The Time Period Game - year 2000 to year 2050

[Spaniard]

Here's my 1862 British India set of Victoria...1/12 Anna, 1/2 Pice, 1/4 Anna, 1/2 Anna, 2 Annas, 1/4 Rupee, 1/2 Rupee and One Rupee..

[thenickelguy]

1883 Liberty "V" Nickel w/o Cents

1883 Liberty "V" Nickel with Cents

[Sulla80]

Well - we had to get here eventually - I had to scramble to find anything relevant in this time period, fortunately this coin showed up when I checked under the cushions of the sofa. I like it for the very Roman inspired "liberty cap" on top of the flag.

 

"The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this token around 1860. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods. With the Civil War starting, Secretary of the Treasury James Dix sent a telegram to Treasury agents in Louisiana: "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." This quote is on the token’s reverse.

Obverse: U.S. flag surrounded by 13 stars. Legend: THE FLAG OF THE UNION.

Reverse: IF ANYBODY ATTEMPTS TO TEAR IT DOWN/ SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT/ DIX."

-see the Smithsonian for more on this coin

"During the Civil War, there were no metallic coins of any denomination in circulation. Tradesmen were thus forced to issue a medium that would save commerce. Many of these tokens depicted patriotic subjects. The irresponsible nature of these tokens forced Congress to pass an act in 1864, forbidding private individuals to issue any form of money."

-Source: NY Historical Society

and more on the shortage of change from ANA.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Sulla80

[DonnaML]

Since I've already posted quite a few British and French medals from this period, my one German medal deserves a turn, together with my one German coin from the period, before I figure out which British coins to post.

German Empire, Preußen, Friedrich III, AV 10 marks 1888A (Berlin Mint). Obv. Bare head of Friedrich III right, FRIEDRICH DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN; Mintmark A below / Rev. Crowned Imperial Eagle, head left, DEUTSCHES REICH 1888; beneath, 10 MARK. KM 514 [George S. Cuhaj & Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed. 2009), at p. 572]; Yeoman 118 [see Chester R. Krause & Clifford Mishler, Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (2nd ed. 1988)]. Purchased 21 Feb. 1986, Macys Herald Square, New York, NY.

German Empire, Preußen, 1897, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Erinnerungsmedaille Zentenarmedaille (Kaiser Wilhelm I Centenary Memorial Medal), issued by his grandson Wilhelm II to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1797. Gilt AE 40 mm., by Walter Schott (produced by firm of Otto Oertel). Obv. Bust of Wilhelm I right in military uniform wearing mantle and Pickelhaube; in left field in five lines, WILHELM / DER / GROSSE / DEUTSCHE / KAISER; in right field in three lines, KOENIG / VON / PREUSSEN / Rev. Symbols of royal authority in lower half of reverse, including German State Crown, orb, sword, and scepter placed upon a pillow surrounded by oak leaves; to left, an upward climbing laurel branch; above, in six lines, ZUM ANDENKEN / AN DEN / HUNDERTSTEN GEBURTSTAG / DES GROSSEN KAISERS / WILHELM I. / 1797 – 22. MAERZ – 1897 (IN MEMORY OF THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT EMPEROR WILHELM I. 1797–MARCH 22–1897). [Soldered eyelet with band ring for suspension of ribbon removed from this specimen.] Awarded to active military service members as well as surviving veterans of  First Schleswig War, Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War, and Franco-Prussian War. See https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/kaiser-wilhelm-i-erinnerungsmedaille-1897.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenary_Medal_(Prussia).

The Pickelhaube reminds me a little of my maternal grandfather's in this photo from 9 Sep 1915, taken in Cambrai in France, although his isn't nearly as elaborate, and in any event has its canvas cover on:

[DonnaML]

British Coins, 1850-1900. I quite probably have a couple of hundred British coins from this period, counting all the well-circulated bronze farthings, halfpennies, and pennies, and silver 3d, 6d, and shillings, that I managed to accumulate for decades beginning when I was about 10 -- even though I've never lived outside the USA! Unfortunately, few of them are photographed and even fewer are in presentable condition. I stopped actively collecting British "minor" coins about 20 years ago, and -- unlike with British silver crowns and gold, to a certain extent -- have never tried to pick it up again.

