Sharing my research find on the� Department of the Interior Commendable Service Award.1. First convocation of the Commendable Service Award (bronze) was April 28, 1948. (It will be 72 years this April since the first convocation.)2. First convocation issue was 92 bronze medals. (The number of medals (gold, silver, and bronze) of the first convocation are now known.)3.� Recipients of the bronze medal confirmed on the medal and documentation.It was fun unfolding the history of this medal in my collection.

As a coin collector of many years, 46 or there about to be exact,�on occasions something appears which you had no idea�it existed. This weeks blog examines just that. To begin, the item at hand was found metal detecting by my nephew� this weekend past while doing archeological work for the Greene County, PA Historical Society. At first glance it is a safe assumption that seeing a large swastika "coin" would be a reference towards the Nazi Party and Germany. This would be incorrect as the symbol has held many different meanings over as many centuries. As you read on I'm certain you will be as amazed at how common and relatively inexpensive these fascinating pieces of metal are.� Enjoy!

Hello my name is Xavier. I am 8 years old and I collect coins.I collect state quarters, monument quarters, and even bicentennial quarters. I also collect dollar coins and older coins like Indian pennies and ancient coins soon from the Roman times.Some of the examples of dollar coins i collect are president dollars,peace dollars, morgan dollars,and� Susan b anthony dollars. Another older coin I collect is standing liberty quarters.�

There is a case of mistaken identity in the Standard Catalog of Hard Times Tokens, at the bottom of page 113. On the left is an image of a Servant Tag "HT 500, SERVANT, 1811 in toothed rectangle ..." But the Diamond Shape tells us it can't be an 1811 or it would be rectangular with scalloped corners with a LAFAR hallmark on the reverse. The most readily identified 1811 SERVANT badge is from the Stack's Auction 1993 Lot No. 1167 of the John J. Ford Jr. Collection that had been damaged (with the badge number broken off with the bottom third of the badge). The badge on page 113 of the Standard Catalog is a John Mood SERVANT Badge 1841, (not 1811) as evidenced by the serrated border of the date which is referred to as the 'toothed rectangle' date.� A Mood 1841 SERVANT would be: HT#500 R5. The Lafar 1811 SERVANT would be: HT#513 Rarity R6. Big difference.

I so much enjoyed this article in this month's "The Numismatist," because I have one of these medals and often wondered what it was all about. A big thank you to Tom Lopez Ph. D.My copy of the medal appears to be bronzed, but the lead is beginning to show through in places.�It bears the inscription:�� � � � To Duncan Davidson, Esq.� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � DL� � � � � � � � � � � � �Sept. 30th 1895I don't know what the significance of "DL" is. I acquired it almost 35 years ago in London, because it had my name (Davidson) on it, although I'm absolutely sure that the Davidson on the medal is not related to me.�Anybody else got one of these? We should let the author know, so he can update his list of them.