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That's Pike's Peak in the center distance. It doesn't quite look like the medal either.

The most expensive piece in this collection was $85. Most were $10 or less (all prices include postage).

1985 Annual Convention in Baltimore Designed by Henry W. Schab and N. Neil Harris Sculpted by David E. Castruccio Struck by Medallic Art Co., Danbury, CT. Mintage: 1,500

1963 Annual Convention in Denver Designed by Charles L. Nelson Struck by Medallic Art Co., New York, NY Mintage: 2,350

1958 Annual Convention in Los Angeles Designed by G. Lee Kuntz Struck by Leavens Mfg. Co., Attleboro, MA Mintage: 1,350, 55 10K gold filled.

Two new (well old and older) medals:

I do think you've found the right place to look.

I use a Nikon D70 with a 60mm f/2.8 Micro lens. Images are shot on a copy stand with axial lighting. I use the computer to manage the camera setting and trip the shutter to minimize vibration. Images are then processed and assembled in Photoshop.

I.think the zoom feature is happening in your browser. The various image sizes are produced in flickr depending on the size of the image you upload. Linking to the largest image sizes it to your browser with the magnifying capability. That doesn't happen when you are on flickr so the page you start from may have some control over how your browser displays the image. I really don't know for sure.

I don't even recognize the style. I suspect its modern.

I love the reverse. Wow.

Yes, the pin has been repaired, but it is a Schwaab product. I don't know about the medal. The same stock liberty head design was used on other medals for other events. It could be Schwaab or it could be another manufacturer combining their product with a Schwaab pin. While Schwaab was based in Milwaukee, they marketed their services nation wide.

1907 Store Card The obverse features Swedish inventor, John Ericsson. Ericsson constructed the Union ironclad, Monitor. The die is assumed to have been made in 1903 for an Ericsson commemorative and reused by Elder for the 1907 Fulton celebration.Hanson of Chicago created both dies. This medal is copper. The issue included 1 in Gold, 3 in Silver, 25 Copper, 26 Brass, 3 White Metal, 153 Aluminum, 3 Lead, and 4 Fiber.

Another new piece for me, one of the medalettes pictured above adapted to a stickpin by Schwaab Stamp and Seal. I don't know if that means they produced the medal as well, but it is a starting point. May 2011: Found a higher grade piece for my collection. Note the the same soldering technique on both pins leading me to believe both are original.

Beautiful piece as well as interesting. 5 Integers?

I am not familiar with the Polish medals referenced,but these last two medals are spectacular!

I know the approximate location of the building and it housed several die sinkers in early San Francisco (actually maybe all of them). The building burned in the 1906 earthquake. The area is very different today.

C.A. Klinkner, 1892 in San Francisco. Klinkner issued a number of different tokens. The one pictured here is an early aluminum token.

Far from the smallest, although the text is small. It does claim to be the smallest page ever coined. Close, but its not actually the smallest. It is an early use of aluminum (1892) and it is an early California die sinker (C.A. Klinkner).

I'm about ready to sell my election token collection. I've finished imaging the pieces and put together a catalog on Flickr. Next is to draft an article for publication and say good by to some pieces that I had for over thirty years. Time to move on to other collecting topics. I'll still retain a few pieces to continue to represent the interest in my own collection, but another collector is interested in the collection intact. Time for someone else to enjoy it. The photo catalog can be viewed on Flickr. Click on the Slideshow link in the upper right hand corner and let it run.

I've missed a few tokens recently on Ebay, but I did manage to snag this National Guard Encampment Badge from 1911:

Welcome Mark. I look forward to corresponding with you about the medal series. Trading is a great idea after you have fulfilled the time (30 days) and post requirements (25) for the site. That helps everyone assure themselves that they are corresponding with a serious collector. It doesn't take long and we've got some great converstions going.

There are 21 missions and I know at least 11 different medals were struck, but it is possible there are 21 total. I have 7 different so far.

Two new medals in bronze: Mission San Jose Mission San Gabriel Each reverse features an artifact that distinguishes the mission. The San Gabriel piece shows on panel in the stations of the cross painted by the Indian neophytes.

Are there names? Probably. I call the top half the pin bar (or name plate if there is a place for a name) and the bottom half the body. I'm sure there are formal names. Now I'm going to have to take a look this weekend.