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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great find, congratulations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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W. & T. Avery Apothecary Weight - Post 1850. The correct weight of 2 drams is ~ 3.544 grams. My scale gives me 7.77. So there's something I don't understand.  
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Pillar of the Community
 Sweden
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Since this is an apothecary's weight, you need to use the apothecaries' dram = 3.888 grams. Quite different from the avoirdupois dram = 1.772 grams. And a very nice weight it is. 
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: W. & T. Avery Apothecary Weight - Post 1850. Fantastic! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1326 Posts |
Thank you, erafjel and jbuck. A bit of corrosion, but a nice pickup for me to add to my other weight.
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Valued Member
United States
343 Posts |
Pop out (repousse) 1902 penny.  
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: Pop out (repousse) 1902 penny. Very nice! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1073 Posts |
Heads up! Looks Like a 70% Discount for Conder Collectors... ...and anyone else interested in or curious about the issues, issuers, and economic idiosyncrasies of 18th-century Britain that led to the widespread use and popularity of "the token-coinage." A fellow exonumismaniac located in the UK sent me this tip earlier this week, but since I stopped collecting that century some 20 years ago I'll be passing on this bargain. However, in case any CCF members have been bitten by the Conder bug and want to add this to their library, it's marked down dramatically at Oxbow Books in Yorkshire. Good synopsis and review here, at The E-Sylum. Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth-Century Britain. The Provincial Coinage by David Dykes, 2011, 383 pages, illustrated throughout with tokens, portraits, satirical cartoons, and other historical memorabilia, large format, red cloth, dust jacket. 
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti
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Valued Member
United States
343 Posts |
1835 Commemorative medal by C.M.Mellgren, 41mm. Eric Gustaf Geijer was a Swedish historian, author and composer who became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1835. I thought the engraving of the harp with David's hand in front and a rune stone behind was nicely done.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10284 Posts |
Fantastic additions recently. Thanks for keeping the thread alive and well people. 
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Moderator
 United States
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A lovely addition! 
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Valued Member
United States
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Quote: A 4 1/2" bois durci plaque of young Victoria. Fantastic! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Quote: A 4 1/2" bois durci plaque of young Victoria. Lovely! The portrait seems to be in very high relief. I wonder where it was produced. Although she was of course Queen of England, her titles are usually shown as Queen of the United Kingdom or Queen of Great Britain & Ireland.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Quote: A 4 1/2" bois durci plaque of young Victoria. @yarm: Outstanding piece! Excellent image! Congrats! Thanks for sharing it.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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