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TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/08/2018 11:22 pm Quote: Please stand for the playing of our National Anthem Haven't picked up one of these big honkers for awhile. One on my short list was The Star Spangled Banner Longines Symphonette Sterling Medal During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key and others dined aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant as one of the guests of British officers. Key was there to negotiate the release of prisoners. They were not allowed to return to their own sloop because they had become familiar with the strength and position of the British units and with the British intent to attack Baltimore. Thus, Key was unable to do anything but watch the bombarding of the American forces at Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore on the night of September 13-14, 1814. At dawn, Key was able to see an American flag still waving. Back in Baltimore and inspired, Key wrote a poem about his experience, "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which was soon published in William Pechin's American and Commercial Daily Advertiser on September 21, 1814. It has become better known as "The Star-Spangled Banner". Though somewhat difficult to sing, it became increasingly popular, competing with "Hail, Columbia" (1796) as the de facto national anthem by the time of the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. More than a century after its first publication, the song was adopted as the American national anthem, first by an Executive Order from President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and then by a Congressional resolution in 1931, signed by President Herbert Hoover. When the National Anthem of the United States is sung or played, I personally grew up observing that men and women stand at attention and face in the direction of the music when it was played. Men and women are to place their hands over their hearts only if the flag was displayed and face the flag. Those in uniform are required to salute. I am proud to do this with respect for my country and flag. Edited by TNG 02/09/2018 11:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 02/08/2018 11:49 pm One of these days, I'll get around to photographing the 17 new 20 pfennig transit tokens so I can make a post for them. In the meantime, here is a related new purchase: Interestingly, I discovered from this book that there are actually 47 varieties of the Nürnberg-Fürther Strassenbahn tokens, not 45 as I has read elsewhere. There are a couple designs that have two distinguishable variations. Maybe this will allow me to branch out a bit more into other tokens in the future. I may start with other Nürnberg tokens and then expand to other German cities. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 07:17 am Great reference book spruett! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190114 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 10:01 am Quote: The Star Spangled Banner Longines Symphonette Sterling Medal Quote: In the meantime, here is a related new purchase: Very nice adds! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 2:39 pm US John Wayne Medal Bronze, 33mm, 16.92gm Obverse: JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN Reverse: John Wayne in Cavalry uniform riding horse in Monument Valley This is the smaller version of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to John Wayne in 1972. John Wayne was the premier Western picture actor of the film industry. The reverse scene is inspired by his 1956 film "The Searchers". I will be eventually getting the 3 inch size medal but this will have to do until then. Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 2:40 pm Great medal of the Duke! Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 3:21 pm Another tough one to get at a good price is mine. My only daughter was born that year. Rip Van Winkle 1981 Annual Calendar Franklin Mint Bronze Medal "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. It follows a man in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up twenty years later. One autumn day, to escape his wife's nagging, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog, Wolf. Hearing his name called out, Van Winkle sees a man wearing antiquated Dutch clothing; he is carrying a keg up the mountain and requires help. Together, the men and Wolf proceed to a hollow in which Rip discovers the source of thunderous noises. Finding a group of ornately dressed, silent, bearded men who are playing nine-pins. Van Winkle does not ask who they are or how they know his name. Instead, he begins to drink some of their Jenever and soon falls asleep. When he awakens on the mountain, Van Winkle discovers shocking changes. His musket is rotting and rusty, his beard is a foot long, and his dog is nowhere to be found. He returns to his village, where he recognizes no one. Van Winkle learns that the men he met in the mountains are rumored to be the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew, which had vanished long ago, and that he has been away from the village for at least 20 years. His grown daughter takes him in. He resumes his usual idleness, and his strange tale is solemnly taken to heart by the Dutch settlers, particularly by the children who say that whenever thunder is heard, the men in the mountains must be playing nine-pins. The henpecked husbands in the area often wish they could have a sip of Van Winkle's elixir to sleep through their own wives' nagging. Edited by TNG 02/09/2018 3:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190114 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 4:17 pm Quote: US John Wayne Medal Quote: Rip Van Winkle 1981 Annual Calendar Franklin Mint Bronze Medal Both are very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Griffin Coins Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 7:04 pm Yeah TNG, about half of the San Diego Club medals on ebay are usually our extras for sale ;) Report this Post to the Staff
