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Today I got the same two coins, but with the dates flipped:

 

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This Karl Goetz medal is called Refusal of the German Peace Overtures. In late 1916, the Germans made moves toward a peace negotiation, which was rejected by the Allies. The obverse is obvious; on the reverse Goetz has Britain’s Lloyd George and a Russian ally shoving the bird into a cage. The war continued.





K-187

REFUSAL OF THE GERMAN PEACE OVERTURES
(Friedensangebot der Mittelmächte)

1916, Blackened Cast Iron, satirical medal, 57.9mm, 52.60g.

Obverse: Two armored hands protect a dove with an olive branch in its beak. Inscription: "Friedensangebot der Mittelmächte, 12 Dezember, 1916." (Peace offer from the Central Powers). K G in field below.

Reverse: Lloyd George allows the dove to be put into the cage while the door is held open by a trusty Russian. Poincare holds back all the other surly looking allies. Inscription: "Die Trauben" (The Doves).

Grade: VZ

 

I'm not an ancients dude, so I'll post here. My new tetradrachm of Nero, Alexandria mint.
I think it's a neat piece of history, for all its shortcomings.

 

Nice coin, you should post it in the ancients forum, I'm sure they would enjoy it.

 

A wonderful example, usually they are much rougher.

 

Not a new purchase but I did just re-discover it tonight

Yunnan province 1911-1915 1 jiao or 10 cents
Mintage of 908,000
Listed as $45 in VF, $100 in XF
My 2x2 shows a price of $3.75

 

Not actually a new pick up... Rob included a holed specimen in our last business dealings. ....to add to my box. What I didn't realize is that this beauty was in the zen box.

 

No it isn't.... one of the many treasures in the zen box.

 

Picked up a sweet original BU roll of Mexican 1985 Onzas today:

 

The Gambia.
One penny 1966.

 

Great coins @Johnny Cache, I love Spanish silver.