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History is the accumulated knowledge gleaned from many ancient sources supported by the research of many dedicated individuals in mutiple disciplines throughout the centuries and though there are various interpretations & disagreements about much of it, I hope you are not implying that to add some complete fiction to it and disguise it as fact is acceptable in anyway?

Perhaps that is the idea history strives to be, but actual history is written in the present and often serves the interests of those that write of fund it. While it's true that certain events and certain facts are on fairly solid ground the interpretation of history is not the same. Do you believe Hegel, Marx, Durant, Popper? The Texas or Kansas Boards of Education?

The 1894 Department de la Seine et Oise is, I assume, an agricultural/horticultural prize medal seeing the grapes and fruit by the rifle and the hand sickle by the hollow log. Wihout these other objects, the soldiers helmet, gun and trumpet would give the impression of a shooting prize medal.

 

Or is it a shooting medal for farmers?

That department reported to the Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture. So I'd guess you were correct that is was similar to a 4H prize for some kind of farming.

1894 Department de la Seine et Oise. A female figure is seated on a stone chair or throne. She holds wreaths in both her hands. A boy genius sits reading a book and holding a trumpet. A helmet and gun lie at the female figure's feet. The reverse has a legend Republique Francaise and the words Prix de Conseil General above an empty plaque. Silver 50mm.

I think his daughter drove him!

1895 Society of Professional Labor. A draped female and nude male figure are surrounded by implements of art. The words Labor and Scientia make up the legend. The reverse reads Societe Centrale du Travail Professionnel. Gilt bronze 54mm.

If intent was th only issue then why did they pass the Hobby Protection Act? Was it just to deal with Peter Rosa? The issue with copies, even bad ones, is that they can deceive later. I've been seeing quite a few of the Middle Eastern tourist pieces that some paid quite a bit of money to buy.

As for history, it is all at least a little fiction.

More seven though when I get richer I'll head more towards three

No Schaumburg through 2015. If Fred Dillard can drive there so can you.

1879 Ville de Paris. This is the first medal by Dupuis that uses allegorical figures to represent civic institutions, a theme that he would use throughout his career. Here the figure of the Republic of France is holding a flag in her left hand while the right clasps the hand of the city of Paris. The figure of the city is crowned with the city walls, a depiction dating back to Greek representations of Tyche. The left hand of Paris rests on the coat of arms. The handshake takes place over the altar of the “Patrie” or motherland. A new plant rises from behind the altar towards a radiating star symbolizing the rebirth of France and Paris after the Franco-Prussian War. This specific type was paired with multiple reverses. It was the most popular of Dupuis' early types being reused continually until the creation of Marianne between 1889-1891. The large medal is 74mm Bronze the smaller is 50mm and nickel.

How do you feel about completely retooling an ancient coin to look nice but to not be representative of what was issued in the past. There's a lot of super tooled coins on eBay these days.

Michael,

The crimes committed by numismatists are fairly substantial and continue to this day. Is it worse when the criminals are people that have been respected like Sheldon or Breen? The guy who stole the coins recently from the ANA wasn't famous but he caused a lot of damage. An officer of a regional association stated that that theft and the way it was handled have imperiled his ANA membership.

Personally, I have become more fascinated by the crimes or harms (after the laws were changed) people have committed with money. The nickel coinages, the trade dollar, manipulation of the gold and silver ratio. Of course in today's world the debt crisis, mortgage problems, and recession are due to the same impulses to tinker with money for personal gain without producing anything real.

I don't think so. Dies were engraved and inspected and it wouldn't be really easy to just unscrew one, carve a K in it , and put it back in service.

He really is an interesting fellow, I have examples of most of his struck pieces and plan to post them here over time.

1886 Tonkin Military Medal. Bust representing the Republic of France facing left. The headset is garnished with wings and feathers and Patrie (Motherland) is written across the front. The style of this piece definitely was influenced by the realistic Roman portraiture. The reverse read Tonkin Chine Annam 1883-1885 referencing the Franco-Sino War fought over the northern portion of modern Viet-Nam. This medal was issued to about 90,000 veteran of the overall conflict. Silver 30mm.

This version with the six battles on the reverse is the Army version of this medal. The Navy version has one additional battle listed. The cornucopia, designer's signature and the shape of the attachment all are characteristic of an original medal.

Just last week at the Central States Numismatic Convention I was talking to one dealer and I asked them about 1916 standing liberty quarters. He had bought one VG details G cleaned graded by ANACS. He thought he paid well for it but couldn't sell it. He sent it in to PCGS and it came back F-12.

Create an online exhibit and if it looks good and gets reviews maybe a hardcopy would work especially if you can do it on demand.

These two points are precisely what I'm trying to sort out. Is it something that is more distracting or the best way to present most coins? I notice most exhibit backgrounds are not red but a lot of trademarks are or contain red. What is the best color to show coins, especially when brown and silver coins are mixed?

Does anyone know if the Monnais de Paris kept mintage figures of medals produced in the 19th century or if there are other sources for medal mintage figures for art nuveau pieces?

Why are most of them red?

Seleucids used the Phoenician standards so a tet should be around 14.4 grams. There are a LOT of imitations sold o tourists in Israel and Lebanon.

I'll do that when I get back home after the show

We've already met Lincoln and a Civil War doctor and nurse.

Like you say the markings are close but never the same. The style and weight can be give aways as well. What's the closest coin you found? Where did you get this coin?

Its likely a modern reproduction based on a Seleucid piece perhaps

I have a 1525 but ony the 25 appears on the coin