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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1916971, member: 4626"]I suppose it's just a novelty made privately by someone who obviously wasn't much of a fan of Clinton (the altered version that is). Never seen it before, nor the original version. As for value, at least much as the silver is worth; someone might pay a little more for nostalgia or novelty's sake. The market for this would probably be people who like collecting political memorabilia rather than coin/medal collectors, if you'd ever expect any more for it than the silver melt value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The markings are probably actually asserting a trademark or copyright; never seen these on a medal before but I'm sure they're not unheard of. (The "R" might be asserting the depiction of Clinton as a registered trademark.) I don't know if that connects it to any minter specifically though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting piece. There is a collector's market for political memorabilia and there's quite a long history of such things made in both support and opposition to specific presidents (I have an anti-VanBuren/Jackson HT token in my collection and this could quite arguably be a more modern piece in that type of vein). Clinton being a very recent president this probably doesn't have much value beyond the silver content yet, but in a generation or two, who knows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1916971, member: 4626"]I suppose it's just a novelty made privately by someone who obviously wasn't much of a fan of Clinton (the altered version that is). Never seen it before, nor the original version. As for value, at least much as the silver is worth; someone might pay a little more for nostalgia or novelty's sake. The market for this would probably be people who like collecting political memorabilia rather than coin/medal collectors, if you'd ever expect any more for it than the silver melt value. The markings are probably actually asserting a trademark or copyright; never seen these on a medal before but I'm sure they're not unheard of. (The "R" might be asserting the depiction of Clinton as a registered trademark.) I don't know if that connects it to any minter specifically though. Interesting piece. There is a collector's market for political memorabilia and there's quite a long history of such things made in both support and opposition to specific presidents (I have an anti-VanBuren/Jackson HT token in my collection and this could quite arguably be a more modern piece in that type of vein). Clinton being a very recent president this probably doesn't have much value beyond the silver content yet, but in a generation or two, who knows.[/QUOTE]
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