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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1481053, member: 39&quot;]Those are not coins but medals. Sorry, don&#039;t know anything about their rarity or value, but the first one (St. Benedict) is described here: <a href="http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The theme of the other one is the 1962-65 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" rel="nofollow">Vatican Council</a>. As it shows both John XXIII and Paul VI, it was made after Paul became John&#039;s successor, maybe even after the end of the council ...</p><p><br /></p><p>(Edit) Have just been able to decipher the text close to the portraits. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> AFFER ITALY indicates that Costantino Affer was the designer/sculptor. The piece (but in a different version, partly colored) is listed here for example: <a href="http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-F21S/50" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-F21S/50" rel="nofollow">http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/moneta/W-F21S/50</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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