Does anyone have an interest in Religious tokens and medals?

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

I have a couple of curios from a recent collection purchase which I'm entirely flummoxed by.

Is there anyone here who has an interest in this area, and could offer an opinion

[mrbadexample 1,006]

bagerap is probably (but not necessarily because I have no idea of the extent of our other forum users' knowledge) your best bet.

Edited October 22, 2017 by mrbadexample

[bagerap 706]

Yes, that would indeed be me.

 

[Coinery 1,248]

I'm genuinely curious, what's the low down on religious tokens chaps?

[bagerap 706]

They're a bread and butter line for me. When nothing else is selling, holy medals will always put a few bob in the till. Lat week was slow but I sold five. I've had to restock  so much this weekend that half the items have no text, just pictures.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BAGERAP?section_id=18342460

 

 

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

Here they are ...

Excuse the crudity of the photos, I was too lazy to get the stand out...

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

If you need larger images I'll post them one at a time.

Thanks for your help!

[bagerap 706]

Larger would help a lot.

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

[argentumandcoins 70]

Look like silver medallets issued in 2000. Probably Vatican. Silver content will determine the price.

[bagerap 706]

The signature is unknown to me and I think that they look pretty rough. Modernism doesn't sell well in that market. It would be interesting if you could see what is stamped in the two cartouches.

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

Thanks for the reply - they sort of look rough but at the same time don't, when in the hand .. I think my lack of a decent macro lens doesn't help (along with needing to practice my lighting and using a copy stand...)

2 minutes, let me see just how good the shot was.

 

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

The oval looks to contain 925 in both, so a spot of sterling.

The longer one .. really hard to see, so I'll have to re-shoot them with a different lens and a stand.

[Coinery 1,248]

  On 10/23/2017 at 1:45 PM, bagerap said:

They're a bread and butter line for me. When nothing else is selling, holy medals will always put a few bob in the till. Lat week was slow but I sold five. I've had to restock  so much this weekend that half the items have no text, just pictures.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BAGERAP?section_id=18342460

 

 

That's really interesting, I never knew they existed, let alone were popular.

Nice 1903 halfpenny, by the way!

[bagerap 706]

I have maybe another 40-50 in stock plus the 30 ish in the shop which is about six months stock. So not a route to instant riches but it ticks over.