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I don't think it was necessary to stamp copy on the reverse of this 3 inch or so common date nickel.
I like the 1913S Buffalo a lot better dwhiz.
Actually, I bought this cheap for the heck of it a long time ago.

 

Paper weight - 10 ounces of copper.

Z

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Biggest Masonic penny I ever saw.

 

You know was thinking yesterday after the news on Clembo...how much this week already sucked!
Well this afternoon a little something showed up in my mail ...just a reminder that we are family here and sometimes you go a little futher to makes anothers day....thanks Dwhiz what a pleasant surprise and gift.....very much appreciated. Paddy

 

1907 Concours International De Musique Paris
by Felix Rasumny





This is a rather large medal, it was described as silver composition, but I was suspecting it is silvered bronze long before the auction ended.
There is not a lot of information on the history of Concours International de Musique
that I can find, but I believe it translates to International Music Competition.

I have read that traditionally in Paris, to start off the summer, there is a festival of music throughout the streets and in various venues. I do believe that this event has occurred for many years without interruption.
Today there are still competitions of singing and playing of instruments.



I have found earlier medals, and one that is almost exactly like this only almost a centimeter smaller and for Algeria dated 1902.



I have found stamps and postcards on the topic but I know little about them too. I did know I especially liked the obverse and it was a must have for me.

 

1959 Oregon so-called Beaver dollar
HK-573
39mm Brass





Issued by North Clackamas County Chamber of Commerce to defray expenses of Centennial events in the county.
20,000 struck and originally sold for 50 cents. On both obv & rev in center circle, is the replica design of a
Beaver $10 gold piece of Oregon Exchange Co.



This appears to be large letters variety, where the first I in HISTORIC points to the right of the I in SOUVENIR, there is a small letters variety where the first I in HISTORIC points to the left of the R in SOUVENIR.

I have seen the same struck for the bicentennial with the dates 1859-1976 instead of 1859-1959. At first glance they look exactly the same.

Oregon Territory barter was used as the most common means of exchange. Beaver pelts and wheat were legal tender. Beaver Coins, or Beaver Money, were gold coins minted in Oregon in 1849. Their name comes from the prominent beaver depicted on the obverse of the coins. The currency contained 8% more gold than contemporary coins from the United States of America.
Today these coins are quite rare and valuable.
After the establishment of the Territory of Oregon, the mint producing the coins became an entirely private enterprise continuing its operations until Governor Joseph Lane ruled the operation unconstitutional in September 1849.
The opening of the United States Mint branch in San Francisco, California made a large supply of gold and silver U.S. currency available, playing a part in the demise of the "Beaver Coins".

 

1959 OREGON STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL
Eugene Oregon ~ Emerald Empire HK-557





5,000 Gilt Bronze were minted in Gilt Bronze, the obverse is almost an exact copy of the beautiful United States Commemorative Oregon Trail Half Dollar with the exception of the lettering.

The common reverse is showing the Centennial Official Emblem or Seal which also appears on various other so-called dollars minted commemorating the Oregon Centennial.

 

1959 Oregon Wagon Train
HK-559





Designed by Dee Taylor, Independence, Oregon and issued by Salem Numismatic Society, there were 9,000 struck in Gilt Bronze.

The obverse shows a lengthy wagon train.
The common reverse is showing the Centennial Official Emblem or Seal which also appears on various other so-called dollars minted commemorating the Oregon Centennial. The reverse shows a lengthy wagon train.

I do believe it would be good to look on these reverses with smoke coming from the stacks on the left side, as there are some varieties that used a die that have smoke and others that do not have smoke on the various issues. This one has smoke, and I am not sure if there are any of this particular medal that are smokeless.

In 1959, The Exposition and International Trade Fair was held in Portland Oregon from June 10 to Sept. 17, 1959. During that time a wagon train traveled old Oregon Train re-enacting the journey from Independence, Missouri to Independence Oregon, which took four months to complete.

 

@TheNickelGuy
Nice I like beaver

 

@Paddy54
Glad you like it and that it arrived safely

 

Thank you again i gave it a verdi care treatment to clean up the green...she'll be added to my others in a day or two,air drying.

