Medals and Tokens

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Medal Collectors of America -  .

- An interesting site dedicated to art and historical medals, featuring a list of past medals, hobby based articles, and FAQs for beginner to novice.

American Vecturist Association - - Information about joining the American Vecturist Association. Formed in 1948, the AVA is the oldest American organization of token collectors.

Art Nouveau and Art Deco Medals - - Pictures and information on the artists of this period.

The Artwork of Karl X. Goetz - - A non commercial site displaying color images of most Goetz medals by Keinast numbers.

CATC - Canadian Association of Token Collectors - - Dedicated to the study and enjoyment of collecting all forms of tokens and exonumia, featuring a list of upcoming numismatic events and articles on the hobby.

Challenge Coin Association - - A place for the Challenge Coin Enthusiast to enter in discussions.

Challenge Coin Society - - A private group of collector's that develop and set standards along the challenge coin industry through guides.

Challenge Coin Traders - - Simple and straight forward way to trade challenge coins with people looking to connect with other traders.

Civil War tokens - - Catalog of tokens issued by nine Columbus, Ohio, merchants during the Civil War.

The Conder Cabinet - - Fine images of choice Conder tokens in full color, arranged by county and DH number.

The Conder Token Collectors Club - - A club for collectors of 18th century British tradesmens tokens, also called Conder tokens, and related literature.

Conder Tokens - - News, links and a bibliography for the Conder enthusiast.

Dutch tokens - - This site lists and describes Dutch parking and car wash tokens with many not cataloged coffee bar, disco machine and amusement tokens.

Early British Tokens - - Introduces 17th, 18th and 19th century British tokens, including Conder tokens with images, recommended books and dealers.

Encased Coins of Earl Fankhauser - - What is an encased coin? Learn about 'The Penny Man' - Earl Fankhauser - the most prolific maker of encased coins in history.

Exposition Medals - - Site lists expo medals of US expositions including award, souvenir and official medals, complete with high quality images.

The Forgotten South African Currency - - Details the history of Southern African trade tokens. Includes information, images and links.

Forrest's Token Page - - Information on tokens and token collecting. Includes tokens of all kinds, but focuses on modern arcade tokens. Also trade lists and token links.

Historical and Commemorative Medals - - A personal website of medals from around the world with images, references, and background information.

The History and Origin of Token Coins - - A look at token coins used in history, complete with description and images.

Jewish-American Hall of Fame - - Non-profit site features 500 years of American Jewish history from the Jews who helped Columbus to Barbra Streisand, illustrated by specially commissioned art medals.

Medallions of the Napoleonic Era - - A personal site with images and references for European medals, primarily French, of this era.

Military Challenge Coins, Patches and Pins - - Offering Military Challenge Coins, Pins, Patches, and lots of information for new and old collectors alike.

My Coin Cabinet - - Detailed list of British Provincial Token Coinage with pictures. Lists are broken down into their respective British Counties for easier browsing.

Official Presidential Inaugural Medals - - Site traces the history and issuance of the official presidential and vice-presidential inaugural medals for each inauguration from 1901 (first medal issue) to date.

Papal medals - - This site illustrates and lists books about Papal medals by Adolfo Modesti.

The Token and Medal Society - - TAMS is the largest educational non-profit organization devoted to furthering the exonumia field, consisting of tokens, medals, badges and other related items. Issues the TAMS Journal 6 times annually, free classified ads. About 1600 members.

Token Trading - - Primarily for trading arcade, batting cage and amusement type tokens but other types of tokens (transportation, carwash) are available.

Tokens from the Lewis and Clark 1905 Expo - - This site shows the tokens and medals from the 1905 L and C Centennial Expo in Portland Oregon.

Trade Token Tales - - Educational site with historical articles on trade tokens, bar checks, bingles, seco, metal chits, parking tokens, and good fors.

Transportation Token Database - - Online transportation token database. Thousands of tokens displayed along with descriptions, size, composition, city, state, year minted, and value.

Wooden Nickel Historical Museum - - Dedicated to the history of Wooden Nickels, and their many different uses, such as souvenirs, tokens, coupons, collecting, trade pieces, state fairs, and centennials.