Victoria, 3 gold coins with Young Heads:

Victoria AV Half-Sovereign 1864 S.3860 (Rev. Crowned shield)

Victoria AV Sovereign 1872 S.3856A (Rev. Pistrucci St. George & Dragon) (Same for all sovereigns and half-sovereigns hereafter, until 2005)

Victoria AV Sovereign (Australia, Sydney) 1870 KM 4 (Rev. Crown over AUSTRALIA within wreath; SYDNEY MINT above)

Victoria, 2 gold coins with Jubilee and Old Heads (apologies for the poor photos, cropped from old photos of an entire tray):

Victoria AV Sovereign 1889 S.3866B 

Victoria AV Sovereign 1896 S.3874

Victoria AR Crown 1897, Old Head, edge LX, S. 3937

Victoria AR Halfcrown 1878, S. 3889
Victoria AR Halfcrown 1900, S. 3938

Victoria, AR Sixpence, 1860, S. 3908:

Victoria, AE Halfpenny, 1891, S. 3956

Victoria, AE Third-Farthing, 1881, S. 3960 (for use in Malta)

Edited March 16, 2023 by DonnaML

[thenickelguy]

a medal

My oldest Exposition medal and from the second country I've collect outside of the United States.

The 1862 International Exhibition, or Great London Exposition was held in South Kensington, London, on a site now occupied by the Natural History Museum. The buildings occupied 21 acres attracting about 6.1 million visitors.
Above the brick entrances of the "Industrial Buildings" on the east and west fronts were two great glass domes, each 150 feet wide and 260 feet high - at that time the largest domes ever built.

 

The exhibition was a showcase of the advances made in the industrial revolution , especially in the decade since the first Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. Among the items on display were; the electric telegraph, submarine cables, the first plastic, Parkesine , machine tools, looms and precision instruments.

The manufacture of ice by an early refrigerator caused a sensation.

The London and North Western Railway exhibited one of their express passenger locomotives, No. 531 Lady of the Lake which won a bronze medal at the exhibition and was so popular that the entire class of locomotive became known as Ladies of the Lake.

A brand new shining penny in 1862 would buy you a guide booklet.
A rare piece of ephemera, which I would like to own but that new penny today would be probably worth much more than the booklet. I'll be on the lookout for either.

[thenickelguy]

This is an advertising medal from Elgin Watch Co of Elgin Illinois which is located about 35 miles northwest of Chicago. It was made in the Exposition Building in the first year The Chicago Inter-State Exposition opened.

The Elgin National Watch Company was a major US watch maker from 1864 to 1968.

There are some with "Father Time" on one side and have serial numbers. They might have been included with a matching numbered watch at the time of sale.

1873 Elgin Watch Co.
Yellow Fever Sufferers Variety
Chicago Inter-State Exposition
R-IL-EL-9

A very similar medal exists with "Contribution to 1873 Yellow Fever Sufferers" over the watch face on the reverse.
There must be at least 9 different Elgin medals that have been cataloged related to the watch company.

This one was minted to benefit those who were affected by the "Yellow Fever" that broke out in Shreveport Louisiana in 1873. Most of the doctors and nurses there at the time were among the 759 citizens who died in an 80-day period to the epidemic, with over 400 additional victims eventually succumbing.
The total death toll from August through November was approximately 1,200.
Many were buried in a single common grave named Yellow Fever Mound.

 

It began when men who were working to remove a log jam were bitten by infected mosquitos near the small city.
Yellow fever virus is mainly transmitted through the bite of the yellow fever mosquito, but other mosquitoes such as the tiger mosquito can also serve as a vector for this virus.
Like other arboviruses, which are transmitted by mosquitoes, yellow fever virus is taken up by a female mosquito when it ingests the blood of an infected human or another primate.
When the mosquito next sucks blood, it injects its saliva into the wound, and the virus reaches the bloodstream of the bitten person.
The transmission from a female mosquito to her eggs and then larvae, are indicated. The offspring are born as carriers without having a previous blood meal and it seems to also play a role in single, sudden breakouts of the disease.

[Edessa]

The part of the New Orleans Lakefront at the foot of Canal Street where I lived for a couple of years was (of course), swamp back in the 1800's. This area was rumored to be the dumping ground for Yellow Fever victims during several of the pandemic years. I never researched the rumor as I really didn't want to know. But I was careful to never dig too deeply in the garden.

We moved out one year before the levee broke during Katrina and devasted the area.

[DonnaML]

Speaking of expositions, here's something from the right period:

[shanxi]

The fiftieth period starts - year 1900 to 1950.

