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My first round one:

5437 has one more bee in the left field. I looked at 5438, but there's something anomalous there too, unless of course the attribution was wrong. I'll find that picture again. Thanks pat.

Anytime that you see a token or medal with a beehive, you can be sure that there are umpteen variants. Each with a different number of bees.

This jeton should, I believe, be in copper if it were Feuardent 5437 or 5439. But instead, it's brass and lacks a full complement of bees.

Methylated spirit.

I'm really pleased with this. It was in a mixed lot with poor photography and appeared to have a bad case of verd on the reverse. Something told me that it probably wasn't, so I bid and won. Green wax, very good result.

One of the things that I really like is that on the obverse appear the name of the medallist and the sculptor. One incuse, the other in relief. Not seen that before.

This arrived today:

Mudie's Acre Defended. White metal uniface, bronzed. 40.5 mm.

Thank you Pat.

Interestingly this did not show up on cgbfr.com, and I've trawled well over 1000 images in the last week whilst checking 20 or so jetons and tokens. Although I looked under laiton rather than bronze, because to my mind this is definitely brass.

This time I was confident. Four Fleur de Lis? How hard could it be?

Certainly can't find it in Rouyer, but I'm probably misreading the inscription.

I've come across this and although it appears to be brass, it's the original gilded finish. Traces of the base metal can be seen on the reverse.

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I suspect that the only time it would matter is when a purchaser had a choice between yours and one with an unblemished rim.

It's an original issue, I've seen this edge frequently. Possibly a planchet that is very, very slightly over size.

Egypt 1913, it appears to be bronze so denomination will depend upon diameter.

There is of course the possibility that it is Belgian

I'm still enjoying this immensely and hoping that you might recognise this:

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Je ne peux pas trouver nulle part.

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This post is making me very happy, and I hope that you will continue.

You're in luck, we've covered this one before:

http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/32595-a-strange-kettle/?hl=kettle

Thanks Pat. I have a later Ave Maria etc. which I could not tie to this one.

Stuck as usual, I'm starting to wonder if it is a jeton. It's part of a seller's job lot, so apologies for the image quality:

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It's been found. D&H Warwickshire (Nuneaton) 318

Big brother (78 mm) arrived today:

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Thanks Pat. At least the pairing is known, but what about the edge? How was the edge lettering applied and more importantly when?

The lettering can be read with the Godiva side down. I know someone who has the correct NBH token, so I can hopefully check the edge orientation.

That thought has also occurred to me.

I've found out from Pat that KOPIA MET denotes a Polish origin

Preliminary enquiries indicate that it was probably made in 1904, ostensibly to mark the 200th Anniversary of the treaty. It may in fact have been part of a growing Polish nationalist resentment towards their Russian masters.

1792 Lady Godiva Bedworth, Nuneaton and Hinkley Halfpenny muled with a 1792 Fielding's Manchester halfpenny. Is this a known combination, as I can't find a reference for it?

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