Let's see your exonumia!

I made two interesting pickups recently. I'm still doing research on the first one - this one is holed, it was sold for less than $100 with the description, "This medal notes the loss of the important English warship, the Royal George, during England's effort to gain control of Gibraltar (and Mediter. Sea) at the end of the revolutionary war to get back at France/Spain for their support of America. It shows no real wear and has a beautiful brown patina." I'm going to have to weigh it and measure it, but I believe it to be a Great Britain (United Kingdom) under George III - King: 25 October 1760 - 29 January 1820 Great Siege of Gibraltar (Blockade) & Warship HMS Royal George Commemorative 1783 Bronze Medal 32mm (11.05 grams)
Reference: Eimer 800 showing - ROYAAI GEORGE ADMIRAL KEMPENFELT 1783, Sailing warship HMS Royal George sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
'T GEBLOQUEFERDI GIBRALTAR, The blockage of Gibraltar scene.

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence.

The British garrison under George Augustus Eliott were blockaded from June 1779, initially by the Spanish alone, led by Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor. The blockade failed because two relief convoys entered unmolested-the first under Admiral George Rodney in 1780 and the second under Admiral George Darby in 1781-despite the presence of the Spanish fleets. The same year, a major assault was planned by the Spanish, but the Gibraltar garrison sortied in November and destroyed much of the forward batteries. With the siege going nowhere and constant Spanish failures, the besiegers were reinforced by French forces under de Crillon, who took over command in early 1782. After a lull in the siege, during which the allied force gathered more guns, ships and troops, a "Grand Assault" was launched on 18 September 1782. This involved huge numbers-60,000 men, 49 ships of the line and ten specially designed, newly invented floating batteries-against the 5,000 defenders. The assault was a disastrous failure, resulting in heavy losses for the Bourbon allies.

The siege then settled down again to more of a blockade, but the final defeat for the allies came when a crucial British relief convoy under Admiral Richard Howe slipped through the blockading fleet and arrived at the garrison in October 1782. The siege was finally lifted on 7 February 1783 and was a decisive victory for the British forces, being a vital factor in the Peace of Paris, which had been negotiated towards the end of the siege.

This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the "Grand Assault". At three years and seven months, it is the longest siege endured by the British Armed Forces and one of the longest sieges in history.

 

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Here's an interesting granary token from Germany that compliments my German States collection. Limbach and Breitenbach, 6 pfennig token. Bought because I really liked the clover design.

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia31019.html

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia105656.html

 

Numista rarity rating of 66 . . . .

Z

 

Thanks. I had to go look for where you saw that. @lordmarcovan pointed me to that site last month when I join the group.
I find everything there. But somehow read without noticing that.

 

This showed up today so excited about the no stem pick as well the counter stamp . The platchet for its age looks great.

 

I was at that one--Ft. Lauderdale 2000

 

Mintage 389,000

 

Silver Round Eric Bloodaxe aka Eric Haraldsson King of Norway from 932--934.

I'll go out on a limb here and bet there was never a Viking called: "Eric...him what wields a kinder gentler axe."

 

Here's a 1914 Panama Pacific Medal I picked up off the bay, I've actually been waiting to buy one of these for a few years now! It's also a so called dollar HK-398, very cool patina on this one!

 

Bethlehem Coin Club 1969 antiqued bronze, M/A, 35mm, 15.2 grams



Here's the bridge

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Bethlehem Pa. Old Covered Bridge&ko=-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/39/c4/97/39c497d31dacf65cb1bb2bf12c3ccea0.jpg

 

Another German piece. A wine token (Weinzeichen) from Cologne. The date is frozen at 1730, but these were minted up until 1797. This pieces billon/silver with a center copper plug. A gold example exists as well!

 

That's a nice CC medal. I have a huge collection of medals, tokens, and such all issued by clubs, ANA, collectors, dealers, etc. I have quite a few from Pennsylvania but nothing from Bethlehem that I can think of. I'll have to take a look and see.

Bruce

 

A couple of NRA Coins

Jeff

 

Two new ones from Moonlight Mint

 

Any remnants of the host coin on the Peace dollar? @Santinidollar

 

Before the George Washington Bridge there was the 125th Street Ferry
Harlem to Edgewater NJ
1903-1941
As found in Florida LCS
https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-125th-street-ferry-and-station-harlem-ny-1903-1941/

 

I'm a sucker for automobilia and even though the 1950's-1980's are my favorite cars, I love the pre-war advertising. Picked this up for cheap. Brass, it's alleged to have been distributed at the 1939 Worlds Fair.




Obverse: 1939 Chrysler with the Chrysler Building in the background. "Be Modern Buy A Chrysler.

Reverse: 1924 Chrysler in rays. "15 Years of Progress 1924-1939"

 

Chrysler Corporation honors The Bill of Rights 1991 1 oz .999
Sorry I don’t have a closeup picture
It’s in my SDB
Maybe in the Spring

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia160931.html 94 rarity index