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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JUNE 11, 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
Templar Token Breisch & Gesellschaft
  Description: ¼ Piaster token, of a Templar-owned company. Obverse: "B & G" (Breisch & Gesellschaft) with a five-spoked gear bellow. Reverse: denomination. Rare token, unknown to Haffner. The tokens listed in Haffner have the obverse as "B & C" for Breisch and Company. Diameter: 20 mm. VF condition. To read the complete lot description, see:
Palestine Railways Token
  Description: Palestine Railways Token, 1 Piaster. The token was used by British officials of the Palestine Railways. Obverse: the initials "PR" (Palestine Railways). No serial number. Obverse: the initials "PR" with a design on the bottom. Diameter: 29 mm. VF condition. Thinner than other tokens of its type. Unusual edge. Rare. Only very few copies are known worldwide Ugly-looking piece, but evidently quite a rarity. That's the challenge of collecting tokens. -Editor
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1917 U.S. Mexico Border Medal
  Here's a timely item - a U.S.-Mexican Border medal. It says, in English, "FOR SERVICE ON THE MEXICAN BORDER", so I assume it was something given to U.S. border patrol
officers. Does anyone have more information on these? -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
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