Coins and Medals

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Token - Paul Dupont lithography bookstore printing



Obverse
Joined busts of Johannes Gutenberg and Aloys Senefelder.

Lettering:
GUTTEMBERG. 1436 SENEFELDER. 1796
MONTAGNY .F

Reverse
The letters P and D within a wreath formed by an oak branch and a laurel branch.

Lettering:
PRINTING BOOKSTORE LITHOGRAPHY
PD
PAUL DUPONT ET CIE

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Commemorative Medal - The Journal-Pioneer   Prince Edward Island    1965

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100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House (1892-1992)
1 Pound  Dar Al Hilal - Jurji Zaydan




Obverse: Depicts a mosque lamp within Al-Hilal that is a symbol of illumination, divided denomination and country name "Arab Republic of Egypt", dates (Hegira and Gregorian) below. Inscription "100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House (1892-1992)" above.

١٨٩٢ العيد المئوي لدار الهلال ١٩٩٢
واحد دار الهلال جنيه
جمهورية مصر العربية
١٤١٣ - ١٩٩٢

Reverse
A bust of Georgi Zidan founder of Dar El-Hilal Printing Press.

Dar Al-Hilal was founded in 1892 by Jurji Zaydan, a journalist from Beirut who had come to Egypt in the 1880s. The first issue of the monthly was published in September 1892. After Jurji Zaydan's death the journal was edited by his sons, Emile and Shukri Zaydan.

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100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House

½ Pound   Dar Al Hilal - Abbas Al-Aqqad



Obverse
A mosque lamp within Al-Hilal that is a symbol of illumination, divided denomination and country name "Arab Republic of Egypt", dates (Hegira and Gregorian) below.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
١٨٩٢ العيد المئوي لدار الهلال ١٩٩٢
نصف دار الهلال جنيه
جمهورية مصر العربية
١٤١٣ - ١٩٩٢

Translation:
100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House
1892 1992
Half Pound
Dar Al Hilal
Arab Republic of Egypt
1413 - 1992

Reverse
A bust of Abbas Mahmoudv.

Abbas Al-Aqqad (28 June 1889 – 12 March 1964) was an Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic, and member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. He is most famous for his "The geniuses" series [العبقريات - Abqarīyat].

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100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House
1 Pound  Dar Al Hilal - Rifa'a At-Tahtawi.



Obverse: Depicts a mosque lamp within Al-Hilal that is a symbol of illumination, divided denomination and country name "Arab Republic of Egypt", dates (Hegira and Gregorian) below. Inscription "100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House (1892-1992)" above.

١٨٩٢ العيد المئوي لدار الهلال ١٩٩٢
جنيه دار الهلال واحد
جمهورية مصر العربية
١٤١٣ - ١٩٩٢

Reverse: A bust of Rifa'a At-Tahtawi.

Rifa'a at-Tahtawi (also spelt Tahtawy, 1801–1873) was an Egyptian writer, teacher, translator, Egyptologist and renaissance intellectual. Tahtawi was among the first Egyptian scholars to write about Western cultures in an attempt to bring about a reconciliation and an understanding between Islamic and Christian civilizations. He founded a School of Languages in Cairo in 1835 and was influential in the development of science, law, literature and Egyptology in 19th-century Egypt. His work influenced that of many later scholars, such as Muhammad Abduh.

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100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House
5 Pounds  Dar Al Hilal - Taha Hussein



Obverse: Depicts a mosque lamp within Al-Hilal that is a symbol of illumination, divided denomination and country name "Arab Republic of Egypt", dates (Hegira and Gregorian) below. Inscription "100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House (1892-1992)" above.

١٨٩٢ العيد المئوي لدار الهلال ١٩٩٢
خمسة دار الهلال جنيهات
جمهورية مصر العربية
١٤١٣ - ١٩٩٢

Reverse: Depicts a bust of Taha Hussein

Taha Hussein (1889–1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Egyptian Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Middle East and North Africa. His sobriquet was "The Dean of Arabic Literature" (Arabic: عميد الأدب العربي). He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature fourteen times.

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Token - Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung  1931




Obverse
Lettering:
LESSEN SIE DONNERSTAG UNSEREN NEUEN GROSSEN ROMAN
Berliner Ilustrirte Zeitung

Translation:
Read Wednesday our new big Novel
Berlin Illustrated Newspaper

Reverse
Lettering:
NEUER ROMAN VON CARL BULCKE IN DER BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTEN

".. und so
verbringst
Du Deine
kurzen
Tage .."

