Well, I'll start it when China delivers to me tonight.
You know I'm ashamed - for such things as this - there are circulation-commemorative coins, but this is exonumia and only the future in a thousand years will show the truth.
I made a commitment to make an album of Chinese creativity and I will continue - one more shipment and next week and then in January a large order of fakes. Now the market in China is flooded with orders for fakes to America (probably all to Miami), it's just a huge market for fakes and that's why I couldn't find any for sale on my website, everything that I put in the cart disappeared, so after clicking away, America already collected it, so now there are three supplements.
Brought in early this evening
I call him a unicorn, The metal is probably steel - silver-plated, 26,85g, 45,29x 45,11mm, TH-4,16mm , I don't know what to call this shape? They are two squares on top of each other.
A classic, unforgettable event and an eternally grateful theme for artists
Nano pleating of gold ( it shines beautifully, only I stupidly took pictures of everything today, I can see it there even with a tablet over a coin - and the light is reflected)
24,10g , 39,89mm , probably gold-plated copper
a 3D figure is applied on a super-thin wafer as if cut -again a nano layer of pleating gold on I don't even know if it's foil - it's a thin flexible structure.
39,43mm, 0,42g , TH-0,14mm , fairy tale elf is a 3D character.
Who is it and what does it symbolize? I don't know, but it is the culture of Asia and the Chinese creation of exonumia and creativity.
Yes, I'm ashamed, but what bothers me the most is that we have such an elaborate exonumia - in addition to religious coins, we have brothels next to each other, and goblins on motorbikes from China race around between medieval archery medals.
Yes, true, and 19th century California gold coins worth $1000 beside supermarket trolley tokens worth 15cents. And growing fast.
At one time I would have been ashamed that I own anything from the Franklin Mint, but now this is my main interest, and I am adding them to Numista Exonumia as fast as I can.
This one arrived yesterday, but I will put it here today.
These International Postmasters pieces (there were dozens of different ones) were produced simultaneously in France and the USA.
Yes, true, and 19th century California gold coins worth $1000 beside supermarket trolley tokens worth 15cents.
That's exactly how it is, fellow collectors. Oh and a big hello for the big pond.
I recognized myself right away, I had a medical procedure yesterday so I urgently needed to mint 3 of my coins into cast metal, one for the Ukrainian anesthesiologist, the second for the primary care doctor who performed the operation and the third medal I gave to the nurse who looked after me and I gave them all as medals-because I immediately went home I saw on the website that they studied it, that there was a visit to the website - they were very surprised - they are not used to receiving medals for performance.
So I also punched the metal like this - since I don't have the strength now, they are really weak.
That's why I like the design. Nice exonumia and this one shouldn't be next to the car wash token either😁
I have read before that you strike coins of your own design. You are very good to recognize your care givers.
I had a procedure a few years ago, it went very well and I am happy with the outcome, but I never even sent flowers. I am ashamed now.
The International Postmasters medal of the First Coiners in Monaco included a stamp showing the first coins struck for Monaco.
There are at least 72 different medals with corresponding stamps on all manner of topics from many countries of the world. There were two from Liechtenstein I am looking out for.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
I got this English one from the Peace of Breda in 1667
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Been busy lately but was able to visit my favorite coin shop yesterday. Like Mr. Midnight I have a thing for Franklin Mint. A couple of incomplete Franklin mint silver sets were available so I picked them up. Finding the missing ones will be fun too. Not sure which is the best part though, the find or the hunt. Will probably be after the first of the year before I have a chance to add them to Numista. The miniature set will be the hardest, I am not very good with taking pictures and those are under 13mm which will be a thorn in my side.
I know that many of you have an upturned stomach when looking at this exonumia. I won't bother you anymore, I will buy Chinese fakes in January (it's not possible now - bought, everything flies - you know where)
And I will close the album "Chinese creativity and fakes" so that - when it comes down to it - I have something at home. The shipment arrived 5 hours ago, so I quickly took a picture - no quality.
The one US cent is there just to give you an idea of size
After details:
mosaz nebo měď pozlacená ,30,77g, 44,85 mm
I think it is an exonumium medal coin from the Museo Terracotta Clay Army.
We can disagree, we can't like it - however, this is all "Chinese culture" and especially history is something that cannot be bought with guilders, tolars, etc.
It is one of the medals from this series-
39,80 mm, 15,0g, th1,67 Dragon coins, brass and maybea bit of nano gold too and it's colorful
Dragon coins:
39,80mm, 14,58g, th: 1,59 mm , gilded something - copper
39,91mm, 28,48g, th:3,15mm
Saudi Arabian commemorative medallion, depicting Islam and I don't know ?
39,86 mm, 14,68 g, th: 1,67 , silver plated metal about copper
I gave him the name "silver dragon", - these creatures of fairy tales play a long tradition in the Chinese creativity of medal-making.
What on earth is this? Where did it come from - what is it supposed to represent? Which coin does it mimic?
Or the designers from China are trying to tell us that the Mayans had such big wallets: 138,96g, 79,83 mm , th: 9,03 mm, 3D -very strong design and medal effect. Does anyone know the background, who, where, why, etc.??
My first mined "Bitcoin" and all - it is and was very energy intensive and such bullshit- it was enough to give two dollars and the shipping is free from Yucatan. I knew that it was just the bullshit of smart people, that energy-intensive mining and airplanes fly for free with coins. Huh?
Here the handsome man is gorgeous, again the metal is hard to tell - it shines like rottweiler bullets. 39,82 mm, 14,71 g, th: 1,63mm
And finally, there was an error in,, Metrix,, I accidentally threw this Egyptian sphinx-dog in the basket on the Internet-I already bought one.
It probably has some charm in the design that attracts the eye.
maybe it was an example of the weight, I also have one big and one tiny
24,15 g, 39,89 mm th: 2,61 mm ,, ancient Egyptian pharaoh- dog head of the dead man Anubis from the game ,, Skyrim,,
What with her ? throw away? Or give it to someone?
Or organize a competition here on the website for members of numismatists and donate it as a medal + a Prague silver penny +1, 2, 5, 10 CZK and one unidentified Greek coin from the year -200 BC from the Selekul Empire?
Competition in baking Christmas - or New Year's cookies (honeydough, gingerbread, Linz dough)with dedications and confectionery inscriptions for,, NUMISTA,, or PF2024, . sweet Christmas exonumia in the permitted form of a coin, within the framework of preserving the traditions of Christmas and showing the creativity of our community members.
I would send the coins to the miners with the tracking number along with this medal of exonumic design and creativity.
,,If there is interest, I will create the rules - I will ask for the help of two evaluators so that there is some objectivity and until Christmas it will be fun and see who is not afraid to preserve the traditions of their ancestors (aunt and grandmother, wife - will help),,
Not often I add to medals and stuff, but I have today. This is a scarce gold medallet issued for Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
It is 15 or 18 carat gold with a bezel on it (Ex jewellery), 21mm in size and contains about 5.2 grams of gold. What is interesting is that it was made in New Zealand, likely with NZ mined gold. That makes it interesting as very little coinage/medals was made here in the 1800s and especially in silver or gold. It is signed S Kohn, Wellington. It is also quite worn.
More interesting is that silver and copper versions exist too and I have them!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Brought in early this evening
I call him a unicorn, The metal is probably steel - silver-plated, 26,85g, 45,29x 45,11mm, TH-4,16mm , I don't know what to call this shape? They are two squares on top of each other.
A classic, unforgettable event and an eternally grateful theme for artists
a 3D figure is applied on a super-thin wafer as if cut -again a nano layer of pleating gold on I don't even know if it's foil - it's a thin flexible structure.
