MEDALS for the WEEKEND (no tm)

ambro51

why Not?

keyman64

My only medals...

AnkurJ

Circa 1805, Bronze, 76mm, Baker 85 Nice chocolate brown with very reflective surfaces. Looks MS to me.

chaze215

Washingtoniana. Robinson issue. Undated (1860s) First In War. Baker-77B.

Aegis3

Don't think I've shown off the 1917 for awhile.

Pistareen

braddick

Broadstruck

1844 Henry Clay Campaign Medal, HC 1844-9



This scarce intriguing medal was issued by the Native American Party also known as the Native American Republican Association. It’s members were usually referred to as "Natives" a precursor to the Know Nothing Party in 1844.

They saw the U.S. flag as "Trampled Upon" and urged people to "Beware of Foreign Influence."

They supported the Whig ticket of Clay and Frelinghuysen and this medal is a product of the their platform was anti-foreign-born and anti-catholic.

They asserted that only native-born, protestant citizens were fit to run the country.




Anyone who has seen the film "Gangs of New York" is familiar with this anti-immigrant movement, which appeared in the early 1840’s and had political influence up to the Civil War when more pressing concerns pushed it from the stage.

White metal 41mm in diameter -

The obverse depicts Henry Clay standing with his right arm upraised and with his left holding a tattered U.S. flag with 13 stars.

On the reverse is a flying eagle with a scroll in its beak is surrounded by a semicircle of 7 stars.

Most surviving examples are known in VF +/- details condition and are either holed for suspension or have been plugged. This Unc example (NGC MS62PL) is one of the finest known and is fully proof-like along with being unholed.

Well there are a half a dozen Henry Clay 1840 campaign token varieties in the Hard Times Token series, but none are as graphic as this.

keyman64

I feel ashamed. All of you are posting really cool, old, historically significant stuff and what do I post? Modern Crap Medals from 2002!

78saen

Loupe

What's with the machine gun fire posts here lately... Ambro51 & Bestclsr????

illini420

keyman64

<< <i>What's with the machine gun fire posts here lately... Ambro51 & Bestclsr???? >>

I think some people, like myself, feel it is necessary to be a bit more active in order to get rid of the junk, modern crap, bullion posts that have plagued this site for days now. Just a guess.

coindeuce

Gold (.900 fine) Agricultural Award of 1876. 41 mm., .646 ounces troy.


Julian AM-10 Centennial Award. 76 mm.

NumbersUsacom

<< <i>1844 Henry Clay Campaign Medal, HC 1844-9



This scarce intriguing medal was issued by the Native American Party also known as the Native American Republican Association. It’s members were usually referred to as "Natives" a precursor to the Know Nothing Party in 1844.

They saw the U.S. flag as "Trampled Upon" and urged people to "Beware of Foreign Influence."

They supported the Whig ticket of Clay and Frelinghuysen and this medal is a product of the their platform was anti-foreign-born and anti-catholic.

They asserted that only native-born, protestant citizens were fit to run the country.




Anyone who has seen the film "Gangs of New York" is familiar with this anti-immigrant movement, which appeared in the early 1840’s and had political influence up to the Civil War when more pressing concerns pushed it from the stage.

