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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 2, 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
1549 Edward VI Half-sovereign 
Edward VI (1547-53), Second period, January 1549 – April 1550, Half-sovereign, Tower mint, mintmark arrow (1549), uncrowned bust right, rosette stops, legend surrounds, SCVTUM FIDEI PROTEGET EVM. Rev, crowned quartered garnished shield of arms, E and R flanking either side all within inner linear beaded circle. Legend reads EDWARD VI DG AGL FRA Z HIB REX, 5.32 (S.2435; N.1908; Schneider 670 variation with rev stops). Light reddish toning complimenting the intrinsic Gold, an underlying mint bloom also visible. Portrait pleasing, with clear fields both sides. Good very fine, rare. From the Baldwin's upcoming auction. -Editor
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The Henry Medal 
Smithsonian Institution Henry medal awarded in May of 1981 to William A.M. Burden (William Armistead Moale Burden Jr., New York, 1906-1984), who served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium (1959-1901), President of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, medal in bronze approx 2.5" diameter, 4.43oz, housed in small presentation box **Note: The Henry Medal recognizes contributions to the Smithsonian Institution in the fields of art, science, education. It is named for Joseph H. Henry (1797-1878), the first Smithsonian Secretary.** Start Price: $60.00 I wasn't familiar with this medal. -Editor
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1823 Australian Promissory Note Four Spanish Dollars 
1823 Van Diemen's Land 4 Spanish Dollars Promissory Note Lempreire Good This is an intact example of the most used paper currency in colonial Australia. Coins were extremely scarce in colonial Australia, so to help grease the wheels of daily trade, paper currency notes for equivalent amounts were issued by many merchants across New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land right up until the late 1820's. Solid British gold, silver and copper coins (known in the day as "sterling") were trusted far more in daily business than the often-flimsy paper currency notes, so many of the colonists that had been born in Britain took to referring to themselves as "sterling", and at the same time contemptuously referred to native-born colonists as "currency", the inference being that anyone born on the Australian continent was inferior, and not to be trusted! Elsewhere in this issue, Andrew Crellin's article discusses early Australian government-issued notes; I noticed this private issue in his Sterling & Currency website stock. I've always had a soft spot for banknotes referencing the coins they represent. -Editor
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"Commerative Copper Medalions" 
Something odd I came across this week - "Commerative Copper Medalions" in simultude of U.S. coins. Is anyone familiar with these products of the Golden State Mint? NOTE: the amusing misspelling is from an auction seller's description, not the manufacturer. -Editor
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