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1894 Gilt Brass Columbus Landing (the medal portion of the fob) Eglit 463 28.4 mm, AU An unexpected find at the Santa Clara Coin Show on Friday. I already had an example of the medal in my collection (see an earlier post in this thread), but it is nowhere near the quality of the the piece included in the fob pictured here. Many holed pieces were intended to be used as a component in fobs, but you don't encounter an intact example that often. The other pieces in this fob include a Liberty Head, the US Capital, and the Statue of Liberty. For me, this was a Wow! moment when I acquired it for my collection. For a larger image if you want to see the details better, click here.

Another ANA Money Show acquisition: The Birth Place of Liberty (11 mm and one of my smallest)

1894 Gilt White metal Bird's Eye View - Golden Gate Hibler & Kappen 250 unlisted variety 38 mm Unc The standard aluminum variety of this medal is pictured earlier in this thread. The gilt version shown here is one of three known.

Okay, yet another indicates a definite obsession. This one is Eglit 357. gilt, 13 mm.

1894 Gold Charm State Seal 11mm, Unc This tiny gold charm is one of a number issued in the 1800s in California, first meant to circulate as money and later renamed charms when the makers ran afoul of the government. This piece is usually listed as 1884 with an ambiguous date. I've carefully studied the shape of the third numeral and I believe it is in fact a 9 with the bottom loop closed by an engraving error. Whether these were actually sold at the Midwinter Exposition is conjecture, but the California gold exhibit and general gold mining exhibits were big draws.

Yeah. Whether I thought it fit or not, I was going to buy it. I like it as well.

Pond 6 Bronze, 32 mm Cammall Badge Co. 2500 struck Town of Holden First Meeting House. In 1736, the town of Holden built their first house of worship. It was torn down 50 years later because of advanced decay and a new church built on the site. Th original building is pictured on this medal.

A small brass pin, not in Pond. Somewhere one crosses a line that is no longer exonumia. I think everyone's line is different. I've included this piece because I've included other pinbacks:

So it could be something like THL?

Neat.

1894 Aluminum Lauer Administration Building So-Called Dollar Hibler & Kappen 266 35 mm Unc Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.

If I copy the browser page url for my Omnicoin listing, it is: http://omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=958397 and if I copy the image location (i.e. I point at the image and hold down the CTRL key while I click the mouse button), I get: http://omnicoin.com/coins/958397.jpg What is important is bringing up the dialog box that lets me do something with the image I just clicked on. I can save the image, email it, save the image's location (what I've done here). The browser URL is a dynamic link, it is pointing at something right now, but it doesn't fully describe the image it is pointing at. The image location does describe it and can "place" that location in the middle of your message with the tools provided by the software used here. As I said, it is somewhat different on a PC and involves either the left or right mouse, I'm not sure which. One hint, you can usually figure out how to do it manually by comparing the dynamic link and the actual pointer to the image. Click on the two links and see the difference.

After you have your coin posted in Omnicoin, you can view the coin enlarged in Omnicoin and then copy the link to that image. When crafting your message, you can insert the image link (the next button to the right after the insert link button) and your Omnicoin image will appear in place of the link (select preview post to be sure you did it right). On a Mac, CTRL point and click brings up the dialog box to copy the link that you can past in the button dialog box. On a PC, its one of those mouse buttons that lets you do that. I like the Mac, I only have to keep track of one mouse button at a time. Two strains my ability to keep track of right and left.

Its been in the back of my mind. One of those retirement projects that I'm looking forward to.

No, it was made in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition. 1832 is the date of the second mint in Philadelphia.

Pond 18 Gilt Bronze, 32 mm Whitehead and Hoag 5000 Produced City of Fitchburg medal. The large stone on the reverse was known as the Rollstone. It was deposited on top of the hill by a glacier in the last ice age. It has since been moved.

Pond 23 Gilt Bronze, 32 mm Whitehead and Hoag 3000 Produced An interesting image of an Indian, but somehow it does not quite work as the artist planned.

1894 Nickel-plated? Electric Tower/Firth Wheel Charm 25 mm, EF A rare charm(?) from the exposition showing the Firth Wheel on one side. It is one of only two pieces to show the wheel from this exposition.

An interesting and rare series in proof. Thank you for sharing.

Definitely looking and enjoying your collection.

Be still my heart! That is indeed a stunning penny.

Pond 24 Bronze, 32 mm Whitehead & Hoag Co. 10,000 Struck The ship "Eagle" was purchased by the Massachusetts Bay Company and rename Arbella in honor of the wife of Isaac Johnson and daughter of the Earl of Lincoln. The Arbella transported Governor Winthrop, a number of colonists, and the company charter from England to Salem in 1630. Two copies of the charter had been signed by the king, one sent to Massachusetts and one retained in England. With the arrival of the "England" copy of the charter in 1630, governance of the colony was formally transferred from England to Massachusetts, a step in creating independence for the colony.

67 plus a few varieties -- so about 75. One could decide to exclude sports awards and reduce the numbers by a few. I've included pinbacks which he does not list, but I don't know why. I'm assuming they were not traditional exonumic items at the time? He does not cover the badges either. He worked from a collection that was formed by someone else, so who knows exactly what determined what was in and what was not. The theme, however, is nicely defined by 1930. I've also been collecting programs and commemorative books published for the occasion to provide background for the medals.

17 mm

Pond 10 Gilt Bronze, 32 mm Cammall Badge Co. 5000 Struck The old Powderhouse was built between 1700 and 1720 as a grist mill. Massachusetts purchased the structure in 1747 and converted it to a powder magazine. In 1822, the structure and land were sold to the Tufts family and it became a historic park in 1894. The medal pictured here has been incorporated into an American Legion badge. I later added the unmodified medal to my collection.