Additions to your Exonumia collection - May 2026

After some great finds were posted in April, let's all hope May will just as good.

Happy hunting.  

Found a number of these recently…

All with the tell tale line on the side strongly suggesting that they're copies of real coins.  I've even peeled off some of the chrome coating to see if the line continues underneath.  Any indication of where these are from and who's responsible for distributing them would be helpful.

I apologize for my tardiness, but in my defense I did not realize that Exo had its own New Additions thread.  I've always enjoyed ZacUK's pieces and now I've found where he has been hiding.  I see there are others making wonderful contributions too.

Here are a couple of medals I purchased last November.

N#402400

N#76652

Two more pieces to show shortly.  Still working on my editing skills with a new version of Gimp.

I liked both of these additions because of their detail.

N#21772

N#39717

Question on the “Attendance” Token.  I understand the concept of receiving a token for a job well done.  But, could they then use this token for purchasing goods or services?  I mean, getting one of these  at every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday meeting for years would amount to quite the haul.  And if they had no other purpose, wouldn't they all be in mint state?

 Thanks Peter! I do not seem to be finding much these days - 

apart from these four which I got on a buy it now instead of auction. 

Nürnberg Rechenpfennig Jeton Schiff - 27 mm/ 5 g Original Münze 

[PROSPERATVM EST OPVS IN MANI EIVS / NORIBE // FLVCTVAT NEC MERGITVR / CK]  
N#309788 

Rechenpfennig Jeton Bronze - 16 mm/ 1,4 g Original Münze 

[RECHEN PFENIG // None] 

N#557226 
 

Rechenpfennig Jeton - 15mm/ 0,4 g Original Münze 

[ALEX MAG // RECHE PFENING] 

Not found on Numista 

· Additional details - Nürnberg Rechenpfennig struck by Johann Jakob Lauer (1806-1865). 

Obverse: 4th Century Roman style bust of Alexander the Great facing left, "ALEX / MAG" around. 

Reverse: Dove of Peace descending from Heaven, palm branch in its beak, "RECHE PFENING.' around. 
 

Nürnberg Rechenpfennig Jeton Marke Löwe - 22mm/ 2,5 g Original Münze 

[VOLL MUTH / IETTON // NEUE EHRE NEUES GLUCK / IETTON] 

Not found on Numista 

Found these yesterday…

‘Cumberland Jack’ not yet on Numista - Just added.

N#51633

The ‘G’ on GOOD is a little longer than the example on Numista and the ‘1’ is crooked, but overall, this one is a much better example.

Not sure where this token is from (???), but not on Numista - Just added.  

N#19481

 Looked at three items tonight, only won this 

‘Advertising Token - Webster’s Patent, Head Office 34 Leadenhall St. 29mm’ [Phoenix] 

[WEBSTER'S PATENT ALUMINIUM METALS / TRADE MARK / W J T LONDON] 

Could not find it on here - except for a business down and across the road > 

N#565446 

"KING O'TOOLE" 97 LEADENHALL Sᵀ LONDON 

· Notes from seller: 

 James Webster was born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, in 1820. He took out his first patent in 1847, but his success as an inventor did not 
mean success in business and he was made bankrupt in May 1850. He moved to Leicester where he became a gas engineer.
In 1856 he moved to Edgbaston, Birmingham, where he took out a series of patents relating to gas pressure gauges, safety valves, pumps, 
gas appliances, metal refining and extraction. He exhibited at the Birmingham Industrial Exhibition in 1865.

 For a decade, or so Webster experimented on the production of the new wonder metal, aluminium. 
Up until this time aluminium had been produced only in very small quantities and was far too expensive to be used commercially. 
In June 1881 he unveiled his breakthrough, using sodium reduction, which enabled aluminium to be produced commercially. 
Webster's Patent Aluminium Crown Metal Company with capital of £120,000 was floated. The Hollywood Works, in Solihull, 
was built at a cost of £50,000, and by 1883 was manufacturing aluminium ingots, plates, and wire.

