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Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 06/13/2013 3:44 pm I was picking through a double handful of what a local coin store call junk. I picked up some great stuff after running them through my heated ultrasonic cleaner. Two of the three in this photo. [ The plastic one was thrown in to the bulk buy a couple weeks ago by a store worker. Today about 40 miles away I bought another bulk buy and the aluminum, and the bronze one were in the mix. Since wifey is still visiting her outlaws in FLA. I decided to take a short road trip before lunch to one of the remaining LCS in the Metro Det, well actually Grosse Pointe Mi. I live about15 miles away. Asked if they had any tokens, the guy went into the back room and came out with a handful of assorted tokens. medals and one elongated Penny. Most had a layer of curd on them. I forget my loupe so I couldn't make out what was on it. I took a chance, since I probably wouldn't have it anyways. Well I get home and fill the ultrasonic cleaner with Mr. clean grease and curd cutter turn on the heater and then put in the tokens. set it for 460 seconds (7.6666666) minutes on a side then repeat. Hit the jackpot the elongated penney is a a rolled at the Pan Am Expo 1901 one of two varieties. US tokens& medals by Jaeger shows the buffalo one. Then after rinse and dry obverse A 1925 Sesquicentennial Lexington KY. looks to be close to uncir. Obverse reverse 1976 centennial for Windsor Ontario, Canada had a value of one dollar till 12,31,1976 Edited by Circus 06/13/2013 3:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff

chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 06/13/2013 6:08 pm The Windsor Trade dollar is nickel. There were 100,000 minted and it has a catalogue value of $2, but can be picked up for less than that easy enough. Love the elongated cent... nice finds. Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 06/13/2013 6:56 pm Here are two others from the buy today. Obverse Reverse Twice prime minister of Canada 1920-1926, it might have been plated at some point. I found an auction with one exactly like this one. and a pic of another type copper colored. And a two plate of the 40th Pres Ronald Regan Obverse Reverse It is to bad that it chrome plated, as that takes something away form the medal. The portrait is gold tone, and on the reverse the double eagles are gold toned. Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 06/15/2013 06:25 am Doing a little looking, I find this "Coin is layered in pure .999 Silver and 24 kt gold. It is marked on the two sides as follows: Front: RONALD W. REAGAN 40th AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1984 AA Reverse: DOUBLE EAGLE PRESIDENTIAL COMMEMORATIVE AA " And I thought it had a bad chrome plating job it was struck and sold by National Historic Mint, Westbury NY, 11595 originally came with a numbered certificate of authenticity! Which this didn't have, but it doesn't matter to me. The medal comes in a number of styles and there seems to be a good selection in an assortment of price points, and not much bidding on ebay. The back room junk box finds are turning out better than I could have wished. Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 06/15/2013 07:32 am I've just picked up one like the Reagan med: JFK commemorative. And yes, it does look like a bad chrome job. Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 06/15/2013 08:09 am Pretty neat looking, and they are shinny Report this Post to the Staff
commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12298 Posts	Posted 06/15/2013 10:29 am The "1925" Lexington medal was actually issued in the mid-1940s by a coin dealer. He issued a number of these half-dollar sized medals all marking back-dated anniversaries. You've got a nice example, just wanted to let you know of its origin. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 06/15/2013 3:37 pm Well that will save me a lot of time searching and the feds a lot of time reading my googles Thanks I thought that it had to be3 a little newer then the date even with the curd I removed in the ultrasonic bath! Report this Post to the Staff
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