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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great find, congratulations.
Coins were meant to be spent.
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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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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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W. & T. Avery Apothecary Weight - Post 1850. Fantastic!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
813 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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United States
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Pop out (repousse) 1902 penny.   |
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United States
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Pop out (repousse) 1902 penny. Very nice!
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United States
422 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. 
I never pay too much for my tokens...but every now and then I may buy one a little too soon.
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United States
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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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United States
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Fantastic additions recently. Thanks for keeping the thread alive and well people. My favorite album! Image hosting is provided by CCF. Thank you for your generosity! World's Fair Exposition Medals and Tickets http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...p?album=2020 |
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A lovely addition! |
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A 4 1/2" bois durci plaque of young Victoria. Fantastic!
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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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United States
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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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