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Going to have to think about this one.  |
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@Chafe, November of course, I overlooked that!
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I'll just go with the easy three-pointer  size silver "United States" |
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Battle of Cowpens/Daniel Morgan 38 mm, pewter.   Medal 38 mm battle horses troops guns hostibus = battle? Americana = United States? Edited by Arkie
05/14/2018 6:37 pm
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@arkie, it is fair to use the latin (or any other language) equivalent to any of the words. We won't quibble with precision in this game. Especially since it is such a nice medal.
So 8 points puts you in the lead!
Edit: since it commemorates the Battle of Cowpens, that is another point for 9 points.
Edited by oriole
05/14/2018 7:15 pm
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Looks like hostibus = enemy. So could that be a reference to the English?
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 Roman Soldier Horse Bank Canada sword (fallen French Calvary man has one) 5 points? |
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@Crazy: only 3 points: bank was not one of the words, and it was a gun not a sword
@Arkie: So should I eliminate that point for "battle"? If we say it means enemy it implies the english but in terms of a word match I think it falls short. So 8 points.
Using an on-line latin translator, this inscription:
fucatis captis aut caesis ad cowpens hostibus
"the capture of the enemy were either killed or masked to the Cowpens"
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05/15/2018 8:29 pm
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United States -- 1 dollar, 2002:   +1 -- .900 silver +1 -- 38.1 mm +1 -- troops (cadets, but probably enlisted already) +1 -- guns (probably unloaded, though) +1 -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 5 points total |
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Nice West Point Bicentennial.
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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I could post another West Point commemorative dollar, but that wouldn't be very original. Oriole, I'll let you decide whether this one counts given the circumstances of its creation. I went to a summer camp when I was younger, and one year, one of the counselors decided to show a handful of us how to melt metal with a camp stove. He had a mold made from an original medal, so he cast a reproduction in tin for each of us. I guess 2011-2015 (as shown on the obverse) is when he planned to use it- I know for a fact that this one was cast in 2012.  A medalAnything made of silverAnything 38 mm or bigger (US silver dollar sized) (50.5 mm) Anything commemorating a battle (Appomatox [sic] Court House) 150th anniversaryYears and dates: 1813
1963
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11 or 11th Pictures: HorsesTroops The man on the reverse is presumably a soldier who has gone back to farming, but that may be a bit of a stretch. Wagons A plough probably isn't close enough. Guns These words: Battle
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Crysler or Chrysler
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United States
Canada or Canadian
Britain or British
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ColonelBonus 2 points: If the wording on the medal is inconsistent like on this one. It says Crysler's farm on one side and Chrysler's Field on the other. The wording is inconsistent with the actual name of the battle (Appomatox v. Appomattox), but not from one part of the medal to another. I'm counting 5 points, or 6-8 if troops and/or inconsistencies are counted. Edited by Numisma
05/16/2018 08:50 am
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@numisma, I would say 5 points. Troops is a bit of a stretch, and inconsistency I was thinking that the medal is inconsistent with itself, rather than an absolute standards.
PS:Summer camp in 2012 would put you quite a bit younger than me!
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  This 38mm Commemorative Medal if for The Battle of Paulus Hook, This Medal was awarded to Major Lee, for his daring pre-dawn assault at Paulus Hook in 1779, Major Lee was the a Major in the Cavalry! General Washington agreed to let Major Lee take a force of 200 men and directed that he surprise the Garrison and take prisoners and not the fort! So on August 19, 1779, Lee's forces rushed in without firing a shot and took 158 Prisoners. Pretty Darn Good! Do I get a point due to the fact he was a commander in the Cavalry! Gotta Ask! "LOVE THE HUNT!"
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05/16/2018 6:02 pm
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Upwards of six points for me depending on how liberal you are with the point-granting: medal "1963" guns (a canon plus the foour bayonets behind the shield) troops (if you'll give me 2 generals) commemorates a battle "battle" (as part of the word battlefield)   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I have one of those pewter medals too! Are they actually worth anything, out of curiosity?  - Medal - 38mm - Commemorating a battle - Horses - Troops - Guns - "Hostibus" = battle - "Americana" Maybe other points: - DVCI EXERCITVVM = "Commander of the army" so general? So 8 or 9 points? |
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