Abraham Lincoln silver plated medal Inaugurated President of the US March 4, 1861 Assassinated

coinsarefun

Was this a bronze medal that was silver plated? Outside the mint?
It weighs 20.42 gramS
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This is a pic I found online showing the bronze medal from the US mint.......kinda looks silver to me
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MedalCollector

As far as I know, the US Mint never silver plated the miniature Presidential medals. At one time, they did sell gold-plated versions (though it’s possible that they had a third party do the plating). The one that you have was struck by the Philadelphia Mint, and plated outside of the Mint.

The medal in the second pic is bronze, but the lighting is deceiving.

And to be clear for others that are reading, your medal is approximately 33mm in diameter and is not one of the new .999 silver medals struck by the Mint at approximately 40mm in diameter.

Also, based on the features on the obverse die of your medal, it was struck in the 1990’s or later. The medal in the second pic was struck prior to that, possibly as early as the 1970’s.

Some_of_it

The mint sold a silver plated Jefferson medal in the Westward Journey set in 2004/2005. I have never seen a silver plated Lincoln medal. On eBay someone is trying to sell a 1972 George Washington American Revolution Sons of Liberty Medal and a 1992 United States Mint Bicentennial Medal which both look silver plated. Neither was offered in silver. Dealer will not provide the weights.

coinsarefun

@GoldenEgg said:
As far as I know, the US Mint never silver plated the miniature Presidential medals. At one time, they did sell gold-plated versions (though it’s possible that they had a third party do the plating). The one that you have was struck by the Philadelphia Mint, and plated outside of the Mint.

The medal in the second pic is bronze, but the lighting is deceiving.

And to be clear for others that are reading, your medal is approximately 33mm in diameter and is not one of the new .999 silver medals struck by the Mint at approximately 40mm in diameter.

Also, based on the features on the obverse die of your medal, it was struck in the 1990’s or later. The medal in the second pic was struck prior to that, possibly as early as the 1970’s.

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Yes, thanks for clearing it up for me. Were these struck in san Francisco ?
I only ask because they made a 1973 SILVER SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL in two different
Sizes. I’ve seen a few gold plated ones auctioned off but can’t find any records of it. They all have been the smaller size medal.

MedalCollector

@coinsarefun said:

@GoldenEgg said:
As far as I know, the US Mint never silver plated the miniature Presidential medals. At one time, they did sell gold-plated versions (though it’s possible that they had a third party do the plating). The one that you have was struck by the Philadelphia Mint, and plated outside of the Mint.

The medal in the second pic is bronze, but the lighting is deceiving.

And to be clear for others that are reading, your medal is approximately 33mm in diameter and is not one of the new .999 silver medals struck by the Mint at approximately 40mm in diameter.

Also, based on the features on the obverse die of your medal, it was struck in the 1990’s or later. The medal in the second pic was struck prior to that, possibly as early as the 1970’s.

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Yes, thanks for clearing it up for me. Were these struck in san Francisco ?
I only ask because they made a 1973 SILVER SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL in two different
Sizes. I’ve seen a few gold plated ones auctioned off but can’t find any records of it. They all have been the smaller size medal.

The miniature Presidential medals were not ever struck in SF. Though, the Jimmy Carter medal was struck in proof, but they were done in Philadelphia.

Swoger lists the Cable Car medal in .999 gold and in lacquered vermeil (which is included in the 10,001 mintage of the silver medals). Based on the scarce appearance of the vermeil, it must have been a very small portion of that mintage of 10,001.

coinsarefun

Thanks again @GoldenEgg . So I will assume what I have was done after minting the medal by someone we don’t know.
The plating job is done very well I must say. Edges and both sides are perfect. One would never know these were not silvered
by the mint.