 

Europe 1919-1929

Source: Wikipedia

 

For three days it is:

year 1900 to the year 1950

Edited March 16, 2023 by shanxi

[shanxi]

Republic of China
General Edition
Year: 25 (1936)
Obv: 中華民國二十五年, zhōng huá mín guó èr shí wǔ nián (Republic of China Year 25).
Bust of Sun Yat-sen
Rev: spade money, 廿分 niàn fēn (20 Fen).
Value: 20 Fen
Material: Nickel, 24.1mm, 6g
Ref.: KM Y#350

[Hughie Dwyer]

I've posted these before but here is my pre-decimal coinage. They range from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II. The vast majority fall into this period but some date into the 1800s under Queen Victoria and others were minted right up to 1967 (the final year of their production). 

[DonnaML]

1 hour ago, shanxi said:

The fiftieth period starts - year 1900 to 1950.

 

Europe 1919-1929

Source: Wikipedia

 

For two days it is:

year 1900 to the year 1950

Any chance of giving this period more than two days? It's  a lot to cover!

[Spaniard]

British India Edward VII 1907 set..

British India George V 1919 set..

British India George VI 1946 set..

British India George VI 1947 set..

British India George VI 1940 set..

 

Bahawalpur was a Princely State of British India and later Pakistan from 1802-1955. After the independance of India in 1947 Bahawalpur remained an autonomous state until 1955 when it merged with Western Pakistan....

Sadiq Mohammed Khan V

1/4 Anna 1940 Bronze Y#13
1/2 Pice 1940 Bronze Y# 12
Obverse..Bust of Sadiq Mohammed Khan V facing left wearing Fez, legend in English, AD date below.
Reverse..Toughra with crescent & star. Legend in Persian, AH date left 1359, Value, legend in English below.

British West Africa George VI 1947 set..

[shanxi]

16 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Any chance of giving this period more than two days? It's  a lot to cover!

OK, changed it to three days

[JayAg47]

1915, George V Perth Mint Sovereign.

 

[Heliodromus]

12 minutes ago, JayAg47 said:

1915, George V Perth Mint Sovereign.

Perth, Australia ? I had no idea some were made there !

[JayAg47]

23 minutes ago, Heliodromus said:

Perth, Australia ? I had no idea some were made there !

Yeah! and on the reverse if you look in between 9 and 1 you can see a P denoting Perth mint.

[ewomack]

I have too much from this area to share all of it, from my past fascination with moderns, which has waned in the past few years in favor of ancients. Still, the era produced some very nice stuff.

Japan - 1903

Japan - 1909

 

 

Japan - 1940

[Edessa]

[thenickelguy]

40 bucks

 

[Ursus]

Minted in 1913 to commemorate the centenary of Prussia's declaration of war against Napoleon on March 17, 1813:

[thenickelguy]

I have an extensive Exposition and World Fairs Collection of tickets, ephemera and medals and US commemorative coins so I would rather not go crazy posting and hi-jacking the thread with that stuff but I will post this one I like a lot and a couple others.

1915 - 1916 Panama-California Exposition So-called Dollar San Diego

Scarce 1916 Date

 

The Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego, California during 1915 and 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. Although not as well-known as the Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco during 1915, the Panama-California Exposition was well attended.

Official medals were produced for the exposition and struck at the United States Mint exhibit on the fair grounds. These official medals were designed by C.K. Berryman, then a cartoonist for the Washington Star, and were engraved by Charles Barber.
The medals feature the very popular obverse design of Uncle Sam with his shovel lying across the Panama Canal. The reverse design of the first ship to pass through the Panama Canal, the S.S. Anson.

 

The 1916 dated medals from the Pan-CA Expo are considerably more rare than the 1915 dated examples.

 

There appears to be 6 variations known, all are 34mm.
Obv. Full figure of Uncle Sam part pick in right hand over right shoulder, shovel in left hand, two Continents in background and handle of shovel lies across Canal--all within center circle; outside around Panama California Exposition San Diego 1915.
Rev. Ship passing through Canal, above Official Souvenir; above around Panama Canal Opened by S.S. Ancon; below ship Aug. 15. 1914
HK-426 Silver.
HK-427 Bronze.
HK-428 Gilt.

Panama California Exposition San Diego 1916
HK-429 Silver-plate but Obv. date is 1916.
HK-430 Bronze, Obv. date 1916.
HK-431 Gilt, Obv. date 1916

 

 

_________________________

Not to be confused with the other Exposition of the same time.

