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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 2, 2017
Here'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
1900 Mafeking Siege Note and Voucher 
Mafeking Siege 10s banknote and 2s voucher, 10s with folds otherwise fine, 2s creased, toned and backed on paper
Siege currency is a fascinating topic - emergency money created for use during wartime. Most such items are metallic but some, like these, are made of paper. The Siege of Mafeking was a long battle in the Second Boer War in South Africa.
-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
Circa 1900 Dr. Pepper Good-For Token 
1.5" made of aluminum. Text on one side is "Good For A Drink Of Dr. Pepper At Any Fountain Dispensing Same/The Dr. Pepper Co. Dallas, Texas." This side has a small bit of slightly darker tarnish showing in certain reflective light angles. Opposite side is without this tarnish and reads "Drink Dr. Pepper The Ideal Beverage/Healthful-Refreshing/All Fountains 5¢". Fine-VF.
We discussed numismatic uses of aluminum in recent issues. Here's another aluminum token, this one for the soft drink Dr. Pepper - "The Ideal Beverage".
-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
1972 Munich Olympics Gold Medal 
Cased Gold First Place Winner's Medal Awarded for Swimming, 400m metre individual medley event. Medal is gold-plated over silver or silver gilt, diameter 66mm, thickness 4.2 mm and weight 175 grams, showing event name “Schwimmen 400m lagen Herren” and winner “Larsson Gunnar” engraved on the edge, plus gold plated chain, all presented in plastic presentation case lined with velvet and gold coloured edging showing Olympic logo,, designed by Gerhard Marcks and Giuseppe Cassioli
A great classically-styled obverse paired with a curious reverse. Would anyone have a documented contemporary reference explaining just what the reverse represents?
-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
To read a related earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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