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American Institute Medal/Token?

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 Posted 12/10/2007  12:22 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add scdigger to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey guys, dug this in the low-country of SC yesterday and was hoping to get a little ID help. It says, "American Institute" across the top and "New York" across the bottom. It is brass, but appears to have been silver plated at one time. I have found where the American Institute did give medals for accomplishments in various fields, and there were also a number of hard-time tokens created with the same design. However, mine does not have anything on the back...wondering if anybody has seen this before or knows exactly what it is...and yes, I knocked the crap out of it.

American-Institute-Medal/Token?

American-Institute-Medal/Token?

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 Posted 12/10/2007  4:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Southern Yankee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here is a hard times token that looks alot like it.

http://www.mebstore.com/items/item_...px?iid=71902
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 Posted 01/02/2008  02:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCya to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
OUCH! Dats gonna leave a mark!

Depending on diameter and composition. Great find by the way!

larger version in copper,
American-Institute-Medal/Token?

I think yours is a restrike tribute to a Military button maker in N.Y.

American-Institute-Medal/Token?

American-Institute-Medal/Token?

Hope dis helps.

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