NGC'S CERTIFICATION SERVICES FOR US AND WORLD TOKENS AND MEDALS

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This list of materials that we officially authenticate, attribute and grade is periodically updated as we continue to expand the service. We offer certified grading for most of these materials using our regular and Oversize holders; however, a color photo certificate may be issued if your item is too large or too fragile to be encapsulated.

Tokens and medals may be submitted under any grading tier based on value and desired turnaround time. Also select the Tokens and Medals service, which does not have an additional fee. Variety attribution, where applicable, is included.

NGC accepts all official mint medals as well as all privately issued tokens and medals that have been previously graded by NGC. (Refer to the NGC Census sections for US Tokens & Medals and World Tokens & Medals.) In addition, NGC accepts privately issued tokens and medals that NGC has not previously graded if at least 20 of the same type/composition are submitted at the same time.

US Tokens and Medals

Below is a partial list of recognized tokens and medals:

• Agricultural & Mechanical Society Award Medals
• American Institute Medals
• ANA Convention Medals
• Bolen Medals
• California Fractional Gold
• Civil War Tokens
• Counterstamps
• Elongated Tokens
• Inaugural Medals
• Lesher Dollars
• Libertas Americana & Paris Restrikes
• Lincoln Medals
• Masonic Chapter Pennies
• Political Tokens and Medals
• Robbins Space Medals
• So-Called Dollars
• So-Called Half Dollars
• Stone Mountain Counterstamps
• T. Elder Issues
• U.S. Mint Medals
• United States Tokens - Rulau
• Washington Tokens and Medals
• World's Fair and Expositions

World Tokens and Medals

• Admiral Vernon Medals, as listed in Adams
• Austria, as listed in Peltzer
• British Tokens and Medals
  • 18th-century tokens, as listed in Dalton & Hamer, Bell and Atkins
  • silver token coinage (1811-12) as listed in Dalton
  • 19th-century tokens, as listed in Bell, Davis and Withers
  • British medals, as listed in Medallic Illustration (Hawkins), British Historical Medals (Brown) and Eimer
• Canadian Tokens as listed in Breton & Charlton
• Canadian Fractional Gold Tokens, as listed in Greene & Locke
• Chinese Medals, see important note below
• Communion Tokens, as listed in Burzinski
• Conder Tokens for Great Britain, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
• Edward VIII Medals, as listed in Portraits of a Prince by Giordano
• Europe, as listed in Eisler
• France, as listed in Feuardent; Forrer; Gadoury 1991; Maier; and Page-Divo
• Germany
  • Balloon, Zepplin & Aircraft Medals, as listed in Kaiser
  • Karl Goetz Medals, as listed in Kienast*
  • Other Medals and Tokens, as listed in Brettauer; Brockmann; Erlanger; Gaedechens; Goppel, Dr. Plum and Holler (GPH); Hauser; Merseburger; Montenuovo; Peltzer; Wurzbach-Tannenberg; Zeitz; and Zetzmann
• Hungary, as listed in Huszar
• India Medals, as listed in Puddester
• Israel State Medals
• Israel, as listed in Haffner
• Latin American Tokens, as listed in Rulau
• Latin American Proclamation Medals, as listed in Medina and Fonrobert
• Mexican Medals, as listed in Grove
• Mexican Tokens, as listed in Grove
• Napoleonic Medals, as listed in Bramsen
• Netherlands, as listed in Van Loon
• Nobel Commemorative Medals
• Philippine Tokens and Medals, as listed in Honeycutt and Basso*
• Reformation, as listed in Whiting and Goppel, Dr. Plum and Holler (GPH)
• Russian Medals, as listed in Diakov
• South African Medals, as listed in Hern
• South African Tokens, as listed in Hern
• Swiss Shooting Medals, as listed in the Martin & Richter (1612–1939) or Kappeli
• Tokens, listed in Lecompte*
• Vatican Medals, as listed in Rinaldi
• World Transportation Tokens, as listed in Smith & Smith

*Not all types are eligible.

Important Note: Chinese Medals Certified by NGC

NGC will only grade and encapsulate modern Chinese medals that have been made at one of the four official Mints of China (Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Shenzhen Guobao). While NGC maintains a large record of official Chinese medals, we cannot guarantee that we can attribute all medals sent to us.

In order for NGC to attribute and grade any official Chinese Medal (or Medallion), we request that any medal submitted to us have the appropriate verification documentation (or certificate of authenticity issued by the People’s Bank of China [China Mint Company]). Verification documentation should include the date of the medal (or year struck/issued), diameter and metal content, mint it was struck at, and the mintage. Failure to include this information could result in the medal being returned un-graded with a note signifying the coin to be Non Eligible.

Three examples of Chinese medals that are eligible for NGC certification (all of which where struck at the Shanghai Mint, China) are:

• 1984 Hong Kong, China Expo – Panda Silver 1 Ounce, Proof, 1,000 Minted
• 1989 Folk Gods Series: Maitreya Buddha Gold ¼ Ounce, Proof, 5,000 Minted
• 1989 Zhao Gongming Silver 3.3 Ounces, Proof, 2,430 Minted

Check this listing periodically as new material types are added.

NGC reserves the right to attribute based on the most commonly used or available reference when an item is listed in more than one subject reference. You can request that a particular reference be used; however, it will be attributed to the reference normally used and that serves as the basis of the listing in the Census Report at the discretion of NGC.

We will make an effort to certify most US, European and Latin American tokens and medals not yet included in this list. However, NGC reserves the right to determine whether any piece is eligible for grading. If you have a token or medal that is not listed here, contact us to find out if your medal is eligible for NGC certification before you submit it.

Updated June 20, 2025