Griffin Coins Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 02/09/2018 10:05 pm Ill work these up for you guys (Hope some of you like them). The San Diego Coinarama has been a yearly coin show since 1958. It is presented by the San Diego County Inter-Club Numismatic Council, which is the overseeing body for all County coin clubs. The first committee which began this club was the brainchild of, and first presided by Leonel C. Panosh, an extremely important numismatist in California. In fact, he was given member #3 of the California State Numismatic Association in 1947, and was President of the ANA from 1955-57. The first commemorative medal was unofficial, and struck from pot metal. It commemorated the gold rush and I have yet to have a chance to own one. After this, all medals were struck my Masterpiece Medallion from Claremont, CA. They also struck medals for many California clubs as well as for the CSNA until their owners passed, and the business folded. The first official medal was struck in 1965 and celebrated the 50th Anniversary of San Diego's "Panama-California Exposition" in 1915 to honor the opening of the Panama Canal. The Exposition was held in the city's Balboa Park, now of our country's oldest (being established just 11 years after New York's Central Park). Many of the parks historic buildings were erected for this Expo. They weren't made to last more than the 2 years of the Expo, but the Spanish mission style was so well received by expo guests that the city set out to try to save the crumbling buildings. The wonderful architecture, combined with the success of the event (3.7 million visitors to a city of only 40,000 inhabitants) led to the city working out a plan to save as many of the iconic buildings as they could. The 1965 medal shows the San Diego Community Concourse Building, which was built in 1964. It was at that time, San Diego's version of their now famed Convention Center (where Comic-Con takes place every year). also pictured is the California Tower, Balboa Park's (and the 1915 expo's) most iconic building. The Tower, and it's conjoined building - the California Building; now house San Diego's Museum of Man. Mintage: 100 silver (still don't have one) 2000 bronze Less than 10 were struck in various other medals San Diego Community Concourse California Building and California Tower Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/10/2018 09:57 am I have been to San Diego twice in my life. Second time I was stationed there at Miramar NAS and went to Balboa Park many times. As I recall, in the 70's there were a lot of outdoor concerts in the park. ( and a lot of smoke overhead ) Most of my spare time was spent there or at the beach someplace. I did go to Sea World, I remember that. I'll be keeping an eye out for a silver 1965 medal Concourse Building & California Tower medal as I search for medals. Thanks for posting a nice addition to the thread. Report this Post to the Staff
Griffin Coins Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 02/10/2018 3:47 pm The most "boring" of the San Diego Coinarama medals, it took 6 years before the Council decided to issue their second official medal for the coin show. The design was based on the Apollo 14 mission patch. There were a number of medals that were actually flown to the moon and back, and the son of this medal's designers won one in a contest. He liked the idea so much, he decided to use the design to create this medal as a fundraiser for the council. Apollo 14 was the third mission to land on the moon. It was Alan Shepard's chance to go to the moon after battling Meniere's disease, which scrubbed him and his crew from the Apollo 13 launch. Mintage: 100 Silver (yet to see one for sale); 1000 bronze; 50 bronze uniface (just the coin show info); and less than 10 struck in different medals. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190114 Posts	Posted 02/11/2018 01:08 am Very nice, Griffin Coins! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/11/2018 4:36 pm 1976 Bronze Proof Mark Twain 100th Anniversary of Tom Sawyer Franklin Mint Medal ( mintage 980 ) I have read both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, even as an adult. I have a matching pair of vintage copies. I love the river and I would have gotten along well with those kids. Aunt Polly's Fence Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart. And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired artist sat on a barrel in the shade close by, dangled his legs, munched his apple, and planned the slaughter of more innocents. There was no lack of material, boys happened along every little while. They came to jeer, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was fagged out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite, in good repair, and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with - and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. Report this Post to the Staff
Griffin Coins Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 02/11/2018 10:32 pm The third official Coinarama was after another layoff. Minted for the 1977 show, this was the first of 31 straight years of making a medal for the show. 1977 was the 50th Anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's Flight across the Atlantic. Lindbergh was a mail pilot who decided he could be the first to fly a plane from New York to Paris, a challenge that awarded a $25,000 prize to the first person to do so. He was a pioneer of flight, and helped open up the skies to future innovation. A history of his flight can be found here http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp His plane was named "The Spirit of St. Louis" in honor of the business men from St. Louis who backed his trip. He was born in Detroit, and worked the air mail routes between St. Louis and Chicago. Why, you may ask, would a coin show from San Diego, CA celebrate such an event? That is because Ryan Air, a San Diego Plane manufacturer, built the Spirit of St. Louis for Charles Lindbergh. While Lindbergh's ticker tape parade in New York brought out an estimated 4 million people, his nation hopping tour ended in San Diego, where 60,000 people (about half of the town's population at the time) waited of him at city (now Balboa) Stadium. San Diego was the aeronautical pioneering town of the west, and Lindbergh's triumph was shared by all of its inhabitants. Eight years earlier, only 50,000 people came to see President Wilson speak at the same stadium. He may have been a hero around the nation, and celebrated for his accomplishments, in San Diego he was treated as an adopted city member, and celebrated with love. Just a year and a half after his flight, and less than a year of this visit, where Lindbergh implored the city to build an airport, Lindbergh Field was opened. Lindbergh and his plane Ryan Air employees with their Spirit of St Louis 1050 bronze medals were struck, as well as 100 silver (haven't seen one yet) and less than ten struck in other metals. "Lindbergh" was misspelled "Linbergh" on all of them. This is also the first medal to have the County of San Diego map on the reverse of the medal. All future releases would also have this reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
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