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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: MAY 14, 2023Here'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
1799 New York Associate Church Communion Token 
New York--New York. 1799 Associate Church Communion Token. Lead or Pewter, Cast. Plain Edge. Very Fine. 23.5 mm x 17.5 mm, oval. Obv: Inscription ASSOCIATE / CHURCH within plain border. Rev: Inscription N. YORK with date 1799 below. Dominant pewter-gray coloration with a few splashes of deeper steel-russet on the obverse. A casting flaw at 12 o'clock on the reverse is as made, as is another shallower flaw in the left field on that side. An appealing token and quite rare. Indeed, quite rare. From the June 2023 Stack's Bowers Numismatic Americana sale. -Editor
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Anti-Hitler Piggy Bank 
WWII Anti-Hitler Propaganda Piggy Bank "Save for Victory. Make Him Squeal"; c. 1942; Paper Mache; 5" x 5" x 7"; Note: no bottom Cool item. I'd never seen one of these before. Interesting. -Editor
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1978 New York Medal 
I was unfamiliar with this medal in the offerings of Hedley Betts. Great obverse, although I don't understand what the reverse is trying to represent - it looks like a highway interchange, but overlaid over buildings. A statement on automobile culture, perhaps? I found the linked article with a little more information on Thérèse Dufresne. -Editor
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