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

A fairly common, but new medal for me, is this example from the 1964 New York World's Fair and the 300th Anniversary of New York City.

Various reverses exist, something to look for in no hurry.

I apologize for the diff background tones, sometimes I'm better with my cell phone camera. Sometimes not.

999fine, those are some good looking medals!

Thank you for taking the time to comment

Nice medals 999! I have seen the Edison obverse with different reverses also and of course there's the nickel c.smith so called dollar.

Paralyse, I am pretty sure these odd pennies, halfpennies and like your Columbia farthing are referred to as Canadian Borderline Tokens.

Described by Fred Bowman in the Canadian Numismatic Journal. issue of September, 1966, Fred has put together a group of English and Irish tradesmen's tokens that saw circulation in Canada. Atkins in his "The coins and tokens of the possessions and colonies of the British empire", London, 1889 included most of these in his Canada section, under
Miscellaneous and doubtful.
Bowman listed twenty-eight varieties. They saw circulation in Canada, but typically not in sufficient enough quantities to be deemed Canadian.

Coincidently, today I went through my collection of about 120 or so Colonial Canadian Tokens and put them in the same order as they appear in the 8th Edition Charlton Book. Each is a different penny or halfpenny from the other.
I see I have a couple Brutus and Lion Halfpennies and they have subtle differences. Also a Mercury and Wellington & Erin Go Bragh and another Vincit Amor Patriae Halfpenny. Others I have may fall into this catagory but I have not found a complete listing. Mine reside on the last page in my binder.

When I was collecting and searching for these Colonial Canadian Tokens, I would see these Borderlines listed in the same catagory. All this I post is just info I compiled from a few sources and used snippets and added my own Two Cents.

PARALYSE - medals with a historical anchor such as this are my favorites. Don'tknow a thing about them but love to see them.

TNG - Holy cow, that is quite a collection you mention. Thanks for the information.

Today's mail brought 9 additions to my collection, but nothing with the historical signifigance as this item.I'll post a few of them as I find time.

When do medals become paperweights?

Okay, I am new to medal collecting and don't know much. I found a few listing for this CENTURY OF PROGRESS - WALGREEN medal offered but I never noted a size mentioned. Yes, silly boy.

Medal has a 2-1/2 inch diameter. The modeling is quite crude which made me think this was a tiny item. BIG SURPRISE THERE!

It seems cast in some "pot metal"

Re paperweights: they were originally used in offices or rooms which had no modern air conditioning, which relied on open windows and circulating fans to provide relief from summer heat. Today they are more of a decor item especially in the glass collectibles.

Trivia question for readers: in your school days, what was the earliest grade that you remember having central air conditioning in your schooling?

(For me, never, always open windows and fans even through high school)

Good luck in the mail today, a GOOD LUCK medal from The Century of Progress World's Fair.

On front the year 1933 and the Century of Progress logo.

On the reverse "good luck" symbols of the time: what looks like a wishbone, a horseshoe, a 4-leaf clover and a swastika and the text "Good Luck." Diameter 1-1/4 inches.