1776-1976 United States of America Bicentennial Medal Coin - Skenesborough (Whitehall) New York

kyanite

I have this medal coin in particular:

I haven't found a similar item in the internet. The closest I got to was coins which had was similar just in one side of the coin, but no "Skenesborough" side:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145272995887?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=GU7zr5zeRPy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=grcxxx3-sl6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

https://www.etsy.com/listing/939849746/a-c1976-bronze-bi-centennial-1776-1976?gpla=1&gao=1&

Is it rare by any means?

PapiNE

This interests me as I was born and raised not far from Whitehall. I too ran into a wall trying to find more information. It resembles a token in my collection (font and composition) given to my father by the Freemasons in that area. There is a Skenesborough museum with a webpage and contact info. Perhaps an email with picture to them might yield some information. Heck, they may have even produced them for their souvenir shop.

291fifth

Huge numbers of different medals were struck during the US Bicentennial era. Unfortunately, like most post-1960 medals, no really serious market for them seems to have developed. Even if "rare" there may not be much demand. The Navy theme might help a bit but I personally think a $10 price on a bronze medal like that is well above what the "market" would pay at the present time.

sellitstore

Yes, but $10 to a collector of items from this area may find it a fair price, especially if rare.

And, yes, the Navy connection is significant to collectors of this material, too. I knew that the U.S. Navy was started during the Revolutionary War on Lake Champlain to hinder the British advance out of Canada, south to New York City. Whitehall, being at the south end of this 100 plus mile long lake, makes sense as the location to build a few ships to stop the British.

Great history behind this piece for ten bucks.