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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: SEPTEMBER 17, 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
1746 Lucerne Merit Medal in Gold  Switzerland / Switzerland Lucerne 1746 Merit Medal Gold only known in silver by J. Brupacher. Two lying, wild men with sword and palm branch hold the crowned city-label, decorated with palm and laurel branches, on decorated cartouche / city view, above it Madonna and Child enthroned on clouds and putto with laurel wreath. Wiel. 166, Haller 1090, SM 816. 39 mm, 34.5 g. Of the greatest rare specimen with fine tint, excellent. It is an unknown gold strike The "Wild Man" talers are an interesting series and this "Wild Man" medal is something I hadn't seen before. The elaborate and intricate scenes are common for
coins and medals of the day. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1921 Belgium Socialist Newspaper Token   Description: One 1921 Belgium Ghent Token 5 Francs Socialist Newspaper. Anyone starting a collection of socialist newspaper tokens? -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: General Motors Pontiac Medal   Description: PONTIAC GENERAL MOTORS MEDAL To read the complete lot description, see: I hadn't seen this piece before. When was it made? 1950s? I know the name Pontiac comes from the Indian Chief, but what does "Chief of the Sixes" mean? Six-cylinder
engines? I located the following listing online. -Editor
This pocket token was minted for Pontiac by the renowned advertising company Whitehead & Hoag of Newark City, NJ. It features the Indian Head Pontiac logo with the ‘Pontiac' and ‘Chief of the Sixes' on the front side and ‘Product of General Motors' on the back. At bottom of the back are the letters W & W Co. U.S.A., probably designating the designer. The slogan Chief of the Sixes was first used in 1926 and the slogan was a stamped on the company's Indian Head grille emblems used from 1926-1929. This token was actually coined about 1953. More were struck until 1956 when Pontiac launched its first V8 engine and car buyers turned their attention from six cylinders to the more beefy V8 motors. That's "W & H" for Whitehead & Hoag. -Editor
To read the complete item description, see: Frisco S & M Theatre Token   Description: FRISCO S & M THEATRE TOKEN Video arcade token? Peep shows? -Editor
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