Let's see your exonumia!

Just a quality check Circus, that's all. A little research is required in these situations.

Bruce

 

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Medicinal research

 

Back in the US after an international trip. I picked up a fair number of medals and tokens in Lima. If you are ever there, there are free-standing coin/metal dealers on Uruguay Street, and there is a coin dealer in the mall across from the French Church (the only blue church in Lima).


Here is the first. This is some sort of plantation token.



I have no idea what a 1936 Berlin Olympic participation medal was doing in Lima. When I showed it to my driver, he said the soccer team played there and was robbed (on the field) by the Germans. I looked it up. It's a little more complicated than that. But probably. I'm a bit concerned by this purchase as there are a fair number on eBay and they don't seem to be selling. Hmmm.

 

An impressionist medal by Sir George Frampton for the quincentenary of Winchester College in 1893. BHM 3464 in silver, 76mm.

 

Great one Yarm, in fact I nearly bought one of these.

 

I'm going to post one Peruvian (or area) piece, and one "how did this get to Lima?"


For the life of me, I'm having trouble believing a company would care to be known by the name "Tower of Babel". This could be a sample, distributed by IROR. It is worn, I suspect most things have circulated in Peru at a pinch. A little larger and thicker than a nickel.
Beats me what this was doing there. Holed, probably not originally as you can tell from the obverse it is a bit crude.

 

Thanks for showing your new stuff Wehwalt. I don't know anything about them but it is interesting to try to figure out what some of them are, why were they issued, and "how did they get there? Tons of variety in exonumia.

Bruce

 

Looks to be a souvenir/advertizing piece from the 64/65 worlds fair for American express travelers checques! could be somebody went while they were here in the states and took it home.

 

New York City subway token from the 70s. It was in my dad's coin collection.


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Last trip to the LCS, he had just bought a bag of a couple hundred transit tokens there were a large number of those in it. I added to my transit collection by about 30 in one purchase. since they all seem to be the common ones I know only look for the strange/different ones

 

Like to see some of your transit tokens Circus if you have a chance. Some of them are really nice...and worth money too. I have a small collection of them but don't really collect them seriously. Too many other things I'm more interested in.

Bruce

 

I always enjoyed "show and tell"

Another pair.

Peruvian:


This brass piece is a bit larger than a nickel. It is rather worn. I have one from another merchant I will post later, with a "BOLIVIA" inscription and coat of arms. I suspect these are a Peruvian equivalent of a Hard Times Token, and the coat of arms side is a generic die not unique to this token, but the coiner possessed a selection.

How did it get to Lima? French telephone token. Date is 1937

 

That's a cool looking French telephone token. Where would they get one in an emergency if the phones only accepted tokens and not a regular coin?

 

The local store, I guess

 

I don't know about over there, but when they were used here in the states. when phones where only in locations like drug stores. they would only work in the phone at that location or in some cases in multiple locations if they had more than one locations. And yes you bought them at the store. So much for the good ole days!

 

I too only pick them up when the deal is good and there is nothing else of larger interest!

 

Here's a couple more I picked up in Lima:

South American:

Cochabamba, I learn, is the 4th largest city in Bolivia. I'm not sure if this is silver, but I am struck by the quality of the workmanship. It is about the size of a half dime, and reeded. The Spanish seems to translate to "Payable on sight of Nicasio de Gumucio/five cent.". That is, you give it to Nicasio, he'll give you money. A quick web search reveals the Mint had one of these in their coin cabinet, and de Gumucio was a banker.

And from the "how did this get to Lima?" department, a half-dollar size Golden Gate Exposition medal.

 

Convention Of International Numismatics (C.O.I.N) 1973 continent medal-Asia. Brass, M/A, 38mm, 21.2 grams. I'm still trying to find out if they still exist or what happened to them if they don't. If I find anything I'll post it.

 

This is a plain acronym stamp issued by the Long Island Coin Club (LICC) in 2007. It was struck by Jim Biancarosa, I presume a member of the club. I've seen one other example on a Texas state quarter. Nothing special about it, but I wanted to add it to my collection of contemporary numismatic-related issues. At first glance I thought it was from a prepared punch but on closer inspection I see it's done with individual punches. The only unusual thing I see is the little "flare" above each letter...part of the stamps I suppose.

Bruce

 

I've run into C.O.I.N. exonumia before too longnine. I believe I had a wooden nickel of theirs in my stuff. I don't know anything about them either, but you got me interested again.

Bruce