Let's see your exonumia!

That one is in nice shape @longnine009.

 

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It is now.

 

Did you do something to it?

 

Yeah, it had about a dozen fly-specks on both sides that didn't show in the scans, or if they did show, I didn't see them. I like the RRU's so instead of sending it back I "conserved" it.

 

Silver Christ's Hospital medal awarded 1876. It's been wiped but is still in pretty nice shape.

 

gorgeous medal by Jacques Wiener. I really like his cathedral medals. someday in the far future I will buy 1 I have had my eye on forever. this 1 St. Paul at Rome:


takes my breath away. the first pic depth perception blows my mind. look how far back it goes in...amazed still. I want it.

 

Beautiful medal spirityoda! I agree, the depth perception is stunning.

Bruce

 

Beautiful medal spirityoda! I agree, the depth perception is stunning.

Bruce

 

The counterstamps on this Large Cent are really sharply struck, more so than on many others in my collection. Brunk lists this stamp but it's not attributed to anyone. If you wanted to check out the list of patents issued in May, 1854 you'd probably find loads of them. That makes this counterstamp nearly impossible to attribute. One clue though is the Eagle which was generally meant to mean "American Made" It was commonly used by gunsmiths and lock makers among others, but that's not much help in finding the issuer. A bit of a difference though is that the eagle is perched on what looks like a ball and isn't holding arrows or olive branches in its talons. Might help in an attribution but probably not enough.
Anyway, I bought the piece because I really liked the look of it and not that I thought I could find the issuer. Thanks for looking.

Bruce

 

Couple more from me:

1714 Coronation Medal for King George I. It's pretty ugly, but for just a few dollars I couldn't refuse

Titanic commemorative

 

Three new pieces of exonumia for my collection.

 

I'd love to see a picture of that! I have the antithesis to the token you have. It's an 1897 I'm All Right coin / token for the McKinley / Roosevelt campaign. It shows the propaganda against "Free Silver" and who supports the Gold Standard Act.

 

This is an old counterstamp which had been a mystery to researchers for a long time. It was credited in the past to Hudson, NY silversmith Isaiah Griffin (Griffen) c1802 / 1823. But because of known examples on coins dated as late as 1847, the attribution was always questionable.
More recent research seems to have cleared up the mystery. Apparently, the stamp originated from two Louisville, KY silversmiths named George Griffin and Henry Hudson who were partners during the 1840s. There are about a dozen examples known.
I picked up this one from Steve Hayden at the Baltimore coin show in June.
Bruce

 

Murk Diem Zombuck 2018, silver, C/A, 39mm

 

I enjoy collecting the SCDs struck by the US Mint for various world's fairs and expositions. Here's one:

 

What's a SCD?

 

She's gorgeous longnine! Well, the hair looks pretty nice anyway.
Really different...I like it.

Bruce

 

Thank you Bruce. For a Round, I think they did a pretty good job with it.