PHILIPPINES medal 1965
$95.00
PHILIPPINES, medal, 1965, Obverse: bust 3/4 R, III CONGRESSUS EUCHARISTICUS NATIONALIS P P PAULUS VI, SUAREZ BROS on truncation, Reverse: reliquary, IV CENTENARIUM INSULARUM PHILIPPINARUM CHRISTIANIZATIONIS 1565-28 APRILIS-1965, gold plated bronze, 38mm, 5mm thick, 38.34g, made by Suarez Brothers, Cebu, mintage said to be 200 pieces, the fields have been lightly brushed, while the devices have not. This may or may not have been part of the initial manufacturing process, I don’t know. Edge bump, Unc
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The medal has the bust of Pope Paul VI but he did not actually visit that conference,
There are two kinds of things that are called “medals.” One is things that look like coins but don’t express a value. Sometimes those medals are considerably larger than most coins. The other kind of medal is a metal thing designed to be displayed on one’s chest, often a reward for something, often in a military context. If the medal is small enough it is sometimes called a “medallet.”
The word “exonumia” is used to describe all kinds of things that are “like” coins but are not coins. I wrote a blog post on that subject. Basic categories: 1. used like a coin but not issued by a national government, 2. looks like a coin but not made for spending, 3. other things that we are interested in.
