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Nice try, but no cigar. No tri-colored ribbon for the pin and bars. Years 1912 and 1913, conventions were held, but this member either did not attend or did not purchase a bar for those years. De Profundis may have been made popular by Oscar Wilde, but it is much better known in other circles. As for the metal and links, well that’s another story. As for the meaning of the number 14, that has not been confirmed yet - but it was not the mintage. ANA President Zerbe, at the time, was the driving force behind the ANA convention medals. By the way, the first convention was held in 1891.

$100

I wasn’t sure how much interest there would be in early ANA convention pin and bars. I put a bid in and forgot about it. Needless to say, I did not win it, but have a question about the number on the back of the medal? What is the significance of it? There are also markers marks which I find interesting. anyone know what the number 14 on the back of the medal represents? 14th attendee? missed my chance on this one.

I-65 to I#80 to the Tristate (294). Lots of traffic, but doable.

Both courses sound very interesting. Never heard of the scholarship.

It would be nice for forum members to show some of their numismatic club or society tokens/medals and describe any meaning or symbolism to/on them.

Yep that’s it. I have the book on it written in both Polish and English. The 80 is coming up at auction soon. Have a million to spare?

Maybe this one… if not the 100, maybe the 80!

I would also assume double eagles as gold dollars would be a feat in itself. Here’s a bit more from the Melbourne records: In 1925 large shipments of gold from America arrived and the Melbourne Mint was authorised to pay for imported gold in sovereigns.

Good luck with the surgery. Too bad about Rosemont,

Excellent find by the way!

A total of American gold dollars weighing 58,979.94 ounces were melted in Melbourne during 1925. Possibly all from the transfer mentioned above. The Melbourne Mint archives should have additional information on this melting. This amount was recorded in the Royal Mint reports and the information was provided to the Royal Mint by the the Superintendent of the Melbourne Mint. Australian sovereigns were sought after because of their more yellowish hue given off from the alloy of silver vice the British copper. This pretty much ended in 1868/1869, however when the Royal Mint mandated that all sovereigns no matter where they were minted conform to British standards - thus copper alloy. The mints did experiment in some later years with using silver and copper as alloys, but this was short lived. You can find Australian sovereigns having silver as well as sovereigns having copper as an alloy dated 1868. It is believed that those minted with the copper alloy were actually minted in 1869, but dated 1868 as there are no Sydney sovereigns dated 1869.

The ANA WFOM will be in Rosemont (Crook County) again this year. Although rather early, is anyone planning on attending? Kurt, are you going to attend now that you’ve had a spat with the ANA board? All of the other numismatic associations and societies as well as clubs issue member medals. Why doesn’t the ANA? They have convention medals. I think it would be a nice touch. They are big enough to even have the member’s number engraved on it,

Less than melt is always good!

Not really my kind of movies, but interesting and well presented. Thank you for sharing something a bit different.

Governor Macquarie set the value of the holey dollar at five shillings, with 15 pence for the dump. These coins went into circulation in 1814. The New South Wales colonial administration began recalling the holey dollars and dumps and replacing them with sterling coinage starting in 1822. When the holey dollar was finally demonetised in 1829, most of the 40,000 coins in circulation had been exchanged.

QA, did you know that there were coins being minted in over 70 mints in England at one time? Your question: when and how many mints???

Looks great, I will have to take more time reading…. Nice job Lee!

Like I said - slice and dice. Is a $5 proof NCLT that doesn’t even have an eagle on it considered a half eagle or a piece of modern metallic art?

Now we can open the debate why West Point Mint counts or does not count regarding OPs question.

Mike - too much information!!! On the bidding of course.

The OPs pattern is very nice. Didn’t mean to detract from it.

Just another take off of the Australian Holey Dollar of 1813 or others that may have preceded it. The question is - where is the dump? 30 Sep 1813 - 'holey dollar' and 'dump' coins The holey dollar' and 'dump' coins became legal tender in New South Wales by a proclamation issued by Governor Macquarie to address the acute shortage of coinage in the colony, the British authorities had arranged with the Directors of the East India Company that £10,000 worth of dollars be purchased in India and shipped to NSW. To make available coins and ensure that they remained in the colony, Macquarie commissioned convicted forger William Henshall to cut the center (the dump) out of each coin and stamp them with NSW. The smaller dump was worth fifteen pence and the larger holey dollar was worth five shillings. Although these coins became legal tender on 30 September they were not available for general issue until January 1814. Sources:National Museum of Australia. (2021). Holey dollar; The Royal Australian Mint. Australian coins – a fascinating history

It depends how you slice and dice it. World? Modern or ancient? Actual mint or just location. Legally minted I hope.

Do you know what it went for?