turned over a file that contained a supposed statement from CIA director Allen Dulles that: "Dag is becoming troublesome … and should be removed."

 

Thought this was an interesting subject

 

I have a small collection of play money probably with a few Lauer pieces. I'll have to take a look and see.

I've seen Lauer examples on eBay quite often but I'm sure you've looked there already. They're interesting to collect.

Bruce

 

https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=9410

 

1966 Winfield Scott
Heraldic Art Medal
so-called half dollar






Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans.

He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insistence on proper military etiquette, and as the Grand Old Man of the Army for his many years of service.
He joined the army in 1808 as a captain of the light artillery. In the War of 1812, Scott served on the Canadian front, taking part in the Battle of Queenston Heights and the Battle of Fort George, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in early 1814. He served with distinction in the Battle of Chippawa, but was badly wounded in the subsequent Battle of Lundy's Lane. After the conclusion of the war, Scott was assigned to command army forces in a district containing much of the Northeastern United States, and he and his family made their home near New York City.

During the 1830s, Scott negotiated an end to the Black Hawk War, took part in the Second Seminole War and the Creek War of 1836, and presided over the removal of the Cherokee.

In 1841, Scott became the Commanding General of the United States Army. After the outbreak of the Mexican–American War in 1846, Scott initially served as an administrator, but in 1847 he led a campaign against the Mexican capital of Mexico City. After capturing the port city of Veracruz, he defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna's armies at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, the Battle of Contreras, and the Battle of Churubusco and captured Mexico City.
He maintained order in the Mexican capital and indirectly helped envoy Nicholas Trist negotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an end to the war.

Scott was a candidate for the Whig presidential nomination in 1840, 1844, and 1848, and he finally won the Whig presidential nomination at the 1852 Whig National Convention.
Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce.
The Whigs were badly divided over the Compromise of 1850, and Franklin Pierce won a decisive victory over his former commander. Nonetheless, Scott remained popular among the public, and in 1855 he received a brevet promotion to the rank of lieutenant general, becoming the first U.S. Army officer to hold that rank since George Washington.
Despite being a Virginia native, Scott stayed loyal to the Union and served as an important adviser to President Abraham Lincoln during the opening stages of the Civil War.

Scott retired in late 1861 after Lincoln increasingly relied on General George B. McClellan for military advice and leadership. Scott's military talent was highly regarded by contemporaries, and historians generally consider him to be one of the most accomplished generals in U.S. history. He holds the record for the greatest length of active service as general in the U.S. Army, as well as the longest tenure as the army's chief officer.

"Bello Ac Pace Paratus" translates to "Prepared For War And Peace."