An Intriguing Job-Lot Of Medals & Tokens I Just Received....

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NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 11:29 pm I received today a quite lovely job-lot of mainly full of weird looking tokens and medals which are hard to identify/value. Here are the most interesting ones, the rest I didn't photograph were not really worth it, so I will just sell those on ebay as junk. First off, what on earth is this?! It dates from 1963, obviously some sort of Scandinavian Commemorative... A medal from the British Empire exposition 1924. A completely befuddling token which is the same on both sides, it has a with a coin orientation. An Elizabeth II Coronation piece.. Christian V of Norway - date? (Interesting three lions emblem too) An arabic coin? Islamic year 1271... Duckhams Medal, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee (1977) - "Duckhams: Specialists in Lubrication" Another Arabic medal for the experts?... Pierced medal for the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. Made for Newcastle Upon Tyne in the name of Mayor Henry W. Newton. The reverse features George and (Queen) Mary in profile. Now moving on, George V and wife Alexandra... And last but not least, a Conder! Halfpenny for Worcester date 1811 (I think). This token is fairly rusty! Edited by NumisMattyUk 12/04/2007 11:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff

rggoodie Moderator United States 23785 Posts	Posted 12/04/2007 11:58 pm They are lovely how did you come across these? rggoodie aka Richard "catch em doing something right" Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/05/2007 01:13 am You can probably guess I got them on ebay. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/05/2007 02:15 am Interesting group, nice buy. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/06/2007 02:42 am Thanks! :) I got them along with the aforementioned scrap pieces and a couple of coins - a half Rupee 1835 of the East Indian Company and a 1/12 Anna 1883 both in nice condition - for the price of around £14, which I thought was a nice little bargain..I love job lots! Edited by NumisMattyUk 12/06/2007 03:34 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16983 Posts	Posted 12/06/2007 04:04 am Have ye got the wrong picture for #1? I see some kind of Austrian coin, dated 1642. For number 3: quote: A completely befuddling token which is the same on both sides, it has a with a coin orientation. The coat of arms appears to be that of the Rhine Palatinate, or Pfalz. No idea what it is, though, except the "30" might be 30 kreuzer. Perhaps a contemporary counterfeit? For number 6: quote: An arabic coin? Islamic year 1271 From Morocco - the classic "Seal of Solomon" copper coin, with the Islamic date in Western numerals. For number 8: quote: Another Arabic medal for the experts?... The date is 1974 AD, the crossed-daggers badge is that of Oman. Good haul! 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
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/06/2007 04:16 am Thanks again sap for helping to identify most of the coins. I think for the first coin you have missed the 1963, which is near the horses ass (19) and between its forelegs (63) I missed it at first. But no it is the right photo... Re. the Oman coin, I recognize the coat of arms, knew I had seen that before on coins I have had. But there must be many 'crossed-daggers' coats of arms for Arabic nations?... The Pfalz coin: yes, thought that was fake - obviously it would be very good for its age ;) Do you know anything about the 'ubique leo' one? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16983 Posts	Posted 12/06/2007 08:16 am quote: I think for the first coin you have missed the 1963, which is near the horses ass (19) and between its forelegs (63) I missed it at first. But no it is the right photo... Yep. Can't see the forest for the trees... But it's definitely Austrian, not Scandinavian. Probably a restrike of a medal for Ferdinand III, Holy Roman emperor in 1642. quote: But there must be many 'crossed-daggers' coats of arms for Arabic nations?... Sure, but that particular "asterisk-shaped" badge is very distinctively Omani - it's on all their coins and banknotes. quote: Do you know anything about the 'ubique leo' one? Not really, except that Christian V was king of both Norway and Denmark, and the three lions is normally the symbol for Denmark, rather than Norway from 1670 to 1699. I did find this reference, which seems to be an auction listing for a piece like this, just by Googling the Latin phrase. It's listed with estimate £150, but it doesn't say whether it actually sold for that. "Galster 255" is probably a catalogue reference number. 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
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 12/06/2007 1:20 pm Listed at £150?... bah! if only it were real... :'( Never mind, I just received 10 Kilos (for £50) of world coins and I swear there's about £150 in there... ;) Edited by NumisMattyUk 12/06/2007 1:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 12/06/2007 3:09 pm Nice metal & coins NumisMattyUk!! Sap you are the best on this type of stuff we would be lost if U leave the forum Report this Post to the Staff
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