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It is most definitely a coin worthy of collecting. The most recent two examples on Heritage Auctions sold for around $500. One of Romagnoli's many beautiful designs.

Here is my example of the 1934-35 Victoria/Melbourne Centenary Florin. NGC doesn't attribute the "full wreath head, nipple (specimen)" type for this coin, but this is the fully struck version of the design -- referred to by some as the "Specimen" strike. I'm providing close-up images of the horseman to show what I mean. The striations on the obverse are all raised in hand, and thus are die polish lines. I think NGC was overly harsh on the grade of MS62 on this one as they didn't understand what it truly was. But, in the end their lower grade allowed me to pick this coin up for a song (at least as far as this issue goes).

I'm a big fan of Kruger-Gray as a coin designer, so I had to add one of the shillings to my collection. This one fit the bill nicely.

Let's give this thread a bump Here are a few more recent copper acquisitions.

One of my favorite British coins is my 4 pence I picked up about 2 years ago.

Here are a few of my more colorful lustrous coins.

On a side note, a very nice member over on the PCGS forums sent me a PDF version of the "CATALOG OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CONVENTION BADGES AND MEDALS" by Charles Hosch, which has been most helpful. It is the compendium compiling all of the Numismatist article information scattered over the various issues from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s into one resource.

This one was posted on eBay for $49.88 with free shipping Buy-it-now. I had the "search" set up for nearly a year for this 1964 set -- so I scooped it up immediately at that price when I got the email notice. There are still bargains to be found on occasion.

The set arrived already today! Super fast shipping...and I'm very happy with it. I really like the matte finish to the medals.

Art, thanks so much for the information. I will take better photos when I receive the medals in hand.

The only example I have of Dupuis' work. The reverse is by "Caque"

Ciao Giorgio, and welcome to the forum! -Brandon

I recently picked up this, but I'm not sure of the mintage. I also have the badge type....anyone offer help on the mintages for these Capital Plastics sets for 1964?

Here's a new copper for the weekend. Happy Friday!

Here are a couple more CWTs.

I have about a dozen or so that I've picked up over the past 3-5 years. I'll try to post a few here in the next few days.

A new civil war token. Some lovely color and very clear surfaces on this one.

Haha, I never saw that before -- but now I'm only going to see bill Murray when I look at that coin!

Constanius, wonderful information! Thanks for posting the medal above. In 1995, Italy issued a 5000 L commemorative coin (for the 600th anniversary of the birth of Pisanello) that features the flower design on the reverse. It's a surprisingly beautiful coin (in my opinion) given that it's a modern. The Italians are very conscious of beauty, even on their many modern coins.

In 1797, Peter Kempson issued 10 different penny-sized tokens (or more accurately, medalets) featuring London Buildings on the obverse and "Standing Justice" on the reverse. I simply couldn't resist this Ludgate token engraved by Thomas Wyon. My pictures don't do it any favors, but it appears almost as a proof in hand. The fields are glassy and almost completely mark free, with high relief devices. Both the obverse and reverse exhibit dark hues of blues and rose/pinks, as is common on the entire series of these particular tokens. This set of medalets was struck specifically for collectors (not intended for actual commerce), and in relatively small mintages of less than 200 of each design. The reverse reminds me of the Regal cartwheel issues of the same year, with inset lettering surrounding the central design. I have not seen a nicer example than this one, and I was delighted to add it to my collection. 1797 Middlesex/Kempson's penny token, Ludgate D&H-78 (scarce, mintage < 200)

Nope. The first one is quite blue, the 2nd is quite red/brown, with some hints of iridescence. The colors in my photos are true to their in hand colors.

Two quite different looks of the same year token:

I found this online: Former ANA Historian N. Neil Harris published a catalog of ANA convention badges and medals in The Numismatist from January 1970 through December 1973. In the December 1979 issue he published a supplement updating the catalog through 1979 and again in December 1989. Numismatist Editor Barbara Gregory wrote the last update in the December 1999 issue. Now I just need to get motivated and order these from the ANA library.

Fantastic medals Bill! I love them all! I'm just curious, where do you find the information regarding mintages? I have both the badge for the 1970 St. Louis convention, but also a serial numbered set of three medals in a Capital plastics holder. I can't find much information on how many of each were minted, etc. Is there a gold standard reference for these pieces? Thanks much, -Brandon

The coloring fits the progression patterns of thin-film interference on silver surfaces (physics of optics) that leads me to my conclusion that the toning on the surfaces developed over a long period of time and via natural processes. You may find this link interesting (or maybe not). Thanks for the kind remarks regarding my photography. It is another of my hobbies, and it highly enhances my enjoyment of the hobby of numismatics.