1915 PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION "Exposition State" SO-CALLED DOLLAR San Francisco

This is a quite scarce "So-Called Dollar" or Medal from the "Panama-Pacific Exposition" of 1915. It was held in San Francisco, California to mark the opening of the Panama Canal. Called an "Exposition State Dollar" in the So-Called Dollar Book, it is listed there as Rarity 5. (76 to 200 pieces thought to exist).

16.32 Grams 35mm. Gilt Brass.
"So-Called Dollars" by Harold E. Hibler and Charles V. Kappen. #414

( I don't see much "Gilt" on this SCD here in the image and don't know why? )  

1915 Panama-Pacific  Exposition San Francisco Day Ticket Portion

This is the center portion, a souvenir stub now, but when purchased and presented for admission, it would have had an "I PAID" portion on one end and an "Exhibitors Gift Coupon" on the other. Still, this is a very nice souvenir which isn't seen for sale very often.

The Palace of Fine Arts appears on the front of this souvenir ticket.
While most of the exposition was demolished when the exposition ended, the Palace was so beloved that a Palace Preservation League, founded by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, was founded while the fair was still in progress.
For a time the Palace housed a continuous art exhibit, and during the Great Depression, W.P.A. artists were commissioned to replace the decayed Robert Reid murals on the ceiling of the rotunda.
From 1934 to 1942 the exhibition hall was home to eighteen lighted tennis courts.
During World War II it was requisitioned by the military for storage of trucks and jeeps.
At the end of the war, when the United Nations was created in San Francisco, limousines used by the world's statesmen came from a motor pool there.
From 1947 on the hall was put to various uses: as a city Park Department warehouse; as a telephone book distribution center; as a flag and tent storage depot; and even as temporary Fire Department headquarters.
While the Palace had been saved from demolition, its structure was not stable. Originally intended to only stand for the duration of the Exhibition, the colonnade and rotunda were not built of durable materials, and thus framed in wood and then covered with staff, a mixture of plaster and burlap-type fiber. As a result of the construction and vandalism, by the 1950s the simulated ruin was in fact a crumbling ruin.

In 1964, the original Palace was completely demolished, with only the steel structure of the exhibit hall left standing. The buildings were then reconstructed in permanent, light-weight, poured-in-place concrete, and steel I-beams were hoisted into place for the dome of the rotunda. All the decorations and sculpture were constructed anew. The only changes were the absence of the murals in the dome, two end pylons of the colonnade, and the original ornamentation of the exhibit hall.
One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is still situated on its original site.
It was rebuilt in 1965, and renovation of the lagoon, walkways, and a seismic retrofit were completed in early 2009.

U.S.S. Ohio passing through the Panama Canal on July 16, 1915. The ship is passing the Cucaracha Slide, in the Culebra Cut, the eight mile long gorge carved through the continental divide.

Edited March 16, 2023 by thenickelguy
Had to get my ships together

[DonnaML]

For 1900-1950, I'll start with Germany and France, and then figure out what I can post for the UK (based mostly on whether I feel like taking any new photos).

Germany - Coins:

GERMAN EMPIRE, Preußen. Wilhelm II, AV 10 Marks 1912, Berlin Mint. Obv. Bare head of Wilhelm II right, WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN; Mintmark A below / Rev. Crowned Imperial Eagle, head left, DEUTSCHES REICH 1912; beneath, 10 MARK. 19 mm, 4.00 g, 12 h. Jaeger 251 [Jaeger, Kurt, Die deutschen Münzen seit 1871 (22nd ed., Regenstauf 2011)]; KM 520 [George S. Cuhaj & Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed. 2009), at p. 572]; Yeoman 123a [see Chester R. Krause & Clifford Mishler, Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (2nd ed. 1988), at p. 255]; Friedberg 87 [Robert Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World (5th ed. 1980)]. Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 22, 21 Aug. 2022, Lot 1367; ex collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021) (see https://coinsweekly.com/whoswho-sammler/blaschegg-dr-med-max-1930-2021/ ), with collector's ticket. [Final year of issue for this type.]

Three Silver Coins:

German Empire, Prussia, AR 5 Marks 1903A, Berlin. Obv. Wilhelm II, Bare head right, WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, mint mark A beneath bust / Rev. Crowned Imperial eagle with shield on breast, DEUTSCHES REICH 1903 above, * FÜNF MARK * beneath / Edge: GOTT MIT UNS. 38.1 mm., 27.8 g. KM 523.

