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Interesting that the medal circulated. I couldn't find info about it circulating. The silver content of the medal didn't seem to align with any of the British contemporary coins. Wondered what value it circulated at.

 

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I imagine it acquired the wear from duty as a pocket piece or just being handled a lot? I just weighed it as 9.7 grams and 25.5mm Diameter. A shilling in 1897 is listed in Numista as being 5.66 grams and 23.5mm D. I see the specs for this medal: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia11590.html
So you are quite correct that it does not correspond to a shilling or florin in size or weight, though the purity is the same at .925. I had honestly never wondered how neither this one, nor any of my other similar medals got their wear. Apparently it was not tucked away in pristine condition and stored perfectly for the past 125 years.

 

Some GB AE 1897

 

Looks like gold, kind of rough. Here is a Kutch-Bhuj AR 2 1/2 kori, VS1954/AD1897

 

Kingdom of the Netherlands - 25 Cents - 1897 - Queen Wilhelmina

 

British India Calcutta mint 1/2 pice 1897

 

Here is my Wilhelmina 1897

 

Wow

 

dont know if its 96 time

 

France 1896

 

ZAR 2 1/2 shillings, an extra one I think?

 

Austro-Hungarian Empire
AV 9 Dukaten Commerative for 1000 year anniversary of arrival of Maygars into Danube Region/ 896-1896
Franz Josef I 1848-1916
only 100 struck

 

Canada large cents 1896

 

German Empire - Medal - 1896 - 25th anniversary of the Proclamation of the German Empire in Versailles

 

ZAR 1896. The first gold colored one is just a fake token of some kind.

 

German Empire - Medal - 1896 - Emperors Maneuver of 1896

 

GB florin 1896

 

Since I seem to have only five 1896s, I'll go all the way!

First a good old Morgan dollar.


Then a British farthing . . .

Then a British penny - not sure why obverse is large and the reverse is so small.

A Swedish ten-ore.

and finally a British three pence that's been around the block. At least twice.

 

Kutch-Bhuj AR 5 kori 1896