Collecting vintage medals and coins (known as exonumia) has been a fascinating and interesting hobby for many years.  While much information is available about vintage military and art medals, little attention has been paid specifically to the collecting of vintage Catholic religious medals.  I stumbled on to this fascinating area of exonumia when I started a small collection of medals for myself and over time (and in the spirit of "decluttering") I decided to sell a few of them on online.  I was totally unprepared for the popularity of these medals; and wanting to make my listings as accurate and interesting as possible, I began researching the different types of medals, medal artists, and saints represented by these miniature pieces of art.