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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tiki, post: 324566, member: 11911&quot;]Thank you Thank you Thank you!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Drusus -</p><p>I can&#039;t thank you enough for your insight on the origins of this medal.&nbsp; Simply amazing!&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t have been happier to learn that the coin depicts Jonah and the Whale as Moby Dick is one of my favorite books, and I love the sailor lore attached to that parable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The images of the medal similar to mine are amazing - the side with Christ rising is a near perfect match - but the other side is an odd &quot;mirror image&quot; of my coin.&nbsp; I also was surprised to see that the &quot;hanging loop&quot; was rather roughly attached to the genuine coin you posted - very similar to my medal.&nbsp; The loop is flat (parallel?) on my coin -but it may have been hammered that way as there is a lot of damage around the top of the medal that looks like a good hammering took place at one time or another. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the inevitable question: is the coin I purchased genuine?&nbsp; The size matches (38mm) but the weight is off (17g).&nbsp; Does the &quot;odd&#039; depiction of Noah on my coin along with the 17g weight place it immediately in the counterfeit corner - or is there still a chance of it being genuine?&nbsp; I am sure medals of this type have been copied for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>A final question - is there anywhere you could point me to research this further?&nbsp; A good book or web site?</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t thank you enough for this info - I really appreciate it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Henrik[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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