AUSTRALIA (Melbourne, Victoria) : Coles Token - Federation of the World - Wasted Wealth (1885) . Aluminium (38 mm) . D-88 Rarity - 4 !
Medal, Cole's Book Arcade, Federation of the World, Wasted Wealth, circa 1885. This aluminium medal, minted in the USA, is one of a series of medals offering maxims and proverbs issued by E.W. Cole at his Book Arcade. He called the medals 'little missionaries for the spread of educative knowledge' (Dean, 1988, p.36)
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