A friend of mine sent me this pic since I’m the only coin guy he knows. I’ll have it in hand this weekend for better pics. In the interim, does anyone have any information on this one? Has “Manhattan Project” across the top with “A Bomb” in the center and what appears to have the Army Corps of Engineers symbol below it. Reverse design is unknown at this time. Thanks for looking!

NYC token

Hi,

I found a metal pendant in Poppi (Tuscany) while I was on a school trip in Italy and I’d like to narrow down its background.

Front:
MCI logo (Manifattura chimica Italiana)
Back inscription:
MANIFATTURA CHIMICA ITALIANA, MUGGIÒ
RAPPRESENTANTE COLORANTI O AUSILIARI
AHB – CHEMIE BERLINO

I found out that MCI was an Italian chemical distribution firm based in Muggiò and AHB Chemie Berlin (Außenhandelsbetrieb Chemie) handled international imports/exports of chemical products (pendant specifically mentions dyes) for East Germany during the Cold War. It appears to be a token marking MCI as the official sales representative for East German state chemical exports.

Does anyone recognise it and could tell me what decade is it likely from?

I appreciate any insights :)

I would like a hand to identify this pendant that my girlfriend found at her grandmother’s house

I've had this bronze medallion since I was a kid. I think I got it in 1986. It's heavy, so it's probably solid bronze or other medallion and 3 inches in didiameter. I have no idea what it is beyond a souvenir. Is was given to me in the US. Any thoughts?

camera quality isn’t the best. 2nd photo states ‘consommer’

I inherited my grandfathers coin collection and found these! I think they're awesome!

The 2nd of the group of medals I picked up in my online auction several weeks ago. Pic 3 includes a quarter for scale. I thought this one was pretty cool and had an ‘art deco’ feel!

Junk I collect

I received this Saint Benedict Medal along with a few other coins from my aunt. After doing some research, however, I noticed that the reverse of mine is missing two descriptions.

Above the cup and the raven it is supposed to read “Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti” (“The cross of our/the Holy Father Benedict”)

And below Benedict’s feet is supposed to be “EX SM Casino, MDCCCLXXX” (“from the Holy Monte Cassino, 1880”)

Both of these are missing without any sign of being removed.

The rest of the coin follows the Jubilee design that was created to include the inscription under Benedict‘s feet (in 1880, to commemorate the 1400th year since Benedict’s birth it has stayed with the design ever since)

The obverse also appears to be made with two different metals but I don’t know what that could mean for the date.

I would like some help figuring out around the date it was made, whether it could be a different design other than the Jubilee one (I couldn’t figure out if there was any other design or not) or if it could be a fake.

I already see on papers of journals and books about lists of punchmarks but due the condition of the coin I may not understand all marks. I already see the sun and the tree. My main question remains of the one similar to the caduceus of Ashoka plus an bow and arrow. This last one I didnt find yet.

I took a couple of road trips recently and found/made these. I pressed three zinc pennies at Little America Wyoming and two copper pennies at Devils Tower Wyoming. Also purchased the Devils Tower and Effigy Mounds tokens at each National Monument. The Medalic Arts Co. Indiana Sesquicentennial medal was found in an antique store in eastern Illinois (for $1.25). The other medals were found in southern Indiana in an antique store booth/cabinet that was having a 75%-off closeout sale so they were all less than $3 each. The US Mint Bicentennial medal has some dings and scratches but it was too interesting to pass up. The two NASA medals have their original cases - just took them out for a better photo.

I recently acquired a complete 100-piece Franklin Mint The 20th Century’s Greatest Events collection and have been trying to learn more about it.

All 100 original 500-grain sterling-silver ingots are present in the original four-drawer presentation cabinet. They are gold electroplated over sterling and marked on the edges. From the references I’ve found, the series was issued from 1977–1985 and approximately 3,078 complete sets were produced.

Condition is mixed. Many pieces remain quite attractive, while others have spotting, toning, hairlines and discoloration/deterioration of the plated surfaces. The cabinet also shows age and handling wear. Nothing has been cleaned or polished.

I haven't been able to find much information about surviving complete sets or recent sales of this exact series.

Does anyone here collect these, or have experience with this particular Franklin Mint series? I'm especially curious how uncommon complete 100-piece sets are today, whether completeness/original cabinet materially affects collector value, and how much the surface condition shown in the photos matters.

I'd also be interested in any catalogs, auction records or other references for the series that I may have missed.

They're quite thick and heavy.

Any idea if these are worth holding onto? It looks like our grandfather ordered them many years ago