Plaquettes: What to Record

Identification

Occasion / subject Text Medals & tokens

Person, event or idea the medal honours.

Medallist Text Medals & tokens

Artist who designed or engraved the medal, e.g. Karl Goetz, Oscar Roty.

Issuer Text Medals & tokens

State, ruler, city or bank that issued the piece, e.g. Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Free City of Hamburg, Deutsche Bundesbank.

Year Year Medals & tokens

Year of making, issue or publication when known exactly.

Mint Text Medals & tokens

Mint or place of striking, e.g. Philadelphia, Paris, Rome, Antioch.

Catalogue references Text Medals & tokens

Catalogue numbers with the catalogue named; coins KM, Numista N, Schoen, Jaeger (J.), ancient RIC, RRC, RPC, Sear (SG), SNG; banknotes Pick, Rosenberg, Friedberg.

Design

Obverse Text Medals & tokens

Front (head) side, design and legend as read, e.g. bust of Trajan right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC.

Reverse Text Medals & tokens

Back side, design and legend as read.

Physical

Metal Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

Main metal or alloy.

17 choices

• Gold
• Silver
• Billon
• Electrum
• Platinum
• Palladium
• Copper
• Bronze
• Brass
• Nickel
• Copper-nickel
• Nickel-brass
• Aluminium
• Aluminium-bronze
• Zinc
• Iron / steel
• Bimetallic

Weight (g) Number Medals & tokens

Weight of the object (without stand, frame or holder unless noted).

Diameter (mm) Number Medals & tokens

Diameter at the widest point.

Shape Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

Outline of the flan.

• Round
• Polygonal
• Scalloped
• Square
• Holed
• Irregular (hammered / cut)

Edge Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

Treatment of the edge.

• Plain
• Reeded
• Lettered
• Decorated
• Security edge
• Interrupted reeding

Edge inscription Text Medals & tokens

Lettering on the edge as read, e.g. EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT.

Height (mm) Number

Height, measured upright as the object is meant to stand or hang.

Width (mm) Number

Width, measured from the front.

Condition

Grade Choice Medals & tokens

Condition by wear on the Sheldon scale, with the German abbreviation; uncirculated and proof grades are refined by the numeric grade.

11 choices

• Poor (P-1)
• Fair (FR-2)
• About good (AG-3)
• Good (G-4 to G-6; ge)
• Very good (VG-8 to VG-10; s-)
• Fine (F-12 to F-15; s)
• Very fine (VF-20 to VF-35; ss)
• Extremely fine (EF-40 to EF-45; vz)
• About uncirculated (AU-50 to AU-58; vz-st)
• Uncirculated (MS-60 to MS-70; st)
• Proof (PR-60 to PR-70; PP)

Condition notes Text Medals & tokens

Faults, wear and damage in detail.

Acquisition

How and when the object came into the collection.

Acquisition date Date Medals & tokens

Date the object came into the collection.

Acquisition method Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

How the object came into the collection.

• Purchase
• Auction
• Gift
• Inheritance
• Exchange / trade
• Self-collected / found
• Commission

Acquired from Text Medals & tokens

Seller, auction house (with sale and lot number), donor or place where it was found.

Purchase price Amount Medals & tokens

Price paid including fees and premiums.

Provenance Text Medals & tokens

Earlier owners and the object's history, oldest first, with sources (labels, invoices, sale catalogues).

Value

Estimated and insured value.

Estimated value Amount Medals & tokens

Current market value as estimated.

Valuation date Date Medals & tokens

Date of the current value estimate.

Valuation basis Choice Medals & tokens

What the estimated value is based on.

• Own estimate
• Recent sales / auction results
• Dealer offer
• Catalogue value
• Professional appraisal
• Insurance valuation

Insured value Amount Medals & tokens

Sum the object is insured for.

Collection record

Your own inventory data.

Inventory number Text Medals & tokens

Your own number or label for the object, e.g. C-0042, as written on its label or album page.

Storage location Text Medals & tokens

Where the object is kept, e.g. room, cabinet, drawer, album and page, box.