Shooting Medals (More Added)
Zohar
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For Schutzenfest collectors, getting the medal in the original box and/or with a name on it (winner) makes the purchase much more appealing (and value). I just received these two. The first is a One year type with the winner's name (Paul Forster) on the medal and the other is a 50MM Fribourg, both in original box. This is a well defined collecting theme which keeps the hunt going for as long as one desires given their low mintage.
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<< <i>Sitting in the box adds wear over time >>
No. Nothing wrong at all with getting these coins slabbed, but no. These types of boxes are PROVEN to preserve coins in gem mint state for at least 250 years (oldest I've seen anyway) and counting. Mishandling "adds wear over time", not these boxes.
<< <i>They may tone though depending on where and how they are stored. >>
They certainly may, but I have rarely seen these pre-patinated 20th century SSM's tone. They are pretty much always gem in the original box in my short experience. Man, do these kind of boxes occasionally produce some amazing toning on die-fresh (or dip-fresh too I guess) Proof/MS coins though! Some vivid "natural" rainbow toned coins on the market in P/N holders are produced by putting a white coin in one of these boxes on a shelf for a few months-years with no other assistance than an occasional flipover.
I toyed with the idea of collecting shooting medals back in 2008, but I could never get that enthusiastic. However, one of the few medals I did obtain was the 300 M award given to Ernst Blaser. I wonder if the design was the same for a certain number of years. The only information my vendor had was that it was awarded sometime around 1921.
The vendor did advise me that the reference numbers were M-1134 and R-1933.
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