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AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
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I'm trying to find mintage figures, ID#, and current value estimates, if available, for this large (43.5 gr) silver medal:

Comemmorates the 450th anniversary of the founding of Vera Cruz,
measures approx. 45mm diameter and about 3mm thick. Edge is
incuse lettered:

Id CIUDAD FUNDADA EN EL CONTINENTE POR LOS CONQUISTADORES

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Nice ships, huh ? image ... Thanks for the help image
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  • ShipcoinShipcoin Posts: 1,243
    Great medal, never saw it before, but probably some info might be in the book, I have: "Discovering America -Coin's Collecting Connection" --I'll look and in case I'll see it, will write back.

    May be, Askari could help?image
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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    I don't have info eithr but sure is a cool looking ship!!
    Shep
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    I don't know of ay souce you could run to and get that kind of information on Medals,,There are a lot of them and usually tiny mintages. No help, Good Luck....Maybe Askari could help.
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Mintages are hard to come by, even when it's from a major source like the Franklin Mint or MACO. I've not seen this Mexican medal, but Mexican medals don't appear very often, so I'd expect their mintages are low -- probably no more than 250 in silver. There are no "Standard Catalogs" for most medals unless they're part of a very popular theme (like Napoleonics, So-Called Dollars, etc.) Mostly, you have to rely on major auction catalogs, which are quite hit-or-miss (and mostly miss); if it is cataloged, it would probably be in Spanish as I can't find an English source for even such a prolific medalist as Argentina's Gottuzzo.
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    Silver medal of Mexico, Grove # 1071A

    " 1969 45mm 450th anniversary of Vera Cruz. Obv. coat of arms. Rev. sailing ships of Cortez. no mint reports on this specimen."

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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    What's the full title for that Grove reference, Steve?
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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    Thank you, Steve27 image

    And thanks to the rest of you, too. I do like the ships on this one.
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    Mark, here's a link to where I found the reference LINK. There isn't much info on Grove other than there appears to be three volumes.
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Thanks, Steve! I've learned to start a file of useful references I come across mention of. Finding out what exists can be harder than finding an actual copy, when it comes to medal references.
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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Finding out what exists can be harder than finding an actual copy, when it comes to medal references. >>



    I've noticed. That site didn't even show up when I tried to Google this medal image
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