Coins and Medals

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1990    1 Rouble  500th Anniversary - Birth of Francysk Skaryna       Russia

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National Museum of American History - Printing Press
Souvenir medals › Elongated coin

Obverse  Image of an English common printing press with lettering above and below.

Lettering:   NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Reverse   Blank.

The press depicted on the coin was said to have been used by Benjamin Franklin in John Watts's printing shop in London in 1726 and is a part of the American Democracy exhibition in the American History Museum in Washington DC.

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SCIENCES & SCIENTIFICS Medal, Aloys Senefelder, n°2 from c.1972

Obverse: 1771 ALOYS SENEFELDER 1834 Head facing
Reverse: 1796 / DISCOVERY / OF THE / LITHOGRAPHY     Legend in 8 lines on a lithograph canvas

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Wooden Nickel - Choate Printing, McMinn County Bicentennial

Obverse  Depiction of the McMinn County court house surrounded by text.

Lettering: MCMINN COUNTY • TENNESSEE • BICENTENNIAL • 1819-2019

Reverse  Antique printing press surrounded by text.

Lettering: CHOATE PRINTING • ETOWAH, TN • 423-263-7548 • SINCE 1965

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Medal - Copley Newspapers celebrates American Bicentennial



Obverse  Liberty Walking, Bald Eagle on Printing Press, and original San Diego Union Newspaper Building

Lettering: COPLEY NEWSPAPERS COMMEMORATES OUR NATION's BICENTENNIAL

Reverse Lettering:
Copley Newspapers
Managing For Growth
Proud of Our Nation's Heritage
Confident in its Future
February 1976

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1 Dollar - Fort St. John, British Columbia



Commemorative issue   Death of Margaret L. "Ma" Murray
Obverse     The late Margaret L. "Ma" Murray, co-founder of the Alaska Highway News and colourful local personality

Lettering:    FORT ST. JOHN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA     COMMEMORATES      MARGARET L. "MA" MURRAY
1887 1982    "An that's fer damshur!"
CO-FOUNDER OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY NEWS
Reverse     Antique hand-operated printing press, owned by the Alaska Highway News
Lettering:   WASHINGTON HAND PRESS   ALASKA HIGHWAY NEWS   I PRINTED THE FIRST WORKS OF ROBERT W. SERVICE IN THE
YUKON 1898
VALUE $1.00 IN FORT ST. JOHN  EXPIRES SEPT. 30, 1983

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2 Dollars - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario



Obverse
Niagara-on-the-lake coat of arms

Lettering:   Commemorative Dollar     Town of Niagara-on-the-lake

Good for $2.00 in Niagara-on-the-lake • Expires Dec. 31, 1993

Reverse
Antique printing press.

Lettering:     First printing press of Upper Canada     1793-1993

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Commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the editor Federico Motta of the Federico Motta Editore Publishing House




Obverse:  Man pulling on a book press.

Lettering: CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA DEEL FONDATORE

Reverse
Inscription.

Lettering:  FEDERICO MOTTA EDITORE
1896 UN UOMO UN' IDEA 1996

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Numismatics of Industry - Imprimerie Nationale    Token dating from 1848