German Empire, Prussia, AR 3 Marks 1912A, Berlin. Obv. Wilhelm II, Bare head right, WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, mint mark A beneath bust / Rev. Crowned Imperial eagle with shield on breast, DEUTSCHES REICH 1912 above, * DREI MARK * beneath / Edge: GOTT MIT UNS. 33 mm., 16.7 g. KM 527.

German Empire, Prussia, AR 2 Marks 1901, Berlin, Commemorative Issue (200 Years of Kingdom of Prussia). Obv. Conjoined busts left of Friedrich I, laureate, and Wilhelm II, helmeted with eagle atop helmet, +FRIEDRICH·I·1701· WILHELM·II·1901· / Rev. Crowned Imperial eagle with shield on breast, DEUTSCHES REICH 1901 above, * ZWEI MARK * beneath. 28 mm., 11.1 g. KM 525.

Germany - Medals:

GERMANY, German Empire, 1908, gilt AE Medal honoring Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) on his 70th birthday. Obv. Bust of Graf von Zeppelin facing slightly right, * GRAF FERD. V. ZEPPELIN * around, GEB. 1838 beneath bust / Rev. Zeppelin LZ 4 flying right over Lake Constance; steamship in lake; Alps in background; GLÜCK AB! GUT LAND! | 1908 in two lines above. Loop at 12:00. 29 mm, 8.44 g., 12 h. Reference: Kaiser 267 [Kaiser, H., Medaillen, Plaketten, Abzeichen der deutschen Luftfahrt 1789-1990, Ballonfahrt, Luft- und schiffahrt, Raufahrt (1998)].

GERMANY, German Empire, Berlin 1916. “So-Called United States ‘Neutrality’" Medal, cast FE (73 mm, 81.2 g, 12 h). By Hans Lindl. Dually dated 1914 and 1916. Obv. OHNE FLEISS KEINEN PREIS (Without diligence no reward), half-length figure of Woodrow Wilson facing sitting at desk, writing in ledger and holding bag of money inscribed 10000000; LINDL to left; WILSON IM WELTKRIEG/ALS EIFRIGER NOTEN/SCHREIBER (Wilson in the world war as an eager note writer) in three lines / Rev. NEUTRALITÄT – U. – GERECHTIGKEIT (Neutrality and Justice), nude and emaciated Justice, blindfolded, standing facing; behind, skeleton (Death) holding scales with pans marked D · (for Deutschland) and E · (for England); pans hold Prussian eagle and English bulldog, respectively; Death puts his finger on scales to make them tip toward the bulldog; 1914 - 1916 in exergue. Art of Devastation 74 [Patricia Phagan & Peter Van Alfen, The Art of Devastation: Medallic Art and Posters of the Great War (ANS 2017)]; see http://numismatics.org/aod/id/7513.12914.3 for this medal. 

France - Gold

France, Third Republic, AV (.900 fineness) 10 Francs, 1911, Paris Mint. Obv. Laureate bust of Marianne right, wearing oak-wreath encircling Phrygian cap (cap of liberty), REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE around, initials J.C.C. in lower right field [for engraver Jules-Clément Chaplain] / Rev. Gallic rooster walking left in meadow of flowers, LIBERTE·EGALITE·FRATERNITE around, 10 - Fcs across fields; in exergue, 1911 flanked by privy marks of cornucopiae to left and torch to right (the marks of the Mint Director [for period 1901-date] and Chief Engraver [for period 1896-1930], respectively). 19 mm., 3.2 g. Gadoury 1017, KM (Krause-Mishler) 846, Yeoman 65.

France - Medals

France 1906, silvered AE plaque by Paul Vannier, 49 x 70 mm., issued for the 1906 "Intercalated" Olympic Games in Athens.  Obv. Athlete stands holding a sword, laurel branch, and victory wreath in right hand, and a shield in left hand; in foreground the Athens Olympic Stadium with crowd; in background the Acropolis, with rising sun/ Rev. Winged angel holding trumpet in left hand to proclaim the victor and and a laurel branch in right hand, flying over an olive grove near the Acropolis; space for inscribing name of participating athlete.

France ca. 1920. Nude woman eating grapes[?], by Georges Crouzat.

