Let's see your exonumia!

I like it. You'd think they'd do more of that with encased coins. Look at all the different colors they use for Mardi Gras medals.

 

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Yep - I like the different color on the encased cent too. And that medal is great coinsarefun.

 

How'd you make out with the Jefferson Barracks token? I'm bidding on a 83rd Radio Research Special Operations Unit [signal intel] that operated out of Thailand.

 

Don't jinx me, I still have 30 minutes!

You'll have to post a pic, it sounds cool.

 

Yeah I won it a few mintues ago. I'll post some pics when I get it.

 

Are you a railroad modeller?

 

Not any more no room but I do like trains

 

Coin club last night, picked up a couple of Bucks..

Buckskin $1..Prineville, Oregon..Aug. 7,8,9th.,1959



Buckskin..$1, Bend, Oregon..Sept.26, 1959..

 

Traveling again here are some I picked up in St. Petersburg from two medal vending machines in the St. Peter and Paul Fortress. The coppery ones were from one and the brassy ones were from another. 100 rubles each or three dollars

 

A few more I think the Kalashnikov metal is self-explanatory the top one is the decision-maker yes or no Moscow Subway St. Petersburg subway and an obsolete Estonian gambling Token

 

And one more this I picked up in Tallin it is very large about 72 mm although I don't have a ruler with me sorry about the glare I don't want to remove it from the plastic until I get home and can remove the staples very carefully

 

These two chips make up the "bookends" to my complete set, now acquired. A 5 Franc and a 1000 Franc cheque. Six pieces overall. What I find the most interesting about them is the clever security design in the filigree. Not complicated, but to a casual person, not noticed either. These are from the Casino Elysee Palace, in Vichy, France. Starting in the upper left corner of the square filigree surrounding the value of the chip, is a small letter "C", then clockwise to the upper right corner, the letter "E" and the bottom right corner the letter "P". These stand for Casino Elysee Palace. Clicking on the pictures to increase their size will help you locate them.

 

A couple newer medals that I finally got around to photographing.

 

Congratulations on completing the set Sam. Very impressive!

Bruce

 

Purchased today in Riga Latvia. The Aeroflot medal seems to be made of aluminum or similar light metal

 

I have quite a few elongated pennies:

And here are some other miscellaneous pieces from my collection:

 

83 D RRSOU [Radio Research Special Operations Unit] 5c, Bangkok Thailand, Brass, C/A, 22mm 3.3 grms (thin planchet), Cunningham TI30a. "Radio Research" was a cover name for Army Security Agency, who work for and was supervised by the NSA during the Vietnam war. They did signal intelligence.