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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: NOVEMBER 27, 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 
A GEORGE III GOLD HALF GUINEA TOKEN, 1812, by Younge & Wilson of Sheffield, EF, 3.2g, with Royal Mint certificate (Illustrated) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) The plain obverse reminds me of the U.S. gold rush Bechtler coinage. -Editor
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1817 James Monroe Indian Peace Medal. Third Size. By Moritz Furst and John Reich. Julian IP-10. Bronze. Mint State. 51 mm. From the Stack's Bowers December 2022 Tokens & Medals Collectors Choice Online Auction. -Editor
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Gold ring with a 10 x 8 mm oval of gold-bearing white quartz, total weight is 3.69 grams (0.12 ozt), size 6-1/4. Intricate swirled engraving on the shoulders. No letter engraving anywhere on the ring. The California Gold Rush introduced this beautiful stone into the world. Recovered in 2014 from Coin Pile #23 in the port-side debris field. Found associated with 4 quartz stones (HWAC #146609) as well as other jewelry, including pieces with monogramed and blank panels and cartouches, and ring styles using California nuggets as decoration, inferred to be examples of a jeweler's business and craft. While non-numismatic itself, this nice gold ring was recovered alongside coins from the wreck of the SS Central America. There's an amazing amount of this material up for sale in the Holabird S.S. Central America artifact sales. I suspect many of these will be bought up and resold in multiple marketplaces, hopefully retaining their provenance to the wreck. Gold bars and piles of gold coins found with the wreck were clearly cargo, but jewelry items much more likely belonged to passengers. While some 150 people survived the sinking, over 400 perished that day. But it's usually impossible to know whether any particular jewelry item was left behind by a rescued passenger or sank to the bottom with its doomed owner. I guess time makes the connection to death less creepy. It's not like anyone pulled gold teeth from a warm cadaver; these artifacts were simple neutral survivors, enduring 130+ years undersea awaiting their rescue and a new life. Amazing. -Editor
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1909 G50c Washington Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo NGC MS63 Token A nice little expo souvenir. -Editor
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