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Hi all, I can't find this in numista. Can someone help? Weight is 57.7g diameter 49mm, thickest thickness is 3.9mm, otherwise the fields is 3.0mm thick. What is the material of the medal?   Thanks Edited by Coins Mania
06/04/2024 07:35 am
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very interesting!   |
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United States
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The milkmaid on the obverse looks like she is about to involuntarily go for a bit of a ride.
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Australia
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Edited by MachinMachinMan
06/05/2024 05:12 am
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Portugal
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This is a french made medal. There were companies in Paris that made them reusing the same designs for many events. The engraving on the reverse was what changed. The reverse design in particular is very very common. Used in most medals by Louis-Alexandre Bottee or Adolphe Rivet.
The obverse in in french realist style, middle of the nineteenth century but continued popular in medals into the early twentieth.
The metal is most likely bronze with a silver bath. Only the small ones were some times silver. Check on the side. French law at the time made the Paris Mint write the metal used.
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@Jecz79 That is very helpful. Picture of the edge:  Edited by Coins Mania
06/08/2024 06:05 am
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Netherlands
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The stamp on the edge reads ARGENT so the medal is solid silver, probably .850 fine. The cornucopia is the mark of the Paris mint. The medal was issued in Belgium (Bruxelles = Brussels) in 1904. The inscription reads: SOCIETe NATIONALE POUR L'AMELERATION DES RACES BOVINES EN BELGIQUE and CONCOURS DE BANDES 24 AVRIL 1904 BRUXELLES (NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CATTLE BREEDS IN BELGIUM and HERD COMPETITION APRIL 24, 1904 BRUSSELS)
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Congratulations. It is solid silver. It was not common for expo and prize coins to be solid silver when they were large.
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Edited by Dearborn
06/20/2024 6:31 pm
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Oh yes. That's me. Someone asked me to contribute to the Numista catalogue as this wasn't recorded.
Edited by Coins Mania
06/21/2024 05:47 am
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Someone asked me to contribute to the Numista catalogue as this wasn't recorded. Well done! |
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Oh yes. That's me. Someone asked me to contribute to the Numista catalogue as this wasn't recorded. AH, ok! That makes sense. I did the same with my 1/24 Thaler coin too. |
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