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Roguesscholar New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:06 am I was changing an outlet in my home and found this coin inside 6 months ago. Hours and hours have been spent trying to identify with no luck. It weighs 15g. Any thoughts or ideas on what this coin/medal might be? Thanks everyone!! Edited by Roguesscholar 06/14/2017 01:08 am Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:09 am Do I see St Christopher in there somewhere? Lettering struck me as Ireland too. I haven't spent much time on it tho. Not much at all. Kind of neat and looks old to me. and Edited by TNG 06/14/2017 01:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:21 am OK now I think it is a religious medal of sorts for Saint Hidegard a nun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen The I H may stand for Imacculate Heart, just a guess. I gotta get some sleep. g-nite & good luck. Edited by TNG 06/14/2017 01:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:21 am This link may lead you somewhere: http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi...n_coin=19066 After reading that and looking at your pics, the bottom part of the legend on the second pic definitely says "Ren' Faire". 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 Edited by spru 06/14/2017 01:44 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kefiroth Pillar of the Community United States 1431 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:23 am According to my internet research, this token/medal was produced for the Glastonbury Renaissance Fair, which is held in Oregon USA. The reverse design consists of the stylized/mirrored initials of the OCCA (Oregon Coast Council of the Arts), a sponsor of the fair, and dates to 2002. Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:24 am awesome spruett001 ! LOL g-nite Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:28 am Kefiroth, I sit here corrected, made to look old for the Renaissance Fair goers. I could go for a nice leg of mutton right now. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 01:39 am Rats, too late! See my edit above. 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
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/14/2017 02:09 am These are called USH tokens for Univ. of St Hildegard (SCA) The obverse is SANCTA HILDEGARDENSIS (which is shortened from the original and correct HILDEGARDIS BINGENSIS) and the reverse is REN FAIRE GLASTONBVRY with lettering in the style of the 13th-15th c. The design on the front is the monogram H imposed over a cross. The reverse design is indeed OCCA, Kefiroth is correct. NGC appears to actually attribute some of these tokens (amusingly, they anachronistically refer to each token as a "follis" when it should more accurately be called a tetarteron, or, given Hildegard's Germanic roots, a Schwarzpfennig.) Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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