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1906 San Francisco Earthquake |
 May 31 2006, 05:45 AM
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 Hail to Dionysus!  Group: Members Posts: 1,212 Joined: 10-December 05 From: California Member No.: 589 OmniCoin  |
A recent purchase, brass so-called dollar, although not aluminum. The medal is known in aluminum, but I have yeat to encounter one. I passed on silver pieces several times and finally broke down and bought one in brass. I guess living so close to SF and having walked part of California Street was just too much of an attraction. I also bid on one suspended from a brass, SOUVENIR pinbck bar, but I was sniped in the final 5 seconds. Oh well. Hibler and Kappen could find no information about who issued the medal or why (for profit or to raise funds for the relief effort). The images on both sides correspond to popular photographs made in the days following the earthquake and fire.
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May 31 2006, 10:56 AM
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 Mary Queen of Scots Half Lion 1553 Group: Members Posts: 7,710 Joined: 14-June 05 From: Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach! Member No.: 38 |
I find items from that event most fascinating. I have a watch which has come down through the family which was damaged by the subsequent fire and recovered by my great great grandmother. If only the tie to the San Fran earthquake and fire could help it's value. Without the fire damage it would be a $10 K watch, now only a few hundred
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May 31 2006, 11:55 AM
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 collecting the eclectic Group: Members Posts: 942 Joined: 7-August 05 From: Fife, Scotland Member No.: 298 |
Nice one Bill! I like medals with realistic views for the historical reference they provide.
I've never come across that one before. Probably not surprisingly since Kirkcaldy is hardly the hub of things numismatic.  Out of interest what size (roughly) is your medal? Ian |
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May 31 2006, 12:47 PM
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 Hey I'll collect those! Group: Members Posts: 27,284 Joined: 13-June 05 From: Florida Member No.: 8 OmniCoin BanknoteBank |
A really nice historic piece.
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May 31 2006, 12:52 PM
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Mary Queen of Scots Half Lion 1553 Group: Members Posts: 7,710 Joined: 14-June 05 From: Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach! Member No.: 38 |
QUOTE(Ian @ May 31 2006, 06:50 AM) I've never come across that one before. Probably not surprisingly since Kirkcaldy is hardly the hub of things numismatic. Ian [right][snapback]221845[/snapback][/right] I beg to differ, I have seen a couple of tokens, and even some communion tokens from the hub of the Kingdom. |
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May 31 2006, 05:32 PM
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Hail to Dionysus! Group: Members Posts: 1,212 Joined: 10-December 05 From: California Member No.: 589 OmniCoin |
QUOTE(Ian @ May 31 2006, 04:50 AM) Out of interest what size (roughly) is your medal? Ian [right][snapback]221845[/snapback][/right] It is the size of a US silver dollar (Morgan and Peace dollars). |
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