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🪷Did you know that medals were also crafted for religious purposes and commemoration?Very surprised to find a medal cele...
11/02/2024

🪷Did you know that medals were also crafted for religious purposes and commemoration?

Very surprised to find a medal celebrating the founding of a four-hundred-years-old temple in Kyoto, Japan.

🇯🇵 Featuring a Buddhist nun and two symbolized phoenixes on the obverse, this medal was minted in 1932.

Founded in 1619, Chion-In Temple can be easily reached today via a 20-minute taxi ride from Kyoto station.

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🐲Step into the Lunar New Year - the Zodiac Year of the Dragon - with a dragon medal! This medal was made for the Colonia...
08/02/2024

🐲Step into the Lunar New Year - the Zodiac Year of the Dragon - with a dragon medal!

This medal was made for the Colonial Exposition of 1931 in Paris. “Empire D’ Annam” (present day Vietnam) was a French protectorate from 1887 till 1948.

🥢 The medal obverse features an Annamese Dignitary, with an attire that was heavily influenced by Chinese court culture.

There were quite a number of traditions that the Annamese court adopted from imperial China. This included the use of imperial exams to seek talents to serve in court and the use of dragon motifs to symbolize royalty.

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🔫⚓️ Ever wondered how the term “gunboat diplomacy” was originated?According to Wikipedia, this term comes from the ninet...
30/01/2024

🔫⚓️ Ever wondered how the term “gunboat diplomacy” was originated?

According to Wikipedia, this term comes from the nineteenth century period of imperialism when military might, usually naval forces, were used to intimidate to obtain objectives.

🪦This medal from the Paris Mint commemorates the death of Admiral Courbet in 1885.

He took part in the conquest of Tonkin (part of northern Vietnam including Hanoi today) and died during a naval campaign near Taiwan.

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🦘 Did James Cook really discover Australia and New Zealand?According to Wikipedia, Cook achieved the “first recorded Eur...
16/01/2024

🦘 Did James Cook really discover Australia and New Zealand?

According to Wikipedia, Cook achieved the “first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia” and “first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand”.

This medal was commissioned shortly after Cook’s death in January 1780 by the Royal Society of Great Britain.

☝️According to the National Museum of Australia, a total of 22 gold medals, 322 silver medals, and 577 bronzed medals were created.

This medal in our collection is the only piece in the PCGS population and graded as a specimen at SP58.

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⛵️How many battle ships can you engrave onto a 1.2inch / 31mm medal?This medal’s reverse shows the Battle of Manila Bay ...
14/01/2024

⛵️How many battle ships can you engrave onto a 1.2inch / 31mm medal?

This medal’s reverse shows the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 with a total of 15 ships.

A commemorative medal celebrating Admiral George Dewey’s victory of the US Navy over the Spanish Fleet in the Philippines.

📍The US victory marked the changing of hands from Spanish colonial rule to US rule over the Philippines until 1946.

Fairly scarce piece with only one in NGC population and graded at MS63.

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🀄️The imperial Qing empire actually hosted an international trade fair in China before its collapse in 1912. Held in Nan...
14/01/2024

🀄️The imperial Qing empire actually hosted an international trade fair in China before its collapse in 1912.

Held in Nanking in 1910, the Nanyang Exposition showcased nearly a million trade items and had over 300,000 visitors.

International participation came from France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States.

🐲 The medal’s obverse showcases the exposition’s entrance, surrounded by imperial dragons on both sides.

This is the only graded piece in the PCGS population and is graded at MS61. Quite a cool piece.

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🎌 It’s pretty amazing to find the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate emblem on any 19th century medals. This medal was minted i...
14/01/2024

🎌 It’s pretty amazing to find the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate emblem on any 19th century medals.

This medal was minted in 1862 to mark the diplomatic visit by the Japanese delegation to the Netherlands.

⚔️ The Shogunate fell shortly after in 1868 as a result of the Boshin war to restore imperial rule under Emperor Meiji.

Obverse with crowned coat-of-arms of the Netherlands and the Shogunate emblem.

Fairly scarce specimen graded by PCGS at MS63.
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🇭🇰Ever wondered when the island of Hong Kong was ceded to the British?This rare bronze medal explicitly commemorates the...
14/01/2024

🇭🇰Ever wondered when the island of Hong Kong was ceded to the British?

This rare bronze medal explicitly commemorates the Treaty of Nanking after the “First O***m War” in 1842 when Hong Kong was ceded.

Reverse inscribed with “ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM” in Latin which translates as “To Demand Peace by Dint of Arms”.

🪙 Designed by famed engraver William Wyon, who was the official Chief Engraver at the British Royal Mint from 1828 till his death in 1851.

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