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CCya Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 02:00 am Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 06:40 am G'day, beautiful medal; interesting provenance & packaging. "banca metal" - can't find anything on Wikipedia; Google has at least one useful hit. If that is correct, "banca metal" is an alloy mostly composed of tin. "Banca" might be the tin-producing island in Indonesia. The modern spelling is "Bangka". see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banka_Island "... a coating of some good Gold Paint" - what a chakkenging combination of concepts. Peter in Oz Edited by Peter THOMAS 09/11/2009 06:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 06:51 am HANDLE BY THE EDGE ONLY, seems like it was respected. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 08:01 am Cool, where did you get it and what did you pay for it, if I may inquire? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
CCya Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 11:27 am <<G'day, beautiful medal; interesting provenance & packaging. "banca metal" - can't find anything on Wikipedia;>> Banca metal is a type of tin. Melt 4 lbs. of copper, add. by degrees, 12 lbs. best quality Banca tin, 8 lbs. regulus of antimony, and 12 lbs. more of tin while the composition is in a melted state. The tin used in the tin plate industry comes from several sources. The best of these is found in Australia and the Straits Settlements. The latter furnish the most desirable tin, known as Banca tin. Report this Post to the Staff
CCya Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 11:32 am <<Cool, where did you get it and what did you pay for it, if I may inquire?>> This piece sat on ebay with no bidders. $350.00 Heritage sold one in equal condition without the cigar tin for $299.00. Report this Post to the Staff
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