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Need help further identifying 1980 Moscow medal - close up added
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A friend has this medal but cannot find any info on it. It is 65mm, only 37grams, probably aluminum. Anyone have info on it: souvenir / tourist medallion, participants medal, volunteer medal, what is it?
Gene
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Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
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Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
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I tried with every European source I have access to and nobody knows anything about it.
a couple suggestion were that it is a mass made token which was given away free...
But, why are there not more if it is that?
Got a close up?
It's not a participants medal, and not one of a handful of other common ones either.
I've tried reading the small text near the edge.. It appears to say Kornilov (Корнилов ) 1980 (?), and an initial before that I can't see.
A closeup might help.
I tried searching for it in Russian as well. No luck.
Interesting. I'd think it's a souvenir/tourist medal of some sort.
Steve, I found many images like the one in your post but none like mine.
Thanks again guys.
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
This sounds like plenty of information to go on, but I still can't seem to find anything about it.
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