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Broadstruck

1869 Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Philadelphia Fiftieth Anniversary Grand National Celebration, 51mm Diameter, Silvered White Metal



1895 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Philadelphia, Copper, 25mm Diameter

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Wow

morbidsteve

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This.

Steve

LotsoLuck

LotsoLuck

Beatles come to America for the first time. Hard to believe it's been 50 years.

brg5658

I'll bring a little clashing to the party...

AuroraBorealis

Broadstruck that Fiftieth anniversary has a very cool! Love the design...

AB

ricko

Broadstruck... I like that token more and more each time you show it... Cheers, RickO

silverpop

Apothecaries weight

OldEastside

Those are neato

Steve

BillJones

Here is an example of the Oath of Allegiance medal that the Philadelphia mint issued at the beginning of the Civil War. The stated purpose was celebrate the fact that mint officials had gotten mint employees to swear their allegiance to the Union cause, but the real purpose was an excuse to issue another mint medal with Washington on it. In those days there were many people who collected Washington items, and most any piece that a bust of "The Father of Our Country" could find a collector following. This is there reason why a few Civil War tokens have a tiny Washington bust on them, almost as an afterthought.

The piece has the beautiful 19th century mahogany finish on it, which makes the medals from this era far more appealing than the "yellow bronze" pieces the mint issues today. The 19th century mintage was 808 in copper, which makes this piece fairly common by 19th century standards.




And here is an example of the Northwestern Sanitary Fair. This fair was held in Chicago just after the Civil War in June 1865 which was exactly one year after the better known Philadelphia Sanitary Fair was held. The mintage is listed as "1,000?" in copper. That would make this seem like a fairly common medal for the 19th century, but it isn't. Many of these pieces were sold at the fair to non collectors who mishandled them. Therefore a lot of the survivors are beat up and often unattractive.

coinsarefun

I always have loved that Lincoln one Bill