JackInFlorida
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There is a spot that I have been going to every few months for the past year. I have another post with a silver spoon from early 1900's that I found there. I know there is history there.
Today I was digging up the usual plethora of pop tops and fishing weights. I had one hole that had 5 targets in it. 4 pop tops and this medallion. I couldn't read it, knew it looked copper, so didn't worry about it until I got home. After rinsing, I still couldn't read it. My lovely bride had the idea of doing some rubbings of it and we could read a couple of words and the year 1889.
With the rubbings, I did some searching and found that this was a Medallion Awarded to NJ Schloss & Co. at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 (When the Eiffel Tower was built).
I found an exact picture of the medallion on this coin dealer site:
http://www.lioncoins.com/frames/ribbon.htm
For all those people that ask "What are you looking for?" Well, this is a pretty good example.
Jack
Today I was digging up the usual plethora of pop tops and fishing weights. I had one hole that had 5 targets in it. 4 pop tops and this medallion. I couldn't read it, knew it looked copper, so didn't worry about it until I got home. After rinsing, I still couldn't read it. My lovely bride had the idea of doing some rubbings of it and we could read a couple of words and the year 1889.
With the rubbings, I did some searching and found that this was a Medallion Awarded to NJ Schloss & Co. at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 (When the Eiffel Tower was built).
I found an exact picture of the medallion on this coin dealer site:
http://www.lioncoins.com/frames/ribbon.htm
For all those people that ask "What are you looking for?" Well, this is a pretty good example.
Jack
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