USA U.S. Grant brass campaign medal 1868
$150.00
USA, medal, 1868, Scoville Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut, Obverse: bust half right, GENERAL U. S. GRANT 1868, Reverse: crossed oak and olive branches, I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER, Edge: plain, holed at top, brass, 28mm, 9.18g, for the 1868 presidential campaign, VF
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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.
