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NEWP from Devens coin show today...
Outhaul
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1881 HK-125B Battle of Groton Heights SC$. This was out of my realm because I'm putting together a set of PPIE SC$s so this is totally on the opposite coast. I just couldn't resist.
Cheers
Bob
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Cool looking token(?). I have never heard of the battle of Groton Heights.
Pardon my ignorance... what is "SC$" ? And PPIE?
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So-called-dollars and Panama Pacific International Exposition
Great medal! Love the chocolate brown surfaces.
Thanks!
Not too many this nice.
I had one of these in silver once. They are quite cool and most folks have no idea of the events.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Wow! Amazing SC$ and the color is fantastic!
Great historical piece Bob... and it is ok to pick up something out of your focus area....I do it all the time...
In fact, that is my area of collecting now.... What I like or attracts me for various reasons (history being one reason). 
Cheers, RickO
This brings up a question I had while walking the Bourse at Long Beach last week. What makes a medal a SCD, and when is it just a Medal? The thought came to me as I was wondering if Karl Goetz medals were SCDs. Pretty sure they are not, but not sure of the reasoning behind the distinction.
@Outhaul, nice thingie, whatever you call it BTW
The first and basic factor that determines whether a medal is a So-Called Dollar -- and also the Achilles Heel of the series -- is size... and not one size but several, i.e. 33mm to 45mm with many exceptions including U.S. gold dollar sized items (give or take a few millimeters).
Then come all the other non-starters: no holed or looped unless also struck plain (exceptions); no plastic (exception), fiber etc unless issued also in metal; no purely presidential or political medals; no school, college or athletic medals; no coin club or armed forces medals; no calendar 0r store cards (exceptions), no trade tokens or emergency money.
But the base is size. Yes, size.