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LA Rubber Stamp appears on many tokens and so-called dollars from California, especially southern California. The company was founded in the 1880s and started striking its own tokens and medals about 1891. Aluminum, 38 mm Kappen LA 681

A gilt-brass Lord's Prayer token in an ornate cross frame. I believe this dates to the period around World War I. The cross is marked as a product of Schwaab Stamp and Seal.

Or, maybe people got the idea for a good shield design from the many UFOs floating around?

Pond came second. I started with one or two pieces that I bought as "unlisted" so-called dollars, just shopping around as opposed to anything serious. I do that sometimes. I buy a few pieces and see how they sit with the rest of my collection and see if they spark some interest. After thinking that I like them and the history they represented, I checked out a copy of Pond from the ANA library. One of these days I'll acquire the original Numismatist volumes where his catalog first appeared, but for now a scanned copy serves my needs. Anyway, with Pond in hand, I set out to collect this series and added the pinbacks even though Pond didn't cover them as a specific decision he made. That left part of the series as a discovery process for me. I've enjoyed it and acquired the most expensive pieces early on (the Fraser medal is the most expensive because it is by Fraser). That allows me to pursue almost everything I come across with a real vigor without having to dole out too much money. That makes it a lot of fun.

Asmall charm similar to one shown earlier in this thread except that this medalette is off struck.

Pond 20 Gilt Bronze, 32 mm Whitehead & Hoag Co. 1500 struck Sir William Pepperell served the colony of Massachusetts in several capacities for 32 years. In addition to a distinguish career in the military, he served as acting governor of Massacusetts from 1756 to 1758. Upgraded:

Interesting medal. Thanks.

The Patrick Mint in Santa Rosa, California has been in business since 1957. They produce a large number of personal and dealer tokens for the bicentennial in 1976. Their website shows many of the pieces they have produced and their stock dies such as the one pictured here.

Schwaab Stamp and Seal produced a large number of souvenir medals and badges in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The business remains in the Schwaab family to this day. Their own short history can be found on the company's website. The piece pictured here is interesting for its design as a stamped seal. The swastika on the reverse dates to the period when it was still a good luck sign before it became the symbol for the Nazis in Germany.

I have expanded my interests from coin dealer medals and store cards to the store cards and advertising tokens of die sinkers and mints. The first is closely related to my current collecting interests in early California souvenirs, Moise struck the California state seal medals of interest to me along with a wide variety of trade tokens and telephone tokens. Moise first worked for Klinkner, then competed with his hiers, and later bought and merged the two businesses. The business continues today as Patrick Company (Patco), a stationary company in San Francisco. The store card pictured here is one of many issued between the 1890s and 1920s. I've also attached and earlier state seal store card pictured in the separate thread.

Early governors. I suspect the person is an early governor or landed gentry.

Danvers, Massachusetts Brass Shell Pinback Whitehead and Hoag, Newark, NJ Danvers was the site of the one of the witch scare events and one of the original "witch" houses still stands. I've not yet done enough research to determine who is pictured on the pinback.

Renderer had a new die made. His store card is larger in diameter, eliminates some of the ornate details on the Gettag piece, adds others, and adds details on the book pages. His is lower in relief than the Guttag piece. The Guttag piece carries a copyright symbol and the initials GB that could stand for the designer or the Guttag Brothers. I think Renderer obviously used the Guttag piece for his design. I doubt that two artists 40 years apart would produce so similar a design independently.

Much to my surprise, the Rare Coin store card was not original. I recently purchased the following store card issued by the Guttag Brothers in New York circa 1920. I guess if you are going to borrow, borrow from someone with history. (I will make a better obverse photograph one day when I break it out of its NGC grading capsule. Its hard to buy almost anything at auction without it being encapsulated.)

Nice medal.

Okay, I found mine, but its the 1862 International Exhibition and the Exhibit Palace is a far cry from the Crystal Palace. Apparently detractors referred to it as the two largest domes in the world as the "giant soup bowls." The building itself was known as the "wretched shed." Americans are only surpassed by the British for their charm! At least it is white metal and the International Exhibition, just 11 years later.

Great thread with beautiful medals. I think I have one small (yes the medal is small) contribution if I can find the digital images or re-photograph the piece. The exposition would be a great collecting topic if no one here is currently attempting it.

I've acquired a couple more early Blois deniers that were in the Maurice Vallas collection sold in December 2006. The collection had an impressive number of early pieces. Many of the pieces were purchased by jean Elsen and they have been slowly selling them one or two at a time in their auctions. The first is the earliest in my collection ca 940 AD. The second dates to about 980 AD.

1894 Gold Charm State Seal 11mm, Unc While the earlier round charm might not be 1894, this eight-sided charm is clearly 1894. The charm was likely produced by Noble of Chicago and they were producing other medals shown here at the exposition. Even though the exposition is not mentioned on the charm, it is likely associated with the event.

Thanks Lance. I like knowing the history of the pieces. It makes them more interesting.

1986 Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Design suggestion by Kurt R. Krueger Sculpted by Frank Gasparro Manufactured by Medallic Art Co., Danbury, CT Mintage 1,200 1988 Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio Manufactured by Medallic Art Co., Danbury, CT Mintage 1,200

1964 Convention, Cleveland, Ohio Obverse design: Robert T. McNamara Reverse design: Walter A. Sinz Manufactured by Medallic Art Co., New York, NY Mintage 3,860 1965 Convention, Houston, Texas Designed by Diane Holmes and Doris martin Sculpted by Edward R. rove Manufactured by Medallic Art Co., New York, NY Mintage 2,500

I couldn't resist this coin dealer store card. I guess its warm enough in Florida to collect naked! She is holding an open catalog (look closely and you can see images and text on the open pages) and she holds the lamp of knowledge to illuminate the activity. Her hair is tied back with a bandana, probably placing this token in the sixties. He holds the coin being researched. I've obviously led a sheltered life as a collector. I never knew collecting could be so titillating!

Pond 62 Silver-toned Bronze, 62 mm Straker and Freeman, North Attleboro believed fairly large number struck Perhaps harder to locate than Pond assumed. and Pond 60 Bronze, toned, 26 mm