Any clue what these are?

stainless · January 8, 2009 3:55AM

Any idea what they are and there value?:

Some kind of Bracteate;

Peru?:

Any info?
thanks
stainless

CoinKing · January 8, 2009 4:06AM

I believe the silver piece is Peruvian and refers to the restoration of the Constitution in 1839 by Augustin Gamarra.

lordmarcovan · January 8, 2009 4:09AM

That third piece, the silver medal, is wonderful.

The obverse inscription LA LEY RESTAURADA POR EL VALOR DEL EJERCITO UNIDO EN ... would mean something along the lines of: "the law restored by the valor of the united army in..." (whatever that last word is).

The reverse inscription... hmm...

LOS EMPLEADOS means "the employees" in today's Spanish, but I suppose the word can also have a broader, if similar, meaning in other contexts. ("Those who were employed in". Maybe "veterans", in this context? Something like that?)

"The employees (members? veterans?) of (something- whatever that softly-struck part says) at the restoration of their country (SU PATRIA)".

"GRAN MARISCAL GAMARRA" is almost certainly a reference to Agustín Gamarra, who had the military title of "Gran Mariscal". (Maybe that means "Grand Marshal"?)

So it looks like your Peru guess is pretty close to the mark. I really like that piece. Beautiful, and fascinating, too.

Edit- wow. I was beaten to the draw by some CU top brass. Cool.

BBQnBLUES · January 8, 2009 4:18AM

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The 2010 Yosemite National Park commem ?

SaorAlba · January 8, 2009 6:04AM

The top squarish piece appears to be an early 19th century Hindu temple token.

coachleonard · January 8, 2009 1:16PM

actually i'm curious about the bracteate piece myself, as i have seen these turn up from time to time in british metal detecting
lots, and I am not sure what they are. I have a couple such pieces -- on mine I can't make out the design, but they are
bracteate-like (design bleeding through to other side). I am at a loss as to whether these served as tokens, or some kind
of seal perhaps ???? Also I wonder what period these were produced, though this lion design one of your looks to be
1600s-1700s as the lion design is similar to that on spanish and dutch coins of the 1500s-1700s

spoon · January 8, 2009 1:39PM

Bohemia and Brunswick both had brakteats with a lion like that.

Any clue what these are?

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