Translation:
New Novel by Carl Bulcke in the the Berlin Illustrated
and so you spend your short days

The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung (Berlin illustrated newspaper, or BIZ) was a weekly illustrated magazine published in Germany from 1882 to 1945 by the Berlin-based Ullstein Verlag. With a circulation of more than one million by 1920 and more than two million in the 1930s

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Brass Token - The Cleveland Leader Newspaper, Cleveland, Ohio

I have no date for these but I assume the aluminum tokens are later





This token also came in aluminum

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Commemorative issue      50 Dirhams - Khalifa Oumolat     (United Arab Emirates
Official Opening of Oumolat Security Printing (9 March 2017)





Obverse
Denomination in Arabic characters surrounded by name of the country

Lettering:
دولة الإمارات العَربيّة المتّحدة
٥٠
درهماً
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Translation:
United Arab Emirates
50 Dirhams

Reverse
Logo and occasion

Lettering:
عملات
oumolat
عملات للطباعة الأمنية
OUMOLAT SECURITY PRINTING
9 مارس 2017

Translation:
Oumolat (Currencies)
Oumolat Security Printing
9 March 2017

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50th anniversary of Algomhuria Newspaper                      (Egypt)

Al Gomhuria "The Republic" Newspaper was established in 1954 following the Egyptian revolution in 1952 and became the new regime's leading media outlet.

5 pounds  Algomhuria Newspaper   Silver




Obverse
Denomination and Dates

Lettering:
جمهورية مصر العربية
٥
جنيهات
١٤٢٤هـ ٢٠٠٣م

Translation:
Arab Republic of Egypt
5 Pounds
2003 1424

Reverse
Bust of Hosni Mubarak facing at left, Algomhuria Newspaper building in background.

Lettering:
الجمهورية
٥٠
عاما
٢٠٠٣

Translation:
Algoumhouria "The Republic"
50 Years
2003 AD

10 Pounds Algomhuria Newspaper    Gold




Obverse
Denomination and Dates

Lettering:
جمهورية مصر العربية
١٠
جنيهات
١٤٢٤هـ ٢٠٠٣م

Translation:
Arab Republic of Egypt
10 Pounds
2003 1424

Reverse
Bust of Hosni Mubarak facing at left, Algomhuria Newspaper building in background.

Lettering:
الجمهورية
٥٠
عاما
٢٠٠٣

Translation:
Algoumhouria "The Republic"
50 Years
2003 AD

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Medal - Press festival of the Sächsische Zeitung  1961



SZ press festival 1961

Obverse:  Crown Gate of the Zwinger.

Lettering: 25.6. 1961

Reverse:  Inscription with Meissen logo.

Lettering:
PRESSEFEST
DER
SZ
BEZIRKSSÄNGERTREFFEN

Sächsische Zeitung is a regional German daily newspaper. The paper is published in Dresden.

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Franklin Mint Series - History of the United States
1966 - 1977



Obverse:  Lettering:
"THE LIBERATOR" PUBLISHED TO HELP FIGHT SLAVERY
JAN. 1, 1831

Reverse:  Lettering:
1831
JAN. 1 - William
Lloyd Garrison begins
publication of "The Liber-
ator," influential abolitionist
newspaper; SPRING - President
Jackson's cabinet resigns and is
replaced; AUG. 21 - Nat Turner
leads slave revolt in Virginia;
SEP. 26 - First national
political convention to
hold nominations.

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Mardi Gras Token - Krewe of Iris       Your Home Town Newspaper; New Orleans, Louisiana     1973



Obverse:  Space scene,

Lettering:
YOUR HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER
1973

Reverse  Princess, legend around.

Lettering:
NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
KREWE of IRIS

Organized in 1917, the Krewe of Iris is the oldest and the largest female Carnival organization for women. Holding strong to the honoured Mardi Gras traditions in its tableau ball and parade, Iris members always wear white gloves and masks, maintaining the "mystery" of the season. The Krewe takes its name from Iris, the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods in classical Greek mythology.

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100th anniversary of Albert Bonniers publishing house - Albert and Karl Otto Bonnier    1937



Obverse
Conjoined busts facing left.

Lettering:  ALBERT BONNIER 1820 1900 • KARL OTTO BONNIER 1856
GÖSTA CARELL
ALBERT BONNIERS FÖRLAG 1837-1937


Reverse
Lettering:  ADOLF BONNIER 1806 1867 • DAVID FELIX BONNIER 1822 1881 • GERHARD BONNIER 1778 1862

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Token - La Presse Montreal, Quebec    1913       Brass



Obverse:  Lettering:
LA PRESSE
LE PLUS
GRAND JOURNAL
DU CANADA
TIRAGE PLUS DE
125_000
PAR JOUR
CONSERVEZ
CETTE
PIECE
MONTREAL CANADA
CARON FRERES MONTREAL

Reverse:  Horseshoe    Variable number stamped

Lettering:
VOYEZ SI VOTRE NUMERO EST DANS LA PRESSE
142510
8-13
• BONNE CHANCE •


Translations:  THE PRESS   MOST GRAND JOURNAL OF CANADA   PRINT RUN MORE 125_000 DAILY   KEEP THIS PIECE    MONTREAL   CANADA      CARON BROTHERS   MONTREAL


SEE IF YOUR NUMBER IS IN THE PRESS     142510     8-13     •GOOD LUCK•