I don't really collect space stuff, but I did buy these two from NASA's website[ATTACH][ATTACH]
I cruise now and then and nowadays cruise ships don't use $1 gambling tokens, as it's done electronically, occasionally you'll see .25 tokens in a...
[ATTACH] I bought this at a Shinto shrine in Japan, I think in Kobe. It is to be used by those praying for prosperity. Note the (real) Japanese...
One of the items I've had the longest, I got it around 1976 at Boy Scout national headquarters when my troop visited there. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cupronickel, I think, about 32 mm. I bought this on my last trip to the UK, in 2017. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On edge, "Medallic Art Co. N.Y."[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This arrived in the mail today. I grew up in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and as a Boy Scout, sold these door to door in 1976. The price was $1. I...
Medal (around 27mm) for the installation of the Bishop of Malaga, in southern Spain. I bought this there on a cruise ship stop a few years ago....
Bought this a few years ago, I think on eBay. It is uniface.[ATTACH]
I bought this at the Panjiayuan antique market in Beijing, which is, of course, mostly reproduction. Among the hundreds of snuff bottles you can...
Regarding the Casino $10 pieces above: I went to Vegas a few times a year in the mid 2000s and there were a couple of casinos in downtown Las...
This is a beer token from the 1995 Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) in Regina, Saskatchewan. I was there. You could not buy a beer...
Circus's Norwegian Cruise Line token is one of several similar tokens issued by the various cruise lines that at one time were used in slot...
Another purchase from the Annandale show. It is no doubt intended as a seal of some sort, but it seems to have been struck like a coin. Aluminum,...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I bought this at the Annandale show today. I conjecture it was left lying around for a lucky winner (sucker) to find, and that...
I was given a copy of "Rennick's Australian and New Zealand Token Values" (1st edition, 2012), which on p. 68 says this one was minted by Heaton...
There's a little bit about the French 1883 piece online, but not much. It looks like the big event of the French Bastille Day celebration in 1883...
Many of the papal medals have beautiful detail, even today. But the modern ones, especially now that they are computer engraved, don't seem to...
Well, still in Australia, and in the Hunter Valley northwest of Sydney, well known for its wines. The visitor's center is across from my hotel and...
You will enjoy it. I am sorry if I left myself open for misunderstanding, when I said the dies had changed to include mention of sainthood, that...
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