A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

I purchased this medal at the same time as the previous post. This is the official Royal Mint issue for Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee in 1977. This is the 57mm bronze gilt version (although it looks gold!). There is also a silver and gold version in the same size and all three versions in 44mm.

This is a really good medal IMO. I want one. Complete with shoulder ink! Very on-trend.

This medal arrived today. My wife thought it was chocolate when she saw it.
At 87mm (3.4 inches) it is the largest of the many medals that were issued for Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838. The Latin motto on the reverse translates to "Give an easy passage, and support our undertakings". Using Google translate it is "give it an easy course and begin again".

The obverse design is almost the same as the one Benedetto Pistrucci used on the official coronation medal issued by The Royal Mint. Although that was a much smaller medal at 36mm.

Continuing the British coronation theme, this is the official coronation medal issued by The Royal Mint. King William IV is on the obverse and his wife Queen Adelaide is on the reverse. The medal is actually quite small at 31mm diameter. This is around the typical size of official coronation medals during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Pistrucci was asked to engrave it, but the king refused to sit for him and Pistrucci did not like basing his work off of other artists. Instead, William Wyon was the engraver. The obverse image of the king is very similar to two other larger medals that Wyon engraved, one for the accession and the other for the coronation. It is based off of the bust by Francis Chantrey.

1960 POTUS (Dwight D. Eisenhower) "with appreciation" medal. A POTUS numismatic artifact.

Designed by Frank Gasparro. Struck by the US Mint for use by sitting President Eisenhower. Same diameter as a US silver dollar (Morgan/Peace). 0.900 fine silver. Smooth edge.

Issued during President Eisenhower's first leg of his Far East Goodwill Tour. Unissued medals were returned to the US Treasury and later destroyed by the US Treasury just before President Eisenhower completed his second term as POTUS.

Recent purchase with beautiful toning.





Great addition to my research collection (shared at 2022 National Money Show).

I'm sure many of you have seen these before. Don't know their age ranges.

This was an interesting medallion I came across, it's a Venus Talisman and is supposed to make you more attractive.

Venus - the goddess of love
+JHS+ - might be a Christogram (ΙΗΣ), derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus
Amor - (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros, aka Cupid
SOLE - either a sun god reference or maybe a soul-mate reference
Riqueza - Spanish for wealth