History Channel Medalet

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Got this little piece in the mail with a solicitation to join the History Channel Club. It was glued to the letter which I half read before shredding.

Medalet, Medal, Medallion

Let us throw up some definitions:

1. Medalet = no value or trade, round, two-sided, less than 25mm
2. Medal = no value or trade, round, two-sided, between 25mm - 80mm
3. Medallion = no value or trade, round, two-sided, more than 80mm

Of course these are not official and exceptions to the "rules" are common. Often the term token or coin are used and while not accurate are fine as a general term. Just in case you think it ends there the terms tondo, circular relief, tablet, plaque, and plaquette all fall under the non-token/non-coin category.

 

This one has a die crack, common among tokens and medals it usually adds no value.

Funny thing about value. On eBay someone was selling 100 of these for $5.00 meaning each one is $0.05. Also online someone sold one for $18.00. The average sellers price is $3.00 but for an advertising medal it seems too high.

Here are the stats for this token and the coin itself...
Type/Country: History Channel Club / United States
Year: Unknown
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Unknown
Weight: 1.80 grams
Diameter: 21 millimeters
Thickness: 1/32 inch (I enjoy mixing up measurement standards)
Obverse Writing: THE HISTORY CHANNEL CLUB
Reverse Writing: 17 76
Value: $0.10 

Typical Americana designs of an eagle, union shield, Liberty bell, arrows, and leaves are on it but not with typical symbolic meaning.

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1998 Canada Ten Cents

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Coins can be icky. Sure people here all the stories about germs on notes and bills. The fact that people touch money will always make it a breeding ground for nastiness. That said it is all relatively harmless especially if you have access to running water. Oddly enough silver has some antibacterial properties so older coins were marginally safer. Plastic tends to be very germ friendly so the future of money just gets dirtier.

This Canadian dime was blotchy and I refuse to think about what made it so blotchy.

 

Found a perfect background for this coin.

Here's the stats...

Type/Country: 10 Cents / Canada
Year: 1998
Mintage: 203,514,000
Metal: 100% Nickel
Value: $0.10 (This one is stained)


I seriously need to take a day trip to Canada and return the favor.

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Repeating is OK

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I thought about giving these coins their own individual posts but I have found them before and they are so common that it seemed repetitive.

There seems to be a sudden drop off in interesting finds.

 

Running out of finds so maybe it wasn't a good idea to put these two together. Oh well I will think of something if that day ever comes. Happy coin hunting to all, maybe little behind for the rest of us.

Type / Country: 5 Cents / United States
Year: 1955-D
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel
Mintage: 74,464,100
Value: G-4 $0.05

Type / Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 2005
Mintage: 759,658,000
Metal: Bronze-Plated Zinc
Value: $0.02 in XF

It is kind of annoying when a coin as old as the 1982 Cayman Islands cent still has no official mintage listed.

Sidenote: Blogger has been experiences some outages so please be patient if there some issues.

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50/50 Fooled Half the Time

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During tax season fly-by-night tax prepares opened shops around my fair town and were handing out these clever flyers. The flyers are shaped, designed, and folded to look like a lost fifty dollar bill. Knowing that most people throw flyers away after a few minutes these ingenious flyers are bound to get picked up again. Most people would not pass by a lost buck even if it dirty or in the gutter.

This type of advertising is not illegal since it is not meant to deceive anyone into thinking it is a genuine note. Instead it hits on that scavenging gene that little piece everyone has that wants to find something for nothing. The ad is for Liberty Tax. The company gives you $50 cash when you go in and let them do your taxes. They are famous for doing taxes with your final year's pay-stub.

Oh they are also infamous for taking back the $50 and an additional $350 to do simple taxes, they have caused franchise owners to go broke, and have done funny business with social security numbers, tax-day loans, and refund checks.

I redacted the address for privacy concerns.

I have been fooled to pick up these but never been fooled to enter one of their temporary shops.

Value?
None. This is not even close to being a exonumia piece even though it is a coupon. Ad and certain money collectors have shown interest older versions of these like wooden nickels. Still older funny money/ads rarely hold any high values. The old adage "Don't take any wooden nickels." is very appropriate for this particularly piece.

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1920 Wheat Cent

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The most common of 1920s cents is this first one. World War I ended about two years earlier and the copper shortage was over. Cents were now being minted on a massive scale from 1918 to 1920. Never before did production figures average 300 million. A post war economy tends to be stronger than normal.

This is very worn, granted I will still label it Good-4. There are no sharp details and the rim is blending with the field of the coin as well as the lettering. At the time of posting the coin weighed in at 2.94 grams which is 0.17 grams under the 3.11 normal wheat cent.

Type/Country: 1 Cent / United States
Year: 1920
Mintage: 310,165,000
Metal: 95% Copper, 5% Zinc
Value: $0.20 in G-4

Sidenote: Last WWI combat veteran died yesterday.

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The Other 2003-P Canada Dime

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Two 2003-P Canadian dimes were made and one 2003-WP (not for circulation). For the 2003-P the difference is the Queen's portrait. Every couple of decades Queen Elizabeth II has her official image updated. When the update occurs everything that uses her official portrait must change to the new image. Granted it gives an opportunity for some to dump the Queen altogether.

This dime has the older portrait which featured the middle aged Queen. This portrait was first used in 1990 and the update with the senior Queen was introduced in 2003. The update overlaps so different obverses can be seen on the same year.

 

 

Here is the newer version of the Queen I found it August of 2010.

Value wise there is no difference as I still believe they were made in even quantities.

Oooh imagine if the Queen lives for another twenty years. What would the next portrait look like?

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Cents / Canada
Year: 2003-P Newer Queen effigy, old portrait
Mintage: 163,684,000 (both types included)
Metal: 92% Steel, 5.5% Copper, 2.5% Nickel
Value: $0.10

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