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BHM 1117, George IV's visit to Ireland, 1821

 

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Long Island Coin Club 20th Anniversary, antiqued bronze, M/A, 13.2 grams, 32mm.

Notice the hairlines on the reverse? The lines don't go over the tops of the letters or digits and they go right to the edges of the letters and digits. And the blackening has not been disturbed. These things are not possible had someone scrubbed the reverse of this medal. And why would they scrub the reverse and not the obverse?

I believe they polished the planchets. And the reverse did not have enough design to pull the hairlines out.

The hairlines are hideous looking. But I bet there is funny story here somewhere of someone or someones palming their foreheads when they realized polishing the planchets was probably a bad idea.

Does anyone else have this medal and is the reverse hairlined?

 

Copper plating removed for a zincer

 

I have an example of your medal in my collection, longnine. The reverse has the same hairlines as yours, so the die was probably badly polished. Then again, it could have been left that way to add some "design element" to the reverse since it was so plain. If you could post a clearer picture, I could compare mine with the pattern of the hairlines on yours to see if they match.

Bruce

 

Thankyou for the offer Bruce. Unfortunately that's the best image my phone is capable of.

I don't think that it is die polish. At least not on mine. The lines do not appear raised. I believe that they polished the planchets. But I don't know why anyone would do that if the intention was to antique the medals? I swear there is a funny FUBAR story here somewhere with this medal.

 

Yeah, you're right, longnine. I meant to say the planchets were polished, not the die. My piece shows just scratching too. Actually, the lines don't really bother me...never even noticed then until your post.

Bruce

 

Paris Expo- 1951. Stand of coins.

 

This is a lovely medal with a famous family member. Roger Williams was the founder of this great State of Rhode Island. The AWESOME quote on the reverse was a ridiculously radical idea at the time, and was ridiculed immensely. The Massachusetts colony banished Williams for his views on religious freedom, and he is often credited among the very first abolitionists, as the idea and practice of slavery was as abhorrent to him then as it is now. These ideals that he spoke of would catch on, and help give birth to a Nation of freedom seekers. Roger Williams was a true pioneer of the spirit and a humanitarian that would go on to open the eyes of an entire population. This medal is Bronze, from the Medallic Art Company, and weighs in at 50 grams.

 

Got this bread token yesterday as a gift. I don't know anything about it yet, appears to come from Northhampton or Leeds?

 

Pellenberg - Belgium 1899.

 

This big medal has 11 cm of diameter. Weight seems over half a kilogram. My neighbor says it's Greek and was offered to him. I don't think it's ancient. I just managed to scan it.