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I bought three little copper items for five euros for the three, each made of Swedish five ore (and in two cases one ore) pieces. In my opinion, this little model covered saucepan (I guess) is the best. I got them in Helsinki, there is a building in the west of the city where I had visited five or so years ago and was part antique market and part restaurant. Now, the restaurant has pushed the market outside, and I got a few medals, and also these. Five euros!

 

Looks like you had quite a vacation @Wehwalt ! I like that bronze, happen to know how big it is? Those little pots are cool too.

 

And the next one a little candlestick holder. There are five coins around the base and one underneath the holder, total of six.

 

The papal bronze? It's about 42mm

Here's the third piece from the five euro purchase

 

Ya, that's it. Thanks.

 

Now that I have the color on the images working more properly, let me repost a couple of the better ones I showed earlier. I got this at the Helsinki flea market I mentioned above. At first, I let it pass by but then I went to the Finnish National Museum, which has a fantastic display of coins and medals, including modern cast medals. After seeing that, I really wanted this one and went back and bought it

 

couple of the gas coins from the modern mint's of collectibles

 

This is about two inches square. It is from the same flea market in Helsinki and at first I passed it by. It is uniface, and usually in Scandinavia that means an award medal, usually from a sports competition, and those don't interest me. I went back when I realized that it was intended as an imitation of Swedish plate money. Finnish numismatic history is tied closely to Swedish and also Russian, and the Finnish National Museum had a large display of plate money (see example below, photographed at the museum). The inscription says "Helsinki Savings Bank" in Finland's two official languages, Finnish and Swedish.

 

Cool!

 

This medal isn't from 1523 ... there's an edge inscription saying it's for the 400th anniversary, 1923. The king of Sweden is also known as Gustav I. Despite the name "Wasa" it wan't him who built the ship that keeled over in Stockholm harbor and is today in a big museum.

Not sure where I bought it but it probably wasn't Sweden as the only medals I bought there where three little "Swedish Heritage" medals from the gift shop at the City Hall that turned out to be duplicate of the ones I bought my last time in town. Probably either Tallinn or Helsinki.

 

Patriotic CWT Fuld # 41/337a R-2 may be About Good Details-Damaged

 

Another version of the eagle stock arcade token this is a Hoffman mint design

 

This description (About Good Details-Damaged) is referring to the OP's damaged CWT, not the piece for which I posted picts. That PCWT is in my collection and looks slightly weak but is a thin planchet, so my be MS65.

 

One rare set of coins.

 

Nice collection @coinsarefun !

 

I remember when you could by the whole Pan-Pacific set in the frame for $25,000. back in the 60's

 

Real one today $ wise a about $250,000 if you can find one.if I remember correctly.