I love...Big Copper

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  1. yarm

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  3. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    William Wyon tribute medal by L.C. Wyon, 1854, 55mm.


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  4. Wingnut6999

    Wingnut6999 Currency loving custodian

    Found this in a little box in my old coin drawer. 20181008_114803.jpg 20181008_114724.jpg
     
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  5. Chris B

    Chris B Supporter! Supporter

    Battle of Marengo copper electrotype shell Medal L'An VIII (1800) UNC, Bramsen-33, by Montagny, 68.8mm. Made by Bertrand Andrieu.

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  6. yarm

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    Obsequies for George IV, 1830. BHM 1412 by T.W. Ingram, 44mm.

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  7. Gallienus

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    Really I should wait until I have the piece in hand and take my own nice photo like the other ancient collectors but I just won this piece at auction. This is the auction house photo, I haven't even gotten the invoice yet, not to mention not yet paid for.

    It's a Roman Republican Aes Grave series. Bronze As, 269-240 BC, wt 276.94 grams. I recall the wheel design was also a featured motif in the cast coinage of the period of non-Roman Italy.

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  8. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    That sounds huge! I bet the price was rather big as well...
     
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  9. Gallienus

    Gallienus coinsandhistory.com

    Thanks, but Aes Graves, and ancient bronze coins in general, are not popular with those who like small, portable, & expensive items. Thus for it's rarity, it's kind of inexpensive. This exact item sold in the same auctioneer's site a few years ago and realized 1,500 euro less! However, one can't always hope for the best deal for really unusual pieces and I was still happy to get it.

    I've been using the more common & later Janus Head Aes Grave for my lectures with high school students but like this design for its connection with technology and inventions. These are also available in multiples but those are quite rare and are genuinely expensive.
     
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  10. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    Papal medal with deep perspective by Bianchi, 82mm, 265gms. From the Stack's Bowers sale of Anthony Terranova's medals.

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  11. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    The penny tokens of the Parys Mines Company (Anglesey) were among the heftiest tokens of the Conder era. Hundreds of tons of tokens were minted and occasionally used as the planchet for other tokens. This is a penny token of Durham struck over such a penny from Parys Mines (35mm, 29gms). The Durham die was a few millimeters smaller than the underlying token so vestiges of the host token are visible on both obverse and reverse.


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  12. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    Oh wow, that's a great coin!
     
  13. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    I totally agree. You post such fine coins, I always wonder why you are called a "Junior Member" when your stuff is so elegant and "senior"?
     
  14. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    I came across large papal medals for the first time in 2007 when Stack's Coin Galleries auction contained this group of 4 medals. I thought the images had been enlarged but they were actual sizes ranging from 68-82 mms. Recently picked up the last of the four, Pius IX, Completion of the Albano-Ariccia bridge in 1854.

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  15. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    From Secret Santa a few days ago, 38mm diameter, nice big hunk of copper! ND Prospector Cu obv.JPG ND Prospector Cu rev.JPG
     
  16. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    George III-Age of Majority 1759 (Eimer 666, MI II 698/428) 55mm

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  17. mrbadexample

    mrbadexample Well-Known Member

    I love big coppers too. :joyful:

    Ubiquitous cartwheel 2d:

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    Russian 5 kopeks 1794, KM C#59.3:
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    Posted elsewhere but a good size - Angola 40 reis 1757 KM#9. ø39mm, 29g:

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    Birmingham Workhouse token (Withers 383). ø44mm, 67.9g.

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  18. mrbadexample

    mrbadexample Well-Known Member

    But you have to hand it to those Swedes and their plätmynt.

    ½ daler 1743, KM#P65. Marine salvage, so probably from the Nicobar.

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    1 daler 1746, KM#PM68. Made from cannon bronze.

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    And the pride and joy of my collection - 4 dalers 1734, KM#PM74. 3023g. 50p for scale.

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    A cartwheel 2d will just cover one of the stamps. To me, it's mind-blowing. :jawdrop:
     
  19. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    Love those huge Swedish coppers! This Dalai Lama token is a new acquisition 38.1mm D ND Dalai Lama obv.JPG ND Dalai Lama rev.JPG
     
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  20. yarm

    yarm Junior Member

    British Empire Medal, 1901: Edward VII / Lord Roberts on Horseback. BHM 3735, Eimer 1859, 100mm.

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  21. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    The Earl of Derby, Guild Mayor of Preston and the Countess of Derby Medal 1902. I have seen several of these on the net in pewter and only 32mm, whereas this one is copper and 50mm. Also has "Francis Hamilton Mellor, Recorder of Preston" engraved on the edge - he was a senior legal figure in England at the time and also a noted cricketer. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mellor
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