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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: OCTOBER 23, 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 
BRAZIL. Princess Isabel Silver Medal, 1892. Paris Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, Unc Details. By A. Desaide. Diameter: 31mm. Of French manufacture. Obverse: head of Isabel facing right; Reverse: coat-of-arms of Brazil, motto above. This lovely medal commemorates Princess Isabel of the deposed Brazilian monarchy. The expressive portrait is displayed with fine detail and in high relief. Both sides are pleasingly lustrous and lightly toned to a mottled dove gray. From the Stacks Bowers November 2022 World Collectors Choice online auction. -Editor
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SWEDEN: Johan III, 1568-1592, AE medal (65.83g), ND (1699-1700), as Hildebrand-3, as Stenström-112, 52mm bronze medal for the Accession of Johan III by Arvid Karlsteen, uniformed bust right with IOHANNES - III D G REX SVECIAE around // large central crown with INIVSTI CARCERIS IVSTVM PRAEMIVM around, heavy contact marks in reverse field, brown, plain edge, EF-AU, RR. While the silver originals of these medals were struck in 1700, the series in bronze is more enigmatic. None are found on the search engines. These may have also been struck in 1700, or perhaps a somewhat later date. From the Stephen Album Rare Coins Internet Auction 18. -Editor
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HUNGARY. Dr. Láng Imre enameled bronze Medal. Issued 1970. Commemorating the retirement of the brain surgeon and professor (117mm x 131mm, 12h). By Tápai A. DR. LÁNG IMRE • 1970 •, bust facing slightly right / Incuse skull facing slightly left, offset by a light green enameling, yielding an almost glowing effect; in three lines below, MESTERSÉG / HIVATÁS TUDOMÁNY / MUVÉSZET (Láng's motto: "craft, profession, science, art"). Edge: Plain. Huszár & Varannai 410; Bóna 50. As made. Dark brown surfaces, with lighter highlights and the skull on the reverse being offset by a lighter green color. Very rare and an extremely interesting design. Another spooky medal from the stock of Jeremy Bostwick's Numismgram. Love the skull coloring. -Editor
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JAMAICA. Government of Jamaica. 5 Pounds, 1960. P-48b. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. Printed by TDLR. Watermark of pineapple. A problem free mid-grade example of this "b" variety 5 Pound note. Took me a minute to realize TDLR = Thomas de La Rue. A nice Elizabeth II vignette on a pleasantly colored note. -Editor
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