 

I gifted this specimen to Ron Pope last summer. As one can imagine Ron loved everything buffalo.

I am so glad he enjoyed it for the short time befor he passed before the holidays.
I sure would like to find another... i buy it I buy it in a second.

 

I have two sets, totaling four 1.5 inch medals, these are mine which are sound asleep in the original packaging.

1988 Two Coin Set Young Astronauts
Proof medals



1988 Two Coin Set Young Astronauts
uncirculated medals



March 22, 1985, U.S. Rep. Frank Annunzio, D-Ill., introduced the Young Astronaut Program Medal Act in the House, calling for the production of gold, silver and bronze medals to commemorate the program.
On Dec. 16 of that year, U.S. Sen. E.J. Garn, R-Utah, introduced the same legislation in the Senate. (Sen. Garn was also the first member of the U.S. Congress to fly in space when he was a member of the Discovery crew April 19, 1985.)
As introduced, the legislation stated that no medals were to be struck after Dec. 31, 1987. Two amended versions extended the deadline first to Dec. 24, 1988, and then to Dec. 31, 1989.

The final version authorized Proof and Uncirculated versions of the medal to be issued. The legislation also did not mandate how many medals of each version were to be produced.

Congress approved legislation authorizing the medals; the bill was signed by President Reagan March 12, 1986, becoming Public Law 99-295.
The bill authorized production of no more than 750,000 medals bearing emblems and inscriptions deemed appropriate by the Treasury Secretary.
The authorizing law specified that 10 percent of the revenue from sales of the medals was to go to the Young Astronaut Council's annual budget.

The gold, silver and bronze medals feature different obverse designs; they share a common reverse. The medals' obverse designs were chosen from more than 17,000 entries submitted by YAC student members from all over the country.

The bronze medal was designed by Erac Priester, then 15, of St. Augustine, Fla. It features a space shuttle, an American flag and six stars. It was sculptured by Edgar Z. Steever of the Mint engraving staff.

The silver medal was designed by Essan Ni, then 11, of San Diego. The medal, sculptured by Mint engraver James Lecaretz, features an astronaut saluting the U.S. flag on the surface of the moon.

The gold medal was designed by Brian Kachel, then 12, of Jersey City, N.J. It features a space shuttle in flight. The design was sculptured by Mint sculptor-engraver Chester Y. Martin.

The Gold medal looks like this, which I do not own.



All of the obverse designs incorporate the inscriptions LIBERTY and the year 1988.

The final mintage figures of the Young Astronaut Medals were reported in the 1990 Report of the Director of the U.S. Mint and were as follows:

1.5-inch bronze
28,700 Uncirculated
17,250 Proof pieces

1.5-inch silver
33,250 Uncirculated
15,400 Proof pieces

0.845-inch gold medal
13,000 Uncirculated
3,400 Proof pieces


3-inch 6-ounce silver medal
1,075 Uncirculated pieces

3-inch 12-ounce silver medal
3,700 Uncirculated pieces

3-inch 12-ounce gold medal
38 Uncirculated pieces.

A total of 115,813 medals were struck of the authorized total of 750,000.

The lowest 1.5 inch minted issue for us common folk to acquire would be the silver proof.
Compared to US Modern Commemorative Dollars, with a a relatively low mintage of 15,400 it is rivaled only by a few of the Olympic Dollars such as

1995-D Olympics Cycling Silver Dollar 19,662
1996-D Olympics Tennis Silver Dollar 15,983
1996-D Olympics Rowing Silver Dollar 16,258
1996-D Olympics High Jump Silver Dollar 15,697
1996-D Paralympics Silver Dollar 14,497

Has anyone ever seen of one of the thirty-eight 3 inch,
12 troy oz gold uncirculated medals? Amazing!

 

Nice Oregon tokens @TheNickelGuy ,

Now you need this one . . . . . . .

Z

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And for the "Young Astronaut" collection, perhaps a few of these?

Z

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Look he put my image in there.

 

DWhiz,

When I first saw this token, it SCREAMED your name . . . . . .

I had to have it . . . . .

Z

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@ZoidMeister
Now you NEED two more
I did own a set at one time.
I'll be darned I found the image, much to my surprise

 

I found this in the back of my cabinet, forgot I had it.