Bicentennial Bronze
what coins are these?
The silver marks Pope John Pauls visit to Philadelphia. It has the pope on one side and Cardinal John Kroll on the other. the bronze coin marks America’s bicentennial on one side and the side of Philadelphia on the other side with Mayor Frank Rizzo’s name. Just trying to get some insight as my Grandfather left these to me and did not have the chance to ask where they came from.
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Neither are “coins,” but commemorative tokens. Probably, at this time, have little value to them.
The silver is a token to honor the visit of Pope Paul II to Philadelphia on October 3, 1979
The other is a Bicentennial token in rememberance of our nation’s birthday. It was issued 4 July 1976.
Very interesting, as I am a small scale collector of tokens and “commemoratives.
Barry Thornton Memorial Bust Unveiling, Tamworth 2008