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Sounds a worthwhile project.

"But when the Vatican drew up the medal, it flubbed the Latin phrase, said spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi. (It's worth noting that Latin doesn't have a "J," so maybe we should cut the Vatican a bit of slack.)" The writer of the article does not mention(perhaps realize?) that the L should have been I, from the Latin IESVS for JESUS. A capital i ( I ) looks the same as a low case L ( l ) so perhaps that is how the mistake was made. The original instruction using Iesvs(capital i) which was interpreted as a low case L l.

ITALY, Modena. Francesco I d’Este. 1629-1658. AR Scudo da 28 Bolognini. Crowned coat-of-arms / Double-headed eagle with ‘28’ on chest Obverse: shield, crowned: RVET DIVI SACIVITAS Reverse: eagle: FERIT ET TVETVR GEMINO ROSTRO http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=142805 The genuine & most contemporary fakes were all silver & can be quite valuable, your example looks to be silver-plated brass with most of the silvering missing, sorry.

Let me be the first to congratulate you.

Looking more closely at the reverse, it is not exactly the same as 272 as that as LUST. BAUT. DAS . LAND: O the O is missing on your variant.

The reverse is Henin 272 but the obverse is not. Obv:LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANSOIS. Louis is facing right, there is one in Hennin #178 which has that exact inscription but Louis faces left (with a totally different reverse) Rev: LUST. BAUT. DAS . LAND: Exe: REGEN. PF: I. C. R.(Rechen pfennig. Johann Christian Reich) 26mm. Might be in Mitchner, I don't have a copy. Nice find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRimG8XNTh0&feature=youtube_gdata_player According to the ad on YouTube......genuine.

I buy from eBay & if I opt for cheap shipping would never claim for non arrival. Many sellers insist on tracking but I ask politely & promise to leave great feedback even if the item is lost, most agree to ship non-tracked for inexpensive items. Ask buyers to include a message accepting responsibility for uninsured items, perhaps that might help.

I think they were after ''starling'' silver

This was how I described the medal in 2008........ "Frederick the Great medal 1757. Struck in England (hence the English inscription). The.Most.Heroic C.F.III K of Prussia (for Caesar.Frederick. Should be II not III the engravers mistake) The British were supporting Frederick with money to protect Hanover. Lovely die-break"......... though it has taken a while to find out the real reason for the apparent error, which I blamed on the engraver, the following will explain. According to the book, the first king in Prussia was Frederick I, the second Frederick (William) II, the third Frederick III (the Great). So in England, at least at that time 1757, he was known as Frederick III, but a few years later he was referred to as Frederick II as it became known that Frederick William(his father) was called Frederick William I, not Frederick II. So a belated apologize to the engraver.

The first pile was driven on the 15th of March, 1824, opposite to the second arch on the Southwark side of the old bridge; and the first coffer-dam having been completed within fourteen months of that time, the first stone was laid on the 15th of June, 1825 (the tenth anniversary of the battle of Waterloo,) by the Lord Mayor (Garratt), in the presence of the Duke of York,- the President and a committee of the Royal Society, and other distinguished visitors, as well as all the city senators and official characters. Changes were made to the original design; the width of the carriage way thirty-six feet(was to be 34 ft.), and of each footpath nine feet(were to be 7 ft.). The lenght 928ft. The centre arch 152 ft. next 2, 140 ft. outer 2 130 ft. add to that the piers 2 @ 24 ft. 2 @ 22 ft. and 2 abutments @ 73 ft. = 922ft. Most likely the engraver just intended to show the bridge & river, not the buildings in the distance, notice he shows the lamp-posts exactly as described; "In order to conclude our description of the bridge, we have only to notice the handsome bronze lamp-posts which are fixed on the parapet walls, one supporting two lamps at each side over the four smaller arches, and one with three lamps at each side over the centre arch. They have been cast by Mr. Parker, of Argyll-street, out of captured cannon brought from his Majesty's yard at Woolwich; their design is elegant, and is displayed to so much the greater advantage, from the total absence of ornament in the masonry" The last medal is factualy correct, in every detail including the 692 ft.(152+140+140+130+130) width of river flow between the 5 arches. The first, unknown, medalist appears to have gathered inaccurate info perhaps from an earlier design, or one of the rejected designs and also confused the first pile being driven with the first stone laying, mind he was a day early as to when the first pile was driven too. The first inaccurate ones are BHM#1547 Br. CC: WM. R. The correct one is BHM#1548 Br. N: WM. N. The mistakes made in the inscriptions on tokens/medals normally have no bearing on their values.

I collect the early, circa 1800, imitation spades by Kettle, Simcox etc & I have a few Pidcocks.

Hi Si welcome, what are your numismatic interests? I mainly collect old tokens & commemorative medals (exonumia) etc.

A car wash in Frederick , Maryland was losing so much money from their Auto Cashier that they set up a camera to catch the thief, or thieves. Well they were in for quite a surprise, there were multiple thieves who entered by the return coin slot and exited with quarters. They found most of the missing money on the roof of the car wash & some hidden by a nearby tree, it might have been just small change but it totaled over $4,000!

All very nice Ian. As to the one with the reversed obverse is it possible that the picture in the book was just misprinted, there is no inscription to help judge if there are 2 opposite versions or it is just an illustration error. You have the jeton and the book, perhaps a closer comparison will be of help. Occam's razor points to an illustration error.

