1876 medal -- anyone got a history?

rainbowroosie

http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3355&item=3934666012&rd=11876 bicentennial medal

Any history to this besides the obvious??

mgoodm3

Very cool medal, don't know anything abou it.

JadeRareCoin

Yes, that's HK-20, a so-called dollar. It was struck to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was struck at the mint exhibit at the US Centennial Expo in 1876, Philadelphia, PA. They only made a couple of thousand of the silvers, at most, and 7000 of the bronze medals (incl. Gilt medals).

VERY cool item. I am going to bid!

Bunker

That is a very cool medal... I am going to track it to see what it goes for.

RalphP13

This may help

His home page has contact info also.

Cool medal!

au58

Note that it is a Centennial Medal (100th anniversary), not a Bi-Centennial medal.

keets

many of the medals appear to have wear when they are actually poorly struck. it's also interesting to note that the figure which is mistakenly thought to represent Liberty is more accurately e representation of the Genuis of American Independence and Democracy.

for someone who's so inclined as to collect coins/medals dedicated to the Celebration of American Independence, there's a neat way to go about it. there are restrikes of Continental Dollars available to commemorate the origin of America followed by the granddaddy of all SC$'s, HK-1, which celebrated 50 years of Independence. then there's this medal at 100 years and the Sesquicentennial from 1926 with a topper of coins from 1976.

variety, variety!!!!

al h.