Interesting medal on coin minting (Baldwins/VCoins)

worldcoinguy

This one made me do a double take on VCoins today. Interesting subject matter.

Link

China/England, Coin Manufacturers Medal

China, Taylor & Challen (steam engine and machinery manufacturers from Birmingham, England), Brass Medal, undated (circa late 19th Century), obverse: “MINTING MACHINERY. TAYLOR & CHALLEN LTD BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND”, together with Chinese characters, reverse: “COINING MACHINERY”, coining presses of varying types for making coins, 38mm (Chinese Copper Coins 782). Toned, good extremely fine with lustre.

FilthyBroke

That's an interesting design for sure. Do you feel it's worth the $1200+ pricetag?

worldcoinguy

Seems a bit steep to me but I have no experience in that numismatic area. I just thought the theme was intriguing. I doubt you would ever see a medal with a similar theme in the 21st century!

lordmarcovan

Very cool. Not $1,270 cool, but cool, nonetheless.

pruebas

This exact medal recently sold at auction, but was apparently bought by the house since its price was less than the reserve.

Auction link

jason2012

hi,

would you mind if tell me how much did you pay for this medal?

worldcoinguy

Hi Jason2012 - welcome to the forum!

I wasn't the buyer, I simply posted a link to the medal because I thought it was interesting to share with the forum for some discussion. I never actually talked to the seller about the item so I don't know what happened to it.

jason2012

sad.......i bought this medal on saturday. i thought i am going to have this medal. and then, on monday, the seller call me said the coin has already been sold by friday and they did not have time to update the information cuase of the weekend.......any possible someone call them to make a better price and then tell me the coin been sold....

such a disappointed.....

anyway, thanks for your replying....
have a nice weekend

Askari

Well, it's quite rare -- but then almost all medals are by definition rare. This would have been an advertising memento -- somewhat more enduring than a business card and more likely to be noticed. A European innovation, one designed for the Far East would be most unusual. Still, I'm not sure it would be worth the $700 reserve, but there's a strong and growing interest in China for antiques now that there is a lot more affluence there.

pruebas

I was the buyer of this piece. Unfortunately, it has some corrosion not visible in the photo which is probably why it didn't sell at auction.

Do I owe worldcoinguy a finders fee?

By the way, a NGC MS62 was sold for $1500 plus commission in a 2009 Champion HK auction with an estimate of $1500-$3000.

worldcoinguy

Thanks for the update pruebas! Since it had some corrosion, we'll just call it even.

jason2012

hi,

do you still have this coin?

best regards,
jason

pruebas

Jason, please check "Allow Private Messages" in your profile.