Let's see your exonumia!

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Phoenix Bux, $1, M/A, cast pewter,
8.8 grms, 25mm.
Edge lettered: IN ART// WE TRUST//
PHX BUX. These were cast in a tree
mould ten at a time by jewelers
Chadwick & Reuling and were produced
byJoey Grether & John Sagasta in 2009.
They were issued to 23 local shops in
the art district of Phoenix which is what
the hand is all about: hands are used to create
art. They were launched on July 4, 2009.
Mintage 1,600.

 

I've had this Boy Scout medal for as long as I can remember. The slogan on it was to help promote the sale of U.S. Savings Stamps...the WWI predecessor to WWII War Bonds...and was aimed at scouts, both boys and girls. The medal is antiqued bronze and was struck by the Gorham Co. The original medals had a blue ribbon attached, but this one is long gone.
I pretty much research anything I buy for my collection and of course I had to find out who Chris F. Hoffner was. Turns out he was born in NJ in 1905 and lived at 33 Hopkin St. in Woodbury, Gloucester Co. in 1930. He was a buyer for a grocery store. The date of his birth fits nicely with the date the medal awarded to him in 1918. I picked up the medal from my friends coin shop in Pitman, NJ which is only a couple of miles from Woodbury. The old saying "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree" sure rings true in this case.

Bruce

 

I was buying Liberty Stamps when I was
8 or 9 years old. They had 10 and 25cent
stamps that you put on a sheet. I think I
had almost $11 when I cashed them in.

 

My favorite medal.

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I can't read the inscription Adam. What's the subject of the medal and what size is it?
Thanks for posting.

Bruce

 

It's Feriam Sidera.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...S_mJbl0TnnuqwRkxw&sig2=TpySalh1AapnhCHJvgZ_Gw

Beautiful medal!

 

Thanks longnine.

Bruce

 

It's been some time since I've posted in this thread.

A few recent acquisitions...

 

Great tokens as always Cheetah. The eagle on the Clinton Lunch pieces remind me of Richard Trested emissions but, of course, are too late to be his work. These look as if two different die cutters were involved. The eagle is well done while the figure of the warrior (?) is quite crude. If I remember correctly, the weakness in the center of some of these tokens is due to die weakness rather than wear and so the high grades assigned.

The Morsonic Amulets always interested me. I remember researching them a number of years ago, but really found nothing of importance. Do you know why Rulau assigned them to New York by the way?

The City of Petersburg token really has the look of a Civil War era piece but, apparently, dates earlier than that.

I owned a beautiful Beck's Baths token at one time. It was dark but high grade and slabbed by NGC as yours is. I always thought the color was from environmental problems of some nature, but NGC disagreed. Though mild by today's standards, these were considered quite risqué for the time.

Always liked Samuel Hart's tokens because of the playing cards...very unusual.

As always, I love to see your tokens Cheetah. BTW, did you get to the Philly show? I skipped it this year but will be at Baltimore in November. Thanks for posting your new pickups.

Bruce

 

I guess you can say, I found these cherry picking through dealer trays...





Canada Confederation Medal 1927
http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=1194

Canada Royal Visit Medal 1939
http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=542

Canada Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal 1953
http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=13125

 

Thanks Bruce. Appreciate your kind words.

I did not attend the Philly show in person, though I did participate in the live auctions virtually.

I anticipate attending the B'more show next.

 

Glad to hear you'll be in Balto Cheetah. Maybe I'll run into you at Hayden's table.

Bruce

 

There was nothing like our Environmental Protection Agency during the industrialization of Great Britain. So why not proudly show off the number of smokestacks on your "manufactory"?!

 

Are there many Condors like that? I bet
an Industrial Age topical would be a lot
of fun to put together.

 

If you want, when we get nearer to the show, feel free to send me a PM. Perhaps we could sync up for intros. There's a few other folks I generally sync up with when I go to that show.

 

A shortage of copper coinage in the UK around 1811 gave rise to yet another period when tokens were heavily used in commerce. Unlike the tokens of the Conder era (1787-1804), the tokens of 1811-1820 were usually of a simpler, less artistic design and more often pennies than halfpennies. There was no collecting mania for these later tokens, so it's tougher to find examples in uncirculated condition.

 

Beautiful tokens yarm. Both look full red to me...at least in the pictures.

Bruce

 

Went to the Whitman Show in Philadelphia got there a little early 10:30 didn't open till noon unless I wanted to wast $75.00. When to the Terminal and got this and a great lunch

 

This may be mis-posted (IS it Exonumia?) but here 'tis.

A fairly recent find, but that's all I recall.

Very good work with the wire coils at the edge, with great care (and success) in preventing solder bleed-over. Pretty good condition; the toning is a bit more golden than it appears here.

Does 'LEOP. WIENER' refer to the Monarch? Or the Sculptor? Wiener is Vienna?

Edit: The coin is almost exactly the diameter of a US Morgan dollar.

If this belongs elsewhere...Where, Please?