 However, despite improvements to Webster's process, a new electrolytic process, which further reduced the cost of manufacture, 
quickly took over and in 1900 the company was voluntarily wound up. 

ZacUK

 

[WEBSTER'S PATENT ALUMINIUM METALS / TRADE MARK / W J T LONDON] 

Could not find it on here - except for a business down and across the road > 

The Token Book 3 lists a W. J. Taylor, London under Engravers, die sinkers and medalists. Didn't see this one in the book.

 Thanks - I was going to try to find  W J T LONDON  last night but forgot.  :( 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/artist.php?id=1966 

Edit: Now had a quick look and found 

 Also found a picture of what looked like that token, 

and still had that number 34 in address, but it was 

HEAD OFFICE 34 ST MARY AXE LONDON, E.C.  lettering. 

I have a couple of things I got today. Visited a coin shop that has a "catch all" bucket from 25 cents, 50 cents, 1 Dollar and 3 Dollar containers. The more you buy the cheaper they are. I purchased 20 items (tokens and medals) from the .50 cent container for a total of $8.00. Here is one that the owner was not too happy about. After the purchase was completed, he asked what I cheery picked and found.

.900 silver variety of this medal

Also, this one caught my eye. He and I thought it is a copy of this coin. If you examine the PCGS MS62 photos it closely matches. Second A in GRATIA is doubled. 

1 Penny - Rosa Americana - United States (pre-federal and private/territorial) – Numista

Even has the dot to the left of the crown. Denticles do not look right though. Would love to hear some opinions on it.

I spent a rainy day yesterday helping sort through boxes of misc. artifacts at Kilt's Farm, and found a few items of interest. I suspect this first one doesn't belong on Numista.

It appears to be a detectorist find, and I thought initially was iron from the color and pitting. But apparently it's copper. I'll do a light cleaning. What's interesting is that Taft's name doesn't appear at all.

Edit: I think the top part is missing, which would have Taft's name.

JLHare, those are incredibe finds!

Another Kilt's Farm item found amongst some Civil War buttons. The buttons were the main find, and I'm going to need to research these. 

It's really unfortunate someone felt the need to hammer on the edges, thus destroying an otherwise VF grade.

spauldingph

JLHare, those are incredibe finds!

Thank you, as are yours!!

Very slim pickings this month!

Just three provincial English medals, Peace Celebrations 1919 from Loughborough and Durham City to add to the collection, and a town jubilee from Birkenhead from 1927.

All now added to the catalogue.

I'm very envious of these coin shops some of you seem to be able to find!  Things like that have almost totally disappeared here!

The last two items from Kilt's Farm.

N#59823 

This is listed as gold plated, but this one is likely nickel plated. JLHare, are you the referee? I was hoping the hole was for a pin or ribbon. Sadly, no.

This is probably a detectorist find which I haven't yet attempted to identify. Very heavy corrosion around the rim I'm in the process of cleaning. I'll post after photos.

 I also have one. Will add a link in a moment … 

Edit - it is from 1757 and this is the page I created 

N#109979 

when I got mine in April 2017. 

ZacUK, you never cease to amaze me! 

This was likely part of hundreds of artifacts recovered from the battle of Stone Arabia October 19 1780. Unfortunately, nearly all of this collection was dispersed. 

We're thankful to retain this one!

 Thanks! That portrait may have been used on other medals, 

so after cleaning would like to see the reverse, to confirm. 

 I also have this 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic82095.html#p705984  [4th line] 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic162046.html#p1259309  [2nd line - and reply below it] 

 The May 2019 medal is just about identifiable, and luckily almost 

 a year ago I got a better condition example of the same medal. 

 Not had time to yet create a page for it. 

This is almost certainly N#109979.

In 1780, the majority of settlers in this area were Palatine German. My best guess is that it was lost from the American side.

There is still a strong interest here with Revolutionary War reenactors despite the decline since 1976. There is still a strong Mohawk Iroquois presence and interest. This has been renewed with the 250th this year. Unfortunately, politics sometimes seem to run afoul of history, which is at least for me the primary objective.