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A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

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Thank you, Captain. I'm thinking that it may need a bit of Verdicare.
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Nice medal Hondo Boguss!
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Thank you, Captain! I gave it an acetone rinse, but it seems that VerdiCare is needed. I'll post again if there is marked improvement.
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That "Three Americas" medal is quite something!
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That is truly a beautiful token, Hondo!
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This bronze medal shows the Fort St Vrain nuclear power plant near Platteville Colorado, and the visitor center, which was modelled on the old trading post which became the eponymous fort. But if you didn't happen to have a copy of the visitor center booklet entitled "From Arrows to Atoms", with the arrowhead motif on the cover, you might never make the connection!
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Very nice publius!
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1974 Medallic Art Co. Bicentennial Commem Medallion, Joseph Di Lorenzo designer

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This one just arrived. The Three Americas: Awarded by the North Central and South America Expostistion 1885-1886 New Orleans. 260 grams, 73.3mm.

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This bronze medal shows the Fort St Vrain nuclear power plant near Platteville Colorado, and the visitor center, which was modelled on the old trading post which became the eponymous fort.
Nice adds!
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Excellent and intriguing token, publius!
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Scooped up this Oak Ridge National Lab irradiated dime tonight for only $80! They usually go for 2-3X this price. I think that this completes my type collection of these, as I have several of the American Museum of Atomic Energy examples. The blue plastic ones aren't as impressive (NY Worlds Fair and Museum of Atomic Energy) - cheap comes to mind - but yes I have them too.

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Scooped up this Oak Ridge National Lab irradiated dime tonight for only $80!
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Nice Hondo Boguss!
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publius, I didn't sufficiently compliment your token. Anything atomic / nuclear is fantastic, as it is a glimpse into a particular period of world history. And yours is absolutely wonderful!
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Hondo Boguss, thanks! I have several more related specimens I should photograph and show off, although they're not new acquisitions.

That ORNL irradiated dime, with the label that almost looks typewritten, is an interesting variation. Do you have any of the ones labelled for other events and locations, besides the Museum, and the 1964-65 New York World's Fair? I know I've occasionally seen ones marked for some kind of temporary or traveling exhibit. I just have a couple of the common ones, to use as props when making presentations.
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