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MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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Since I can't afford a real Saint, this will have to do!

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It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    That ranks pretty high on the coolness scale, even without a weenie.
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    LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    WOW! That is SO gorgeous!

    I love Saint-Gauden's work. image

    Thanks for sharing!

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    LickThoseStampsLickThoseStamps Posts: 1,028 ✭
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    The obverse looks like his 1893 World Columbian Exposition work. What is the history of this medal?
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,515 ✭✭✭
    That is an outstanding image. Who shot it for you?

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    DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭


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    The obverse looks like his 1893 World Columbian Exposition work. What is the history of this medal? >>





    A commemorative medal honoring the renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, it was issued in 1961 by Toivo Johnson, contains 7 oz. of pure silver, and was designed by sculptor Robert Schnabel of the Metal Arts Co. The obverse replicates the one created by Saint-Gaudens for the official award medal of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The reverse shows "Aspet," his studio-home in Cornish, New Hampshire, and, rising sun-like above it, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ($20 gold coin), widely acclaimed as the most beautiful of all U.S. coins. Struck both in bronze and (in limited edition) silver, it's from a series which featured a number of other U.S. coin designers, including Charles E. Barber, Victor D. Brenner, George T. Morgan, and Christian Gobrecht. The most recent sale price I can find for yours is $51, the winning bid in a July 1998 auction, but that's definitely too low. Today, it would retail for at least double that.
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    BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    Marty that is very image
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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    " Since I can't afford a real Saint, this will have to do!"

    That's because you spend all your money on grading fees.

    P.S. Nice medal!
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    greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    I like that quite a bit.

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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,472 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin Marty but you are so-o-o-o full of baloney!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice coin Marty but you are so-o-o-o full of baloney! >>




    ??? Why?
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    LickThoseStampsLickThoseStamps Posts: 1,028 ✭
    Ah dammit! This thread just caused me to BIN this from Blue Moon Coins!
    I know its got to be a big mistake, but I just couldn't control myself!image

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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,472 ✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Nice coin Marty but you are so-o-o-o full of baloney! >>




    ??? Why? >>



    Because we all know very well that you can afford a Saint...............................................














    you can right? image
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
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    LickThoseStampsLickThoseStamps Posts: 1,028 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>image

    The obverse looks like his 1893 World Columbian Exposition work. What is the history of this medal? >>





    A commemorative medal honoring the renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, it was issued in 1961 by Toivo Johnson, contains 7 oz. of pure silver, and was designed by sculptor Robert Schnabel of the Metal Arts Co. The obverse replicates the one created by Saint-Gaudens for the official award medal of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The reverse shows "Aspet," his studio-home in Cornish, New Hampshire, and, rising sun-like above it, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ($20 gold coin), widely acclaimed as the most beautiful of all U.S. coins. Struck both in bronze and (in limited edition) silver, it's from a series which featured a number of other U.S. coin designers, including Charles E. Barber, Victor D. Brenner, George T. Morgan, and Christian Gobrecht. The most recent sale price I can find for yours is $51, the winning bid in a July 1998 auction, but that's definitely too low. Today, it would retail for at least double that.
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    Do you have any idea how many of these medals were minted?image

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