Any idea what this is?
Picker1954
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It looks like they are soldered to the plate.
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And what exactly is "this"? A picture of the whole item might be helpful. Also, maybe a view at an angle to show if the tokens are inset or just sitting on top.
Looks like test strikes for a medal on a piece of copper plate.
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These are the only pictures. These were in an auction.
Try asking the seller.
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He didn't have a definitive description. I thought someone here might. This is what he says:
"Plate looks like it is made out of copper. Might be a plate for printing. Plate is over 4 inches long and 2 inches wide."
I have not seen a display like that before. Seems like some sort of merchant display.... That is just a guess... Thanks for the second set of pictures too.... Cheers, RickO
There appears to be some solder on the edges of the medals in the first picture, so it looks like the medals were soldered back into the holes in the copper plate where the planchets used to create them were punch out.
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Abe looks kinda weird rocking a ponytail. Peace Roy
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I like @PerryHall guess. Sounds more reasonable. Wouldn't be for printing otherwise all the lettering would be in reverse.
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the seller did not say how thick? I have seen similar on 1/8" sheet
your example looks like it could be 3 tokens soldered back into sheet that had planchets punched out from
They are in hand. They are attributed as King-275 & 276.
interesting, so they are tacked back into the copper sheet?
Really cool piece!
To me it looks like a souvenir when you visit historical places like the Lincoln Memorial or something like that.
But then, what do I know?
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Looks like traces of solder on the edges of the tokens so it appears they were soldered back into the holes from where the planchets were punched out.
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I'm stumped. They're stamped.
I sold this to Paul Cunningham at FUN for $475 and a signed copy of his Lincoln book.