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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: AUGUST 21, 2022Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor 
London, St. James's, (Westminster). Edward Lloyd AE Halfpenny nd. Building / Triad, denom. (N 8900; D 2522A; BW. Uncertain 50; Berry, BNJ 1982, pp.158-60). About Very Fine, good patination. Ex. Baldwin's. Edward Lloyd was a ‘sutler' (provisions provider) supplying food and drink to soldiers of the 1st or Royal Regiment of Foot Guards, newly formed in 1665, which devolved later into the Grenadier Guards. The first quartermaster of the regiment was a John Lloyd, appointed on 15 July 1665, who held the post until 3 August 1667. The style of the token, although undated, would date it almost exactly to this period. From the latest Baldwin's London Token Selection list. -Editor
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London, Covent Garden, Skidmore's Halfpenny 1795. St. Pauls church, rev. St. Paul's church in ruins after the fire Sept. 17th 1795, edge grained. (DH 522a). Uncirculated, considerable mint bloom. Ex Spink Auction 18th. April 1985, lot 473. Ex S. Gahlin. Another from the latest Baldwin's London Token Selection list. Sad before-and-after views. Can anyone think of another numismatic item with similar before-and-after scenes of an event? Not one or the other, but both. -Editor
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I'm not sure if I've seen this Apollo 11 plaque before. By sculptor Paul Vincze, it depicts twelve stages of the voyage. Nicely done. -Editor
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With the recent auction records for physical cryptocoins, images of similar pieces pique my curiosity. One I came across recently was a physical Cardano coin. A web search revealed that these are for sale all over the web, and as far as I can tell these are completely unconnected to actual cryptocurrency - no embedded codes or passkeys like physical bitcoins. Still a fun collectible perhaps, but more on the lines of video game tokens. -Editor
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