Surprise Mystery Gift package! Wanna see me open it?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by lordmarcovan, Jan 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM.

  1. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    This is better than VaultBox.
     
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  3. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    :oldman: Getting old here......
     
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Gotta milk it fer all it’s worth, right? :p
     
  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Let’s open this intriguing little black case first.

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    Aha. It’s a medal of some kind, and a handsome one, too. Very flashy, and proof, or prooflike.

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    Some chainmailed dude with a sword is about to face off with a bunch of marauding Vikings landing on a beach.

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    The medal was issued by the Heritage Mint in the UK.

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    It commemorates the Battle of Edington in 878 AD, which I had to look up. Yep. Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings at Edington.

    Is this what @Dafydd said was the “piece of exonumia that is the only one in the USA and ever likely to be”? I expect it is, because though there is at least one other piece of exonumia in the package, that is of a type I’ve seen before. This one is a new one on me, obviously.

    PS- I found it on the Heritage Mint’s website. Turns out it’s layered in 24K gold. I wondered what composition gave it that color (or, as the Brits would spell it, colour).
     
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  6. BuffaloHunter

    BuffaloHunter Short of a full herd Supporter

    Our local PO is the same, one guy manning the office. Though he is religious about his lunch time, which is 12:15 to 12:45 every day.
     
  7. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    Now I want to know what the guy at the post office had for lunch ….

    inquiring minds ….
     
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