France 1922, L'Enfant aux Roses, by Ovide Yencesse (1869-1947). Silvered AE, 55 x 33 mm. Maier 196 (ill. p. 245) [Nicolas Maier, French Medallic Art 1870-1940 (Munich 2010)]; see also Mark Jones, The Art of the Medal (British Museum 1979), at pp. 124 & 127 & ill. no. 334a-b at p. 126.

France ca. 1920, Paris Mint, Aviation, AE Art Deco medal  by Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939). Obv. Wind bride with plaited hair standing nude on left leg at edge of mountain pinnacle with right knee bent upward, attaching wing to her right ankle; in left field, FERIAM SIDERA* in two lines; in right field, MCMXX; at rim at 5:00, M. DAMMANN / Rev: Two fledglings in stork's nest at left atop mountain pinnacle; to right, parents hover in air nearby, encouraging them to fly / Edge: Lettering: BRONZE; Engraver’s Mark: Torch or Cornucopia[?]. 90 mm., 226.8 g. CGMP [Catalogue général illustré des éditions de la Monnaie de Paris] Vol. 3 (1871-1945), p. 115. Purchased from Noonans, Auction 264, 16 Nov. 2022, Lot 916; ex Collection of Art Medals formed by Dr.. Edith Greenwood (d. 1987).

* The quotation "Feriam Sidera" ("[I] will touch the stars") was taken from by Dammann from Horace, who ended his first ode, to Maecenas, 35-36: "Quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseres, sublimi feriam sidera vertice" ("Yet if you join me with the lyrical singers, I will lift my head to the stars").

France 1927, Paris Mint, “Télégraphie sans Fil” (Wireless), AE medal  by Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939). Obv: Iris (in Greek mythology, the personification of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods), holding a caduceus, travels through the sky, zodiac signs behind her / Rev: A stylized microphone or transmitter enclosing the Earth emits wavelengths through a starry sky, TSF below (Telégraphie Sans Fil) / Edge: Lettering: BRONZE; Engraver’s Mark: Torch or Cornucopia[?]. 68 mm., 137.2 g. CGMP [Catalogue général illustré des éditions de la Monnaie de Paris] Vol. 3 (1871-1945), 116A. See also Mark Jones, The Art of the Medal (British Museum 1979), at pp. 155-156 & ill. no. 423; https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O89899/wireless-medal-dammann-paul-marcel/. Purchased from Charles Riley, Feb. 2022.

France 1932, Paris Mint, 25th anniversary of the Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité [C.P.D.E.] (the Parisian Electric Distribution Company), AE Medal by Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939).   Obv. Personification of electricity (woman’s head, facing, with rays of the sun emanating from her) / Rev.woman bestowing light on the Parisian skyline, C-P-D-E MCMVII / Edge: Lettering: BRONZE; Chief Engraver’s Mark: Wing? (triangular).  65 mm., 115.1 grams. Maier 319 (ill. p. 340). [Nicolas Maier, French Medallic Art 1870-1940 (Munich 2010)].

The three Dammann medals together:

France 1935, Paris Mint, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Normandie Ocean Liner Inaugural Voyage Medal, Le Havre to New York, by Jean Vernon (1897-1975). AE 68 mm., 145.5 g., in original circular cardboard case.  Obv. Standing female figure in high relief with head left and arms raised, holding in left hand the bridle and reins of a hippocamp (Sea Horse), rearing left above waves, whom she has just freed; below to left, ‘NORMANDIE’; to right, Jean Vernon / Rev. The Normandie at sea, three-quarters left, under steam, in high relief; above, ‘NORMANDIE’ • 79280 TX [referring to ship’s then-world record tonnage]; in exergue, in four lines, CIE GLE [Compagnie Générale] TRANSATLANTIQVE - French Line - LE HAVRE • NEW • YORK – 1935 / Edge: Lettering: BRONZE; Engraver’s Mark: Cornucopia of Paris Mint. Maier 333 (ill. p. 353) [Nicolas Maier, French Medallic Art 1870-1940 (Munich 2010)]. Purchased Dec. 2022 from Hedley Betts.

The top of the original cardboard case:

My shelf of French Art Deco medals where I currently keep them, above a display case of seashells. (Say that six times fast, by the seashore!) I know they'll get dusty if I keep them there, but I don't really have room in any of my display cases.

Edited March 16, 2023 by DonnaML

[Spaniard]

British India, Victoria,

One Rupee 1901 C/I-C incuse.