@ZoidMeister said: Now I'm confused. I thought the tributes were struck in 2012. Were the dies made in 1973? Z
@ZoidMeister said: Now I'm confused.
I thought the tributes were struck in 2012. Were the dies made in 1973?
Z
The 1973 and 2012 pieces were done by different people with different dies.
So there are 3 sets of dies and issuers:
@jonathanb said: I don't know of any relationship with Ford or why he struck them, sorry.
I was able to find out that Johnson struck these because he just loved the cars, not that there was a relationship with the company.
As for the cars, I wonder if any there's any other cross over between admirers of the cars and the medals?
I ran across this one on the web which looks nice:
Ref: https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7122-cha/1933-ford-roadster
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The 1973 and 2012 pieces were done by different people with different dies.
So there are 3 sets of dies and issuers:
I was able to find out that Johnson struck these because he just loved the cars, not that there was a relationship with the company.
As for the cars, I wonder if any there's any other cross over between admirers of the cars and the medals?
I ran across this one on the web which looks nice:
Ref: https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7122-cha/1933-ford-roadster