The one in the Stacks auction is an original 19th century strike. The one in the eBay listing is a 20th century restrike. You didn't overpay, but you didn't get a 30x rip either, sorry!
As stated in the last post, the Stacks medal is a 19th century copper bronzed strike. It has reflective surfaces, a mahogany bronze finish (a lost art at the US Mint) and was struck in very limited amounts. It was also struck with the original dies.
The medal you won is a 20th century, MODERN copy, struck by the US Mint in golden bronze, matte finish restrike, circa 1950-1970's. It sold at the US Mint for around $5.00 - $8.00 back then. While there were not large numbers of these struck, they are not as rare, or as sharply struck, or as collectible as the 19th century strike at Stacks. There is no established marketplace for 20th century restrikes, at least not yet. There is a long established marketplace for the 19th century strikes which has existed for over 100 years.
You simply cannot compare your example to the 19th century example. To describe the differences as a different "tone" is a huge understatement.
<< <i>Nice medal...The massed little guys are going to kick some ass against any invadors >>
Umm, if the massed little guys portrayed are the American troops at the battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War, they weren't repelling invaders... they were the invaders.
Cool medal, although even before reading ipmman's post, I wondered if it was a 20th century restrike. Still groovy, even so.
PS- I like the snakes.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Is Medallic Art equivalent to MACO here and is anything that says Medallic Art likely to be 20th Century? I guess it could be just adjectives but they are capitalized. Anyone know if Medallic Art/MACO did these?
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...but those two snakes on the reverse are sure COOL!!!
Congrats on your new purchase.
As stated in the last post, the Stacks medal is a 19th century copper bronzed strike. It has reflective surfaces, a mahogany bronze finish (a lost art at the US Mint) and was struck in very limited amounts. It was also struck with the original dies.
The medal you won is a 20th century, MODERN copy, struck by the US Mint in golden bronze, matte finish restrike, circa 1950-1970's. It sold at the US Mint for around $5.00 - $8.00 back then. While there were not large numbers of these struck, they are not as rare, or as sharply struck, or as collectible as the 19th century strike at Stacks. There is no established marketplace for 20th century restrikes, at least not yet. There is a long established marketplace for the 19th century strikes which has existed for over 100 years.
You simply cannot compare your example to the 19th century example. To describe the differences as a different "tone" is a huge understatement.
<< <i>Nice medal...The massed little guys are going to kick some ass against any invadors >>
Umm, if the massed little guys portrayed are the American troops at the battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War, they weren't repelling invaders... they were the invaders.
Cool medal, although even before reading ipmman's post, I wondered if it was a 20th century restrike. Still groovy, even so.
PS- I like the snakes.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>I know absolutely nothing about the medal....
...but those two snakes on the reverse are sure COOL!!!
Congrats on your new purchase. >>
I thought the exact same thing and was going to post so. Those snakes are awesome.
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<< <i>I know absolutely nothing about the medal....
...but those two snakes on the reverse are sure COOL!!!
Congrats on your new purchase. >>
I thought the exact same thing and was going to post so. Those snakes are awesome. >>
Do the two snakes symbolize anything special?
I have one