Imitation of the Regal Coinage by Atkins. http://archive.org/stream/tradesmenstokens00atkiuoft#page/390/mode/2up Halfpenny #308 Bust, left GOD SAVE THE KING Harp, NO BE BGTA 16 96 The king is George II or III(take your pick, I'd go with III), just silly date & legend like many evasives, which ensured they would not be confused with real regal-coinage, thereby removing any danger of counterfeiting charges being laid. Probably by Thomas Bagnall(1781-1830/), die-sinker, die-stamper, piercer and toy-maker of Birmingham, later London, here is one of my medals by Bagnall.

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Beautiful depiction of the maritime scene. Great find Ian, strange how things occur at times!

Not sure why you cannot post, at least the pictures are here. Nice find!

http://munzeo.com/coin/franklin-mint-international-numismatic-society-20694084 By the Franklin Mint, encased in 1/2 troy oz of silver with their mark, all info from the internet. The silver ring is supposedly a very loose fit, I assume so that you could remove the coin. A collection of 12, 'Gold Coins of the Great Powers of Europe', by Franklin Mint - International Numismatic Society. To include:20 Krona, 1890; 20 mark, 1887; 20 French Francs, 1897; 20 French Francs, 1863; 20 Lira, 1882; 10 Rubel, 1899; 20 Hungarian FR, 1887; 10 Nederland Gulden, 1875; Austrian 20 Francs 8 Florins; 1880; Belgian 20 Franc, 1875; Swiss 20 Franc, 1883 & a Victorian gold sovereign 1890. Each coin cased in plastic, with a presentation box.

The British Peninsular War series(BHM#888 the set, plus individually BHM#s), which copies Loos' design of the victory angel with BY THE MERCY OF GOD replacing the German inscription is a much easier option for being able to collect a complete set of this type of Napoleonic 15mm medal, less rare & relatively a bit cheaper too as they were only struck in brass, not silver. Here is one of Vern's from that series . I would not recommend anyone trying to complete the Prussian 1813 series in silver, unless they have deep pockets buy British brass instead! I won the Stettin over Ebay it cost me the grand sum of 6.50GBP + shipping, boy was I suprised! For me I think 1 or 2(Leipzig would be my next choice) examples would be enough, seeing as all the obverses are exactly the same & the reverses are just simple inscriptions, so unless someone is really into the Napoleonic Wars either set would not offer too much more, to a casual collector, than just the odd example.

Just any that I come across, provided that are not too expensive. Vern only managed to acquire 3 (2 in silver, 1 brass) different ones from the set, they are pretty hard to find, he called the silver ones extremely rare and command quite a premium, the last one on Ma-Shops went for over $200(though it was in better condition than mine) which is too steep for me! The Stettin & the Lubeck(strategically less important) are both dated the same day 5 Dec. 1813, when the remaining besieged & isolated French troops left German soil for the last time before Napoleon's abdication & exile to Elba so they do mark a highly significant & symbolic turning point, so if I only manage to acquire the Stettin it is the one that would have picked. Plus, as you might have noticed, I am getting more into collecting renaissance medals at this time but if another in the set appears on Ebay I would have a bid.

GOTT SEGNETE DIE VEREINIGTEN HEERE(God bless the allied armies) BEFREIUNG VON STETTIN D. 5 DEC. 1813(Liberation of Stettin) Silver 15mm. By Loos, Daniel Freidrich (1735-1819) One from a large set commemorating the allies victories.(Lünebourg, - Spandau, - Görschen, - Bautzen, - Hanau, - Luckau, - Grossburen, - Katzbach, - Lubnitz et Belzig, - Culm, - Deunewitz, - Roslau, - Traversée de l'Elbe, - Dresde, - Möckern, - Leipzig, - Hanau, - Entrée à Hannovre, - Brême, - Hocheim, - Le Prince de Hesse-Cassel reprend sa résidence, - Entrée à Amsterdam, - Stettin, - Lubeck, - Le duc de Brunswick reprend sa résidence, - Neuchatel, - Prise de Genève) Stettin, Prussia(now in Poland), a port city on the Oder River near the Baltic Sea lying 120 kilometers north-northeast of Berlin. It was one of the three great fortresses on the Oder. 1806-1813 Stettin was under Napoleon's control. 1813 March 1st French abandon the line of the Oder, leaving isolated garrisons in Stettin (Szcecin), KŸstrin (Kostryzn), Glogau (Glogow) and Spandau. 1813 March 18th the Prussians lay seige to Stettin. 1813 late March, all French forces left Pomerania, except for Stettin. 1813 Nov 30th. The French garrison of Stettin offers surrender. 1813 Dec 5th Prussian General Von Plötz(commander of the blockade of Stettin) becomes Commandant of Stettin. Although the terms of the capitulation stipulated that the French were to be allowed to return to France, Friedrich Wilhelm III ordered that the commissaries among them were to be interned as they had behaved unworthily during the siege.

Sorry Bob.........Luddism & penury.............not sure if there is an app for that Pat

I looked at this on my Nexus 7, not my laptop as my cat was on my lap. Finger gesturing to expand the image, coupled with the high resolution screen makes spotting fine detail in pictures so much easier. So I cannot take all the credit I have to share it with my cat and my Nexus 7.