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Well it sorta worked.

 

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Yours worked Bruce.

 

You attached an image to a post, and yes, that works just fine. The "problem posts" are those with images hosted by Flickr and Tapatalk - older ones still show up here, but new images just have that generic placeholder image ...

Christian

 

A random Baltimore buy (from Allan Berman). He had a not complete selection of the weights and I grabbed this one. I'd seen reference to them, but never saw one in person before and it's a bit bigger diameter than I was expecting. Glad it wasn't the full set or I would have felt like I 'needed' all of them. I do have a few Greenland coins, including mining ventures, but this is not exactly core material. Yet another bit of research to do...



ps, I was having troubles posting when I first started trying seriously and dropped photobucket as my pictures exceeded their limits and collectivecoin was possibly going to shut down.

No luck with Flickr, Amazon, and google hosting at first. I used the direct upload, but that was going to fill up too quickly and for some reason collective coin started working for me after that (I'd contacted them). I was having the same issue at NGC too.

Anyway, whatever happened, now collectivecoin.com is working --and has been bought out by Stacks so hopefully will stick around awhile longer. Haven't gone back to try the others.

 

Thanks for the tips and cool weight!

 

I have always upload from my PC, and have never used an alternative site.

 

Ringed casino chip
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When I was a kid was visiting granma when this location went up in a bonfire. Lumber yard fires are something to see

 

Here's another French Agriculture Bronze Medal by Arthus- Bertrand. Circa mid 1800's.
Arthus-Bertrand, a maker of medals and decorations, was founded in Paris in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand, an army officer during the French Revolution. Artists who have designed for the firm include Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (sculptor of the Statue of Liberty) and Fernand Léger. They employ nearly 300 people.
Arthus-Bertrand has had many distinguished clients to include the French government. It is the official manufacturer of the French Legion of Honor and has made insignia for the Society of the Cincinnati and the Order of Lafayette. (Copyright Wikipedia)

 

Awfully nice that! /\

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Eisenhower Silver Jubilie
Nickel/ silver
52.8 g

 

That's a nice looking, high-relief medal, Pickin and Grinin. You expect that quality from Medalic...beautifully done. I like the portrait too, much better than the one on the Eisenhower Dollar. I always thought that was an ugly coin.

Bruce

 

A well worn slot token
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Got this one at my coin club auction this past week. No particular reason, just nice looking, old and cheap which seems to be an irresistible combination for me.

 

Eisenhower is raised probably 3/16 to a quarter inch. Very neat looking, it also has an edge inscription. For the price I paid, I wasn't expecting it to contain silver.

 

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Started out as a golf driving range, kept adding arcade machines,pool tables,bar then branched out into go-karts and some other rides and zip line. Is the closest ride park to the Detroit area now.

 

Hey, Bruce ..... Here are the pics of recent acquisitions that you wanted to see. The one exception is the Asa Waters c/s in combination with the Nathaniel Whitmore c/s. I've had this one for many years and just took the pics. Perhaps, some other forum members will find these of interest. Lots of history here. All are listed and attributed in Brunk but the Moll and Wise c/s's.

I strongly believe that the N.MOLL. c/s is that of Nathan Moll, a PA gunsmith. There's a percussion rifle out there with this stamp, but I have yet to see a pic to ascertain a match. The G.K. WISE c/s is likely that of Philly silversmith, George K. Wise, active between 1842-63 and possibly beyond. He partnered with various silversmiths of note, like Robert Dunlevy. I have yet to find a piece of silver with his mark. Both of these pieces have yet to be listed. Finding "discovery" pieces like these always fuels my interest in the hobby.

 

@ Larry .... These Schloss pieces were originally watch fobs. I had one in brass that had a rectangular hole in the protruding extension; this to insert the narrow strap that held a pocket watch. I've seen similar pieces that had the extension removed in order to "create" a medal.

 

Here is a token I haven't shared before:

Cape Newenham Air Force Station (AFS), Alaska; brass, 28mm, AK60c p 7.

Not sure about rarity but I've never seen one before. Cunningham lists a 5 cent to $1 run of tokens in both brass and aluminum and only puts the value between $5 - $7. With the exception of the 25 cent denomination, all the rest are lacking information. Would love to come across some of the others. Maybe one day.

Cape Newenham AFS was built to be an early warning radar station in the event the Soviet Union launched an attack on Alaska. Construction began in 1950 but because of the remote location it took another 4 years before construction was complete. As all of these remote Alaskan stations, the building were all connected in order to minimize going outside in the winter. The 794th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W) stood up on 8 December 1952 and was inactivated 1 November 1983. Cape Newenham AFS is still in service as a Long Range Radar site and the runway that was built to bring critical supplies and personnel still functions.

This unit, unless I'm mistaken, was never assigned anywhere else. I find it strange that this token identifies with the unit and not the station. Further research on my part is needed. Perhaps there was a different unit that ran the station and the 794th were operators.

Below is their patch - it's not my patch sadly.



Veterans from the radar station got together and made a challenge coin. I took these images from Air Force Radar Museum Assocation: