bill

I have two of the "short" stacks and two "tall" stacks. They would hold $20 dollar gold pieces or anything else you might want to put in them. They also come as "sold" stacks similar to paperweights. They were also made for the 1893 Columbian exposition and I suspect other events as well.

A store card from 1907: Hanson mated a die from the 1893 Columbian Exposition with the store card commemorating the Jamestown settlement. The Santa Maria never visited Jamestown as far as I know, but its still a ship I guess.

Although I already had a short stack, I couldn't resist this example with a souvenir sticker of German Day inside the lid:

I've bid on several of these and never prevailed. Then, I found that Paul Cunningham had three in his stock at the ANA. I finally landed this example from Elder's satrical medals: I try to stop just after ribaldry.

Elder held Lincoln in high regard and issued a number of medals featuring Lincoln. One of the large medals, with a beautiful high-relief bust: The dies for this aluminum medal were produced by Hanson in Chicago. Presumably, Hanson also struck the pieces. The issue included: Silver 5-6, German Silver 5-6, Copper 5-6, Brass 6-10, White Metal 6, Aluminum 50, Lead 6.

It is not often that I find something new, but I am still looking: I'm guessing this was a button or lapel stud with the stud cut off.

I love that fish. It makes a great image everywhere it is used.

The correct spelling.

I actually bought two of these. The second corrected the spelling and changed the reverse die style, same Lord's Prayer. Kappan notes that the two tokens share the same obverse, but obviously they do not. Aluminum would be the correct spelling, even in San Francisco at the time.

I spent the last two weeks attending WESTS and the ANA in Sacramento. I bought a new Lord's Prayer token and a Dino-Lite digital microscope. The digital microscope is not my first choice for coin photography, but it is good for die studies and things like making measurements. The lettering here is 0.329mm high.

This particular medal has low relief as so many did in the style of the time. I have some more to post, on with wonderful high relief.

Yes, vary interesting. I bought the set of 12 in a "Dansco" album that has spaces for all 21 medals and it has the Father Serra medal as well. Your information explains why it is stylistically different fram the mission medals. I guess now I'll have to go in search of the other issues.

Elder's Saint Patrick Halfpenny aluminum medal issued March 1910. The medal was designed by Max Bachmann. The reverse was inspired by the Wood's half penny. Elder was descended from the Irish. The aluminum medals sold for 12¢ when first issued.

I will not collect Swiss Shooting Medals. I cannot compete with those of you posting here. I am not worthy. Beautiful medals. I will and do enjoy appreciating your accomplishments. Bravo

I like that image.

Hops is good. My family likes hops.

Great images! One has to wonder about the 1907 Peace dollar. 1907 must refer to some significant date for the bank, but it obviously had to be created after 1921. Interesting.

Okay, its not strictly the tercentenary, but the medal commemorates the Pond who's catalogs number grace this thread.

The reverse is the maker's mark.

Another Los Angeles Rubber Stamp store card commemorating the 1923 Monroe Doctrine Centennial celebrated in Los Angeles.

Thoughts for the season:

No apology required. I didn't take it as abrupt. Shorthand in typing is not the same as a verbal conversation. Too easy to read in other meanings, so I try not to. Doesn't always work, but I try not to.

That is the definition of contagious in this case. If you have a coin undergoing a chemical reaction, those chemicals are in the atmosphere and any other coins with similar compositions can be attacked by the chemicals, i.e. the chemical reaction will spread from coin to coin. The spread assumes a closed environment (i.e. storage and environmental conditions). The environment may not cause the condition, but if you introduce the condition via a "sick" coin, it can spread if the conditions support the chemical reaction that is present on the coin.

The question was whether I ever cleaned coins. The medieval coin was a billion coin, not copper.

I generally don't clean coins. I will use an alcohol rinse followed by distilled water if a coin/token/medal is "greasy". I have experimented with olive oil on corroded tokens with good effect. The color comes out too bright, but I'm talking about heavily corroded tokens with the detail obscured. Vinegar works on real bad pieces, alternating with olive oil. I've used vinegar to remove "white crust" from a medieval coin, but that was a quick dip and rinse with distilled water. Too long and it would have had a negative effect on the coin. The crust was removed in less than 10 seconds. In general, I don't experiment on anything other that a real junker (the medieval piece was an exception, but I got tired of its appearance). I will sometimes buy a junker copy of something I own to see what effect the techniques have on them. I've never been willing to move from the junker to my good piece. So I stick to alcohol and distilled water to remove dirt. Anything else does effect the surface of the piece. The corroded pieces I have experimented with came in lots that I bought for other pieces and I was trying to see what I could salvage. Harsher techniques work, but they do alter the appearance. Bad chunks of dirt can be loosened with a toothpick in alcohol, but its risky. One slip and you can scratch the surface.