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This Unofficial Farthing Token was issued by John Hayward of 66 Tooley Street in Southwark who was a manufacturer of tobacco & snuff products. There are 2 varieties of this token - with plain & diagonally milled edges. This one has the plain edge. Scarce, undated but 1833 according to Bill McKivor of the CopperCorner. Batty's Surrey; Southwark. 768. O.—"John Hayward Manufacturer of Tobacco & Snuff 66 Tooley Street." R.—" Fancy Snuffs Segars &c." E.—Milled. 769. As 768, smaller and thinner; struck on one of "T . Pryce's" Coins. (See No. 771.) 770. As 768, smaller and thicker I like the spelling of "cigar" as "segar". From Webster's 1. An alternative spelling for "Cigar": A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

Medal/jeton issued for Edmond-Claude Bourru, Dean of the Faculty of Medecine at Paris University from 1786-91. This being the first medal issued during his tenure. 1154. Obverse. Bust, to left, with wig. Beneath. Du Viv. Inscription : Edm.CI.Bourru Paris.Fac. Medic.Par.Decan. . Reverse. A seated female grasping the hand of another, standing, who holds fasces. Upon the square pedestal on which the former sits, D(u). V(ivier). Legend : Concordia Et Constantia Vincent. Exergue: 1786 . 87. Struck in silver, silvered copper, gilt bronze 25 mm. Mine is silvered copper. Rudolphi has Duvivier as one word upon the obverse, omits the dot after Fac, and has Med. Kluyskens has Duviv., and Med. Duisburg has Du Viv. They all describe the D. V. upon the reverse as at the feet of the seated figure, whereas it is far distant, at the extreme right. EDIT: Feuardent lists 4 varieties of this jeton(some based on the signature) numbers #4680 to #4683. Mine is #4683 signed DU.VIV. This explains the different descriptions above. Claud Bourro was the last Dean of the old Medical Faculty of Paris. The French Revolution brought about its demise in 1793. The practise of medicine in France was then left without a governing body for 2 years. In 1795 the three "Ecoles de Sante" were established in Paris, Montpellier & Strasbourg to fill this void. But it was not till 1823, during the reign of Charles X, that the Academy of Medicine Paris was reestablished. The tradition of striking jetons was, unfortunately, not reintroduced.

Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens. Obv. PRELIMINARIES/ RATIFIED./.OCTr 10./. 1801- Rev. A dove seated on a foul anchor. BHM#521 20mm by ? Br. R. unlisted in AE which this is. This is one of a set of 4 medals which can also be found in a boxed set RR.

I guess that is going to happen now & then, hopefully another one will turn up soon, please accept my apologies

Managed to acquire the French one, unsigned and spelt ANATOLI, just need the one spelt ANATOL.

Acquired the unsigned French version, there is another French one which is signed & ANATOLI is missing the I = ANATOL. perhaps one will come my way. South Amboy Citizen Saturday, March 24, 1917. NJ article re Durov.

Another example but this is gilded copper, not listed as such.

Acquired another Granby by GB, this one is more worn which leads me to think someone struck them for use as tokens for a Marquis of Granby public house. My first for comparison.

Finally I have a picture of my example. . and the original from an earlier post.

I also enjoy the old meanings & usage of words & their various spellings, but in this instance it appears that Kirk did in fact sell Dutch & English toys as evidenced by this token in the British Museum's collection. A windmill, dog or cat on the counter, the shop assistant holds a bird & the cubby holes behind her contain various other toys. One token that I would love to own

I posted a link to this museum's web site in the Russian forum http://www.coinpeopl...-museum-online/ but thought the page linked below would be of interest here as it is of medieval hammered coins of England. Сoins and medals in the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.coins-and.../index.shtml?en

Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Suprised to hear that, mine usually take about 12 seconds, mind I have not uploaded anything for awhile. Maybe they have a server problem, hopefully they will fix it soon, there are other free photo hosting sites if not.

Perhaps they used irradiation to sterilise it.

Now those are pictures worthy of the medal, good job :bthumbsup:

You might be interested in this previous post of mine http://www.coinpeopl...ey-circa-1870s/ perhaps you, being in Moscow, will have some info re Champney or the medal.

Nice acquisition Bill but the beautiful & very clear display is amazing, well done that man

Nice medal, as you say, shame the pics are so small. That is why I use Photobucket.

Not sure on the gallery question, as you saw I use Photobucket for the pics I post here, free service & large file sizes, and some of my collection is on omnicoin, though I have not added anything to that site since spring 2011 & I am also behind on my Photobucket but only by a couple of months. Perhaps you need more posts? Hopefully someone will answer that for you but be aware that the files you can host on this site are very small! Hence why I use another service. I would be very grateful for any info on my jetons, thanks.

My Alexander jetons; If I have any more I will post them later.

Welcome great site, fabulous collection & pictures, thanks for the link. Google Chrome will translate the pages on the fly, does quite a nice job too.

Wow, those are very nice Scottishmoney

The anna was subdivided into 4 Paise or 12 Pies, so the 1/12 = I twelve of an anna, or I Pie. As to value, try this http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=5705 Welcome to CoinPeople

Here is a direct link to the Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich medals http://www.coins-and...hovich.shtml?en Plus some great articles here http://www.coins-and-medals.ru/collection/medals/north_war/publication/?en one of which is L.A. Zavorotnaya on the Collection of Medals of Alexander Stakhovich

Well worth a browse http://www.coins-and-medals.ru/?en the coins & medals of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. The site is still being developed, but there is already loads to see, such as the Russian Empire medals on this link http://www.coins-and.../index.shtml?en click on Peter I for a great selection. "Сoins and medals in the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Coin collection of the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is one of the best in Russia. At the present time the Coins&Medals Department totals over 200 000 items - both originals and copies. The basis was formed by the numismatic collection of the Moscow Imperial University at the end of the 18th century, which became part of the University Department of Fine Arts and Antiquities"