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Toivo Johnson's 6-piece "Coin Designer" medal series.
Struck in the early 1960s in .999 silver by Metal Arts in Rochester, NY to honor famous engravers.
6-7 ounces troy each, totaling well over a kilo.
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting high relief medallions. Any numismatic value attached to them?
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  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    rochester metal co.....they did a lot of medallions for each state centenial or whichever anniversary they were celebrating........how big are those high relief pieces?
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting high relief medallions. Any numismatic value attached to them? >>



    They certainly have some cross-collector appeal. They were struck in the 1960s in pretty small quantity. I doubt too many sets survive.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>rochester metal co.....they did a lot of medallions for each state centenial or whichever anniversary they were celebrating........how big are those high relief pieces? >>



    How thick? They're crazy deep dish. The Gobrecht one has to be close to 1/4 thick. As for diameter: one of the images shows them in relation to a Morgan dollar.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    Got this from Gecko109, I kept the slabbed eagle, the nice condition walking lib, the two mercs, the quarter, and the 1 gram gold and sold the other stuff to recoup some of the money.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting high relief medallions. Any numismatic value attached to them? >>



    There is a thin but definite market for Toivo Johnsom medals because of the numismatic themes.

    TD
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  • TrustNo1TrustNo1 Posts: 1,359 ✭
    Anyone know much about the Longines Sterling sets that were out in the 70s? I Don't see too many full sets but those medals remind me of them.
  • CiccioCiccio Posts: 1,405 ✭
    Weiss, the medal with the eagle is amazing!

    Just go back from Italy this week and found 3 nice low mintage coins in the mail box!
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Anyone know much about the Longines Sterling sets that were out in the 70s? I Don't see too many full sets but those medals remind me of them. >>



    All I know about the Longines medals is that we always melted them.
    TD
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  • TrustNo1TrustNo1 Posts: 1,359 ✭


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    << <i>Anyone know much about the Longines Sterling sets that were out in the 70s? I Don't see too many full sets but those medals remind me of them. >>



    All I know about the Longines medals is that we always melted them.
    TD >>

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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    imagejus came in the mail!image

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