So...EXONUMIA picture thread?

Weiss

I bet just about every coin collector has exonumia of one kind or another. Post your best, most interesting pieces. I think US and related issues are appropriate in this forum.

coindeuce

MS63+ BN

TopographicOceans

cardinal

Originally posted by: coindeuce

MS63+ BN

Very nice

A bit of Exonumia of my own --

Justacommeman

Going after Cardinal always sucks. Holy George Washington.



deuce great bronze Libertas!



Love every piece in the thread so far. This has the makings of an epic thread.



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CommemKing

CommemKing

Weiss

LOL. Cardinal shows up and drops the mic

cardinal

Originally posted by: Weiss
LOL. Cardinal shows up and drops the mic

Awe...thanks Weiss!

Exonumia exists to relay a story, and all of these pieces do just that!

Versus regular U.S. coins, you really can't tell the difference in sizes of one medal to the next -- especially with the standard format of TrueView images. For example, the Libertas Americana/George Washington and Washington/Signing of the Declaration of Independence medals above look to be the same size in the images, yet the first is only 25mm in diameter and the other is 90mm in diameter!

To get a better idea of the assortment of sizes -- here is an assemblage of Libertas Americana medals (originals and restrikes), with each image in precise scale to the others:

Lakesammman

Had to look up exonumia and was surprised to see the scope and rather broad definition - the British "para-numia" seems to work better.

TwoSides2aCoin

I reserve the right to rescind my place of residence, just not my citizenship.

ThePennyLady

These are a few pieces I just acquired at the FUN show. The first two pieces were set aside for me by John Kraljevich.





This is a very scarce cardboard encasement from the Philadelphia Times with an uncirculated 1895 Indian cent inserted and sealed on the reverse to hold in the coin.









This one is a handmade encasement from the Lititz Springs National Bank that was issued on the day they opened, June 1, 1909, with an uncirculated 1909 Indian cent inserted.









This is a scarce pocket mirror containing a 1912 uncirculated Lincoln cent, with the mirror in tact. This piece was a gift from Benny/Greysoldier.

Lakesammman

Charmy - nice additions!

TwoSides2aCoin

Here's a LOVE STAMP just because I didn't have any copper for the weekend … ( RE: A tribute to Broadstruck )

An inside joke.

Iosephus

baddogss

Great thread and nice stuff everyone.



I recently added the Comitia American Washington Before Boston below to my collection (seller pics/scans).

Hope to own the Libertas Americana someday.



Washington Before Boston - Baker 48G









John Paul Jones - Ag











... and now for something completely different, an architectural cathedral medal

CommemKing

CommemKing

HandH

AnkurJ

renman95

DCW

Here's a U.S. Civil War identification disc, or "dog tag" as they would be referred to in later conflicts:



The veteran, John M. Ham, participated in Bull Run, that tragic first major battle of the War of the Rebellion, where it became evident that there would be no quick end to the fighting, no abrupt conclusion to the suffering that would claim 750,000 American lives over 4 years of brutal combat.

Records indicate that Mr. Ham survived the war. Evident from the heavy wear on this disc, it was most likely carried as a pocket piece for the remainder of his life.

Never have I held such a tangible piece of history in my hands.

BG

Very nice items shown so far!











Official Medal













Very Rare







Official So-Called Dollar

coinkat

great thread

baddogss

grip

An eBay purchase years ago.





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silverpop

a medal of pope VI

TopographicOceans

drwstr123

kaz

TopographicOceans

nice lil monitor

I've bid on a few of those, but never won one

ricko

Great thread with some awesome items... hope this one lasts for days/weeks.. Cheers, RickO

ricko

Great thread with some awesome items... hope this one lasts for days/weeks.. Cheers, RickO

ThePennyLady

This one is one of my pride and joys!

BillJones

EXOJUNKIE

HandH

1794 George III "Simcoe" Indian Peace Medal.

HandH

Where are you Boosi? You have some great contributions.

kaz

Charmy and Bill Jones: those are 2 amazing pieces! thanks for posting them.





Kaz

CommemKing

brg5658

Lakesammman

DUIGUY

Boosibri

Originally posted by: HandH

Where are you Boosi? You have some great contributions.

I've got nothing, but great thread

cardinal

If size matters, this is my largest medal --

Desert Moon

CommemDude

So-called dollars with ties to regular issue commems:

BillJones

A set of wooden pieces (pressed wood) from the 1876 Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia.

BillJones

Here is an example of the Indiana Primitive Monitor token by Henry D. Higgins. Higgins produced his own dies from scratch, an example of which is shown on the reverse, and made other dies by copying the images from other Civil War tokens. The monitor image was taken from the Scoville Monitor image that was used for other Monitor token varieties.

All Indiana Primitive Civil War Tokens range from scarce to rare. They form an interesting sub set in the CWT series. This Monitor token is scarce, and it is the scarcest obverse die variety of all of the Monitor token varieties. Note that Higgins had to add some of the dentiles around the edge of the piece. The uneven dentiles are the design elements that Higgins added.

CoinZip

Zoins

Originally posted by: cardinal

If size matters, this is my largest medal --

That's a very cool specimen of "THE NATIONAL MEDALLION IN MEMORIUM MAJORUM". I like the Libertas Americana on that upper right



I was intrigued enough that I had to do some searches to find out what that was. According to
juunkratt on the bay, this was made by Samuel Black in 1858 and it was the first use of electroplating:

Originally posted by: juunkratt on 09-29-2013 03:29 PM:

These were made by Samuel Black ( NOT HUGO ) IN 1858 AND WERE THE FIRST USE OF ELECTROPLATING(COPPER),a series was made but the NATIONAL MEDALLION IN MEMORIUM MAJORUM...In the center is the obverse & reverse of the WASHINGTON boston MEDAL,Each corner has a roundlet,The medal is flanked by the constitution medal [...] Do a simple search on THE NATIONAL MEDALLION IN MEMORIUM MAJORUM and you WILL get the full story...They are lead blanks...

Doing searches, however, don't appear to come up with more information. In fact, HA says this is from 1890.


Here is a bio on Samuel Black saying he was based in NYC and issued at least 6 27mm store cards, struck in lead and coper plated.