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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MARCH 19, 2017Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor
American Legion School Award Medal
  Since we've discussed American Legion School Award medals before, this one caught my eye when I saw it this week. -Editor
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U.S. Mint Bicentennial Bronze Medal
  Description: United States Mint Bicentennial Bronze Medal 3" (721) This one was a real team effort - the obverse is credited to Son Miller and Frank Gasparro, and the reverse to Lauren Vaughan and Tom Rogers. Anyway, I thought it was appropriate
given the imminent publication of the new book 1792: Birth of a Nation's Coinage (stay tuned for more information!)! -Editor
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Bar Mitzvah Gold Medal
  Bar Mitzvah - Three Gold Medals Set.
Gold 750.
I don't think I've come across a bar mitzvah medal before. Are these common gifts? -Editor
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Loubat's Medallic History of the U.S.
  1880-Dated, Folio Size Book, “The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876” by J.F. Loubat with 170 Engravings by Jules Jacquemart, 2 Volumes, About Very Fine. This is the original, folio size, Deluxe Edition of Loubat’s work on early United States Medals. Each volume measures 14.5” x 10.5” and is printed on paper specially prepared in France for this work. The text volume, containing 478 pages, plus a 69 page introduction, was privately printed in New York, while the plate volume, containing 16 pages plus 86 full page plates -- each illustrating only one medal -- was printed in France. This work was copyrighted in 1878, but the printed date on the title page is 1880. Loubat chose 86 American medals which he considered the most significant, and devoted this work to those medals, not only describing them, but also publishing documents related to the medals. Among the medals shown is the 1792 oval George Washington Indian Peace Medal; the Daniel Morgan Battle of Cowpens Medal; the Anthony Wayne Stony Point Medal; and the 1776 George Washington “Boston Retaken” Medal. This was one of the pioneering works in American numismatics, and original copies are rare today. This set is ex-library, with the usual library markings, and has a library rebinding using the original dark orange covers, which contain the title in gold lettering, and are well worn along the edges and corners. The contents, however, are in excellent condition, and thanks to the special paper, are not foxed. A fabulous piece of American numismatic publishing. (2 books). A classic work on American numismatics. -Editor
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Banco Central de Guatemala Specimen Note
 WORLD BANKNOTES, Guatemala, Banco Central, One Hundred Quetzales, 7 July 1926, A 000000, De la Rue stamp at lower right, specimen stamp at lower left (Pick 10s). A rare specimen note, with serial number A000000. -Editor
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Northern Ireland Belfast Banking Co Twenty Pounds
 BRITISH BANKNOTES, Belfast Banking Co Ltd: Northern Ireland, Twenty Pounds, 3 February 1943, E 4058, signature of A. Wales (BB 79; Pick 129c) Maybe it was the color of the denomination that stood out for me here. Scarce WWI note. -Editor
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