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rrc New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 10/29/2011 3:22 pm Hi everybody, I am new here and already I need some help I know the quality of this coin is bad but I would still like to know what it is, anybody have an id? thanks, RRC Report this Post to the Staff

Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 10/29/2011 4:00 pm My first guess was that it looked like this 1840 William Henry Harrison campaign medal and would explain the possible hole repair at top: but then I saw the reverse of the medal ): (no luck) Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 10/29/2011 4:16 pm It could be a coin from one of the U.S.'s overseas territories. I will look it up. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 10/30/2011 01:38 am It's not a Mexican coin, nor a coin from anywhere else. The eagle, bearing a shield with lots of vertical stripes and holding a branch and arrows, is clearly an American (USA) eagle, but there were no brass American or US Colonial coins with a portrait like that. The portrait does seem to be a good match for the medal 10xloupe posted. Was this portrait used on other contemporary medals? Perhaps it dates from a later time and is one of a series of "presidential" medals. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
rrc New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 11/02/2011 1:07 pm Hi all, So you think this could be a presidential campaign token? the back looks a lot like a Seated Liberty quarter. http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3659.html anybody have a source about campaign medals? TIA RRC Edited by rrc 11/02/2011 1:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 11/02/2011 2:06 pm The reverse is an imitation of a gold Liberty Head reverse, not a Seated Liberty reverse. The Eagles have upturned wings vs folded wings on Seated Liberty silver coinage. It is quite possible that it is some sort of period political exonumia but the very worn state will make definitive attribution more difficult. Report this Post to the Staff
rrc New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 11/02/2011 8:03 pm Oh yes! excellent catch there with the wings. hmm... exonumia That sounds like a bunch of exonumia! hehe RRC Report this Post to the Staff
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