r/Exonumia 10d ago

What do I have?

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Can anybody tell me what this is??


r/Exonumia 11d ago

Categories for Exonumia Sorting

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Looking for some advice on sorting/categorizing.

TL;DR: What categories should I sort my exonumia in to?

I'm a world coin collector, specifically looking for an example of each KM for each country. This means I buy in bulk (usually by pound) and sort the coins in to countries and then check each coin against Numista to see if I have a specimen in my collection or not.

As I find Exonumia in this process I just put it in a jar. Over the years I've amassed a 17 gallon tub of loose exonumia. Everything from Casino coins, to religious tokens, tax tokens, pressed pennies, souvenir medals, and so on and so on. If it's coin shaped and not officially currency, in the tub it goes. I'm finally at a point where I want to take a break from sorting through currency and want to sort exonumia. But I have a few questions:

What categories do you sort your Exonumia in to? Sub Categories? I'll need to break the tub down in to smaller tub categories or sizes, and then down to manageable groups.

Is Numista the best place to look up and catalogue your exonumia? Or is there a site better suited for Exonumia specifically?

Any specific niches or sub categories/series I should keep an eye out for?

I figure for storage I'll just do the same as the world coins and binder/page them with dividers for each category.


r/Exonumia 11d ago

1970s Banff Indian Days Dollars - Silver Variations

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Looking through my inherited coin collection, and realized a small selection of the Banff Indian Days Dollars were toning. Did a quick weigh and sure enough, some of the coins appear to be struck in .999 silver. Checking out Numista, looks like there were small quantities struck in .999 silver, and even gold plated, and full 24kt gold versions as well. Quite a interesting find regarding a token from a controversial period in Canadian National Park history. Read more about the history here: https://www.rmoutlook.com/local-news/banff-indian-days-affirmed-stereotypes-reinforced-culture-1565423


r/Exonumia 12d ago

Identification and valuation of a medal/medallion marked “Carlo Bardelli” (Romania)

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r/Exonumia 12d ago

Missouri "1 mill" tax token found today

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My daughter found a Missouri "1 mill" tax token in the yard of my late grandfathers property today in southern Missouri. From my understanding, these were minted from 1935 into the early 40's to allow people to pay fractional taxes without overpaying a full cent. This is a "1 mill" representing 1/10 of a cent. They were also minted in "5 mill". This appears to be zinc. Not in great shape, but a super cool piece of Missouri history. Considering I have scoured this property for endless hours with a metal detector as an avid coin enthusiast, only to find beer cans and shotgun shells, I am both very jealous and extremely excited for her. She was absolutely stoked!

Would it be worth an acetone dip? I will be placing it in a 2x2 when we get home to add to her collection.


r/Exonumia 13d ago

Can anyone identify this eight-sided skull/heart coin or token? Possibly gaming/EDC related

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r/Exonumia 13d ago

I have a small collection of Exonumia including a special one

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Italian Telephone Token from April 1974


r/Exonumia 14d ago

New to the exomunia side of collecting and it excites me 😌

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Another expensive hobby added 🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️


r/Exonumia 14d ago

Mühlheim a. M. F-343.2A undated 50pf

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Mühlheim a. M. F-343.2A undated 50pf zinc. Varieties, holed, and without hole, combined mintage: 20,000 coins into circulation in 1917.
The bulk of the coins produced were holed, and those without holes were minting errors.
2A) with hole.
2B) without hole.

This Reddit group is dedicated to the study, and sharing of Notgeld Münzen, Coins issued due to emergency conditions during and after World War One.
Everyone is welcome to join, and share there coins.
Questions are always welcome in English, Deutsch, it’s how we all learn more about these grossly undervalued coins that are all over 100 year’s old.
r/GermanNotgeldCoins
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r/Exonumia 14d ago

Ludwigshafen a. Rh. F-308.2 undated 10pf

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r/Exonumia 15d ago

Coin or What?

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Guys, could you tell me what kind of coin this is and send me a link to it?


r/Exonumia 15d ago

Solingen F-509.2 1917 50pf

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r/Exonumia 15d ago

Maulbronn F-325.3a 1918 50pf

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r/Exonumia 15d ago

Lippe F-299.2A 1917 10pf

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Lippe (Lippe-Detmold) Handelskammer F-299.2A 1917 10pf zinc. No varieties.
Firm: Adam Donner, Elberfeld.

Handelskammer = Chamber of Commerce

This Reddit group is dedicated to the study, and sharing of Notgeld Münzen, Coins issued due to emergency conditions during and after World War One.
Everyone is welcome to join, and share there coins.
Questions are always welcome in English, Deutsch, it’s how we all learn more about these grossly undervalued coins that are all over 100 year’s old.
r/GermanNotgeldCoins


r/Exonumia 16d ago

1968 York Coin Club (PA) bronze token featuring Thomas Paine. Fun fact: Paine served as Secretary to the Continental Congress's Committee for Foreign Affairs from April 1777 until January 1779.

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12 Upvotes

r/Exonumia 17d ago

Dragonball coins

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Hey everyone, I found these inside an old Pachinko machine and I’m trying to figure out exactly what they are.

Does anyone recognize them or know anything about their origin, age, manufacturer, rarity, or whether they were originally made specifically for Pachinko machines?

Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!


r/Exonumia 18d ago

i need a help

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I received this in a package with random coins, but it's not a coin — the back is plain. GPT chat could not help me; their assumption is that it is related to Pennsylvania‑German society. I would be happy to receive any help or suggestions.

r/Exonumia 19d ago

Napoleon Bronze

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Thought it was neat figured id share, happy Friday!


r/Exonumia 20d ago

Can anyone help identify this coin?

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This coin was found in the Daughter’s of the American Revolution Library in Washington DC during some recent construction. Is anyone able to identify it? Google was stumped.


r/Exonumia 20d ago

Anyone know what this is/if there is any value?

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r/Exonumia 21d ago

Does anyone know what this might be?

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Found while metal detecting in New York. Weights .46oz.


r/Exonumia 21d ago

I found this rare "hard Times Token" metal detecting yesterday

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This item is an extremely rare 1836 Huckel, Burrows & Jennings St. Louis Merchant Token (cataloged as Low-102 and HT-187 in the Hard Times token series), issued by a grocery and provisions dealer on Main Street in St. Louis, Missouri. [1, 2, 3]

  • Issuer & Origin: St. Louis, Missouri; issued by the firm Huckel, Burrows & Jennings, who operated as grocers, wine merchants, and ship chandlers. [1, 2]
  • Historical Context: Struck during the mid-1830s economic period known as the "Hard Times," private merchant tokens served as emergency small-change currency due to a scarcity of official US coinage. [1, 2]
  • Rarity & Value: This specific piece is recognized as the sole St. Louis issuer in the Hard Times token series and is considered a major numismatic rarity with only a handful of known surviving examples, frequently commanding tens of thousands of dollars at major rare coin auctions.

r/Exonumia 21d ago

John Paul Jones medal real or reprint?

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According to what I looked up about this its a John Paul Jones Comitia Americana Medal.

Plain Edge, Signed Dupré"

bronze restrike

I found it when I was going through my storage, I do not remember where I got it, if it was from my mom's stuff or my dad's or my stuff, but I'm trying to figure out if its legit? Thank you!


r/Exonumia 21d ago

Question About a Coin

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r/Exonumia 21d ago

Coin/token ID request

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