Local Coin Club Medals

Time to post your coin club medals.

I came across this 1965 medal the other day, commemorating the inception of the Richmond Hill Coin Club the year before. As the reverse says, Richmond Hill had a reputation as the Rose Capital of Canada, a position is held until the 1980s. The coin club didn't last anywhere near as long, but the medal is celebrating it's 60th birthday this year. I've attached a newspaper clipping from July 15, 1965, about the club's celebration and it was quite an event. They mention presenting a medal, and it sounds like this one, but I'm not positive.

The medal's in pretty good shape. I assume they gave it an antique finish and some type of coating, but I'm curious what kind of die issue caused the shadow on just the "ose...je fle" letters. Equally odd is the letter "E" in THE on the reverse. A filled die?

 

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2025 Madison County Coin Club
This one I don't have yet, it should ship soon.
It was done by the Moonlight Mint

 

Knights of the Coin Table 2008
Copper Antiqued finish. 39mm

 

A very nice CC medal. Do you know what its diameter...it looks bigger than a standard medal.

Is it possible that the piece was lightly cleaned at one time? That might account for the "shadows" around some of the devices.

Bruce

 

I was thinking that the E was a weakness in strike, except it doesn't coincide with a high relief area on the obv. The obverse looks like die deterioration.

 

It's 39mm round, and it might have been cleaned. When I look closer, I see the shadows—the letters have been squashed and deformed by a partial second strike.



In detail below, look at the shape of "e" and compare the dots in the bottom left to the top right. Something strange happened there.

 

Here is one from my club.

 

This is a nice high relief medal issued by the Bakersfield CC in 1963.

Bruce

 

Dollar size? Neat medal.

 

That's a nice medal, magic man. My club never issued any exonumia so have nothing to show here.

Bruce

 

Yes, it's dollar size.

Bruce

 

This is one of the older medals I have in my club collection. Issued by the Iowa Numismatic Association for their Davenport convention in 1941. I love the look of this one.

Bruce

 

The 2025 copper medal for the Madison County Coin Club of Huntsville, Alabama. Sixty examples of copper were minted along with 40 silver and 20 brass. Daniel Carr did the work for the club.

 

That's a beautiful medal and well crafted as you'd expect from Daniel Carr. I have a large collection of CC medals and other exonumia but only one or two Carr pieces. My interest is more with clubs "blue collar" issues, especially the older ones.

Bruce

 

Just curious but does your coin have circular lines on each side? I asked Daniel Carr and he said the circular lines are machining marks from the die engraving process. Mine also has a few dents on the outer edge. I was just wondering if this was common on all of the medals.

 

@brinssig
Here's mine

 

The Peninsula Coin Club of Palo Alto, California salutes Barbie:


Peninsula Coin Club medal Barbie Hall of Fame
Bronze, 38 mm, 21.14 gm

Obverse:
Barbie Doll head facing
BARBIE HALL OF FAME
PALO ALTO 1984-1996 CALIFORNIA

Reverse:
Octagon with eagle
OVER 35 YEARS ON THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA
PENINSULA COIN CLUB CALIFORNIA
ORG. 1954

The Barbie Hall of Fame museum of Palo Alto closed in 1999.

 

Not sure I see circular l lines on yours. It does look like the very edge is a little rough on yours like it is on mine especially behind the eagle but it was graded MS 70. Perhaps it was caused by when the medal was ejected from the dies?