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Tibetan Copper Coin 5 Skar (1913--1918), Y#17(I think, not my area of collecting) http://www.yscoin.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=122_129&products_id=2275&zenid=o02g6nvbfd7d8ska1v7s69s1f6

Amazing

Great set, thanks for posting the pictures. What size are the medals?

I use Photobucket, it is a free service, just upload the images there and then post the "direct" hhp.... link(found under share links) here, by using the picture frame icon, just below the smiley face, in the header above, which is visible when posting a reply.

The edge lettering on 'conders' was applied by the retaining collar at the time of striking. Mules, and tokens with odd edge inscriptions, are assumed by many to have been deliberate struck and then sold to collectors at a premium price, hence their rarity. A 1792 Wilkinson/Vulcan also has a 'FIELDING-edge' 451f rated RRR. "Seventy-two tokens were struck, Wyon being the die-sinker, and Kempson the manufacturer. Obverse.—A mounted yeoman at speed with sworcl upraised. Legend.—WARWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY HANCOCK (inverted). The last being the die-sinker's name. Exergue.-—ENROLLED JUNE .25 • 1794. Reverse.—In six lines: PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN. ISSUED BY THOMAS WELCH SECOND TROOP 1799. Edge.—ARMED TO PROTECT OUR LIVES PROPERTY AND CONSTITUTION AGAINST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENIMIES, divided in three sections by military trophies, each section being in two lines. Only three impressions were taken with this edge, as the collar broke. Another collar was then made, the word " PRESERVE" being substituted for "PROTECT. " With this, twenty-four were struck. Also twenty-four with plain edge in collar."

There is one Coventry Godiva token 242e which has the edge 'PAYABLE AT L FIELDINGS MANCHESTER', listed as RRR.

I can find no listing for it either. At this auction http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15830/lot/974/ Lot 974 18th Century Copper Tokens, Warwickshire, COVENTRY, R. Reynolds Halfpennies 1792 (1), 1793 (4), 1794 , Coventry/Manchester mule Halfpenny 1792 (Lady Godiva on horse/Grocers' arms), D&H 233, 242b, 244, 244, 246, 249. 250, ?,

The previous post jogged my memory re this medal, which I brought about 3 years ago! Catalogue Of The Great Exhibition 1851 300 s—Designers and Manufacturers. Allen & Moore Vesta match-boxes; cigar boxes. Taper-stands and lamps; and other fancy articles in metal. Case of medals:—Head of Prince Albert, and view of the Exhibition building. Duke of Cambridge, and Governesses' Asylum. Friedrich Von Schiller. Jenny Lind. Cavaignac. Louis Napoleon. Heads, from Da Vinci, Scheffer, &o. 52mm Heavily silvered fields/white metal, very thick planchet. One of the finest medals that they produced. A slight mystery, there is a faint, partially removed, inscription below the wreath on the reverse, which I need to look into! Could make out C-B-RY L. NORTON BIRM, and found this; NORTON, C. L. (Brit.'). A Birmingham Bookseller, who published a Portrait-medal of Schiller, by Allen and Moore. This medal was engraved by Joseph Moore for the "William Tell" Society

There is not much info available on-line, except snippets here & there, though Forrer's does list most of their output, when searching make sure that you spell Moore(2 O's). http://www.digitalbookindex.org/_search/refsearchbiodict.asp scroll down for Forrer, Leonard Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Here is one of mine http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/20830-jenny-lind-medal-1847/ Another, will post more later.

They were all issued in 1815.

These are just used on the green, the short fine grass around the hole, when the lie of your ball would interfere with an opponents putt or shot. "The position of a ball to be lifted should be marked by placing a ball-marker, a small coin or other similar object immediately behind the ball. If the ball-marker interferes with the play, stance or stroke of another player, it should be placed one or more clubhead-lengths to one side." "PGA of America chapter and sectional tournaments, it is not unusual for a condition of competition to be in effect stating that golfers must use "a ball-marker, a small coin or other similar object" to mark balls on the green"

The first one is a ball marker. If for any reason you have to lift your ball, you use it to ensure that the ball is placed back in the exact location

British Victories in the Peninsula War series BHM#888, brass 15mm medals all with the same obverse, Victory flying, 1. BY THE MERCY OF GOD, the reverses are inscribed with a military action and the date. They were manufactured by Thomson & Jones. BHM list each medal separately. Here are a few more of Elverno's (Vern) His web-site NapoleonicMedals.org is unfortunately off-line.

Thailand medal, minted in the early 1960's to honor General Sarit Thanarat, he died in office and the medal was never officially released. Unfortunately, due to very low demand, they only fetch a few dollars.

The first is an Austrian 20 Heller similar to this from Alaska Coin Exchange http://www.coinandstampgallery.com/ForeignAB_Pages/Austria%2020Heller%201893%20VF-20.htm

Ditto

This link has some interesting statues of Italian poets which relate to the medals http://torresani-edu.blogspot.ca/2014/01/quattro-busti-di-poeti.html which came first, the chicken or the egg? No information on the sculptor to help. Michele Torresani, a graduate of the University of Parma with a thesis on the poet Giorgio Caproni, who wrote the blog replied to my request for any info re the statues, ".....congratulations for your discovery about Domenico Ambrogi. Unfortunately, I do not know the sculptor of the four busts. The medals by Ambrogi of Ariosto and Petrarch are Clearly the source used by the sculptor of the two busts. Instead, the bust of Tasso must have been inspired by another source, the two being too different faces, Their clothing and the cutting of beards. I guess the existence of a medal by Ambrogi of Dante"

I cannot help with the edge markings but the 2 stars Castor & Pollux(patrons of sailors) represent Charles XII & Stanislas "LUCIS SPES CERTA SERENAE" (lighting the way with certain hope to clear weather) With the stars(Castor & Pollux) to guide you I hope you decipher the edge marks, good luck

http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=708071&AucID=1309&Lot=1733&Val=a7e54a1e9b6be172d4258e1b424f3378 Maues, ca. 90 - 60 v. Chr. Tetradrachme.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΜΑΟΥ Rev:"Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa moasa" in Kharoshthi script . Both inscriptions I believe mean King of Kings, Maues the Great. The reverse is pictured first below. Another link http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_099_000/shakacoins/shakacoins.html

Thanks Ian, the plaque/medal & the books arrived from Venice today. Here is a picture of the medal & its illustration in the book. Voltolina makes clear that this is not only the solitary medal he knew of by Ambrogi but that there was no previous reference to it he could find.

You might find this link of interest https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-philip-ii-king-of-macedonia.252294/

Looks just to be a crude copy of the reverses of 2 Philip II of Macedonia coins, similar to these from http://www.coinproject.com/search_emperor.php?type=1&emp=Philip+II&mint=Amphipolis&sort=reference2&page=2 What sort of age it is I cannot tell, ancient to modern or anywhere in between. Some one else might know.

Nice finds, are planes one of your normal token collecting areas?

A nice image of a similar steel or fire iron.

TDP, I posted this on another numismatic site, it turns out it is quite naughty http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,28829.0.html Maybe it's my dirty mind but the mark on the reverend's lap suggests what you suggested. Please do not be shocked