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Coos County Coin Club.

 

The final one in the swap for the Ike love token with lordmacorvan

 

Here is one from that far off gambling exotic spot.

 

Mardi Gras advertising throw

 

Jewish National Fund medal, 1973. The bulldozer design would get them in a lot of trouble today probably. The inscription on the back translates to "And you shall not sell the land permanently ..." (Leviticus 25:23). That might also cause trouble. About 50 mm.

 

Here is a souvenir poker chip from the world poker tour

same both sides

 

The Ringling Bros Token is from 1971. I have one of them,but do not have a photo of it.

 

Friendship medal / Coin show. Obverse is friendship Japan and America. Reverse is a coin show in Tachikawa Japan hosted by the Japanese and American Numismatic Society. The coin show commemorates George Washington's birthday. Antiqued bronze, C/A, 35mm, 22.1 grams.

They must have struck a lot of them--The dies are heavily polished.

 

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They must have struck a lot of them--The dies are heavily polished.
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I wonder if that's part of the antiquing process or intentional.

 

It looks like the high spots are buffed removing the patina, depending on the look they were trying to achieve. it would depend on the shape of the buff and the time it was used. The give away that it was part of the process is that there are darker spots between two higher items and some areas of the background have less patina.

 

In 1967 they most likely used liver of sulfur to blacken areas.

Technically, the blackening is AT. Apparently that is ok for medals but not coins. One more reason why Exo rocks.

Some of die polish goes into the cavities. Don't know if it was done to add to the antiquing process.

 

If I remember correctly one of antiqued medals has similar die polish lines...I'll check when I get home.

 

Yes, I'm curious now if die polishing is an antiquing method.

 

@longnine009 and @Circus the below token/medal has been shown here before but it also exhibits die polish lines. Wish I would have saved the larger image.

 

I come from a metal artist/jewelry direction and no nothing about die polish lines to me when you patina a piece and then want to add highlights the size,shape and material the bob(buff ball or wheel) is made of can give you control of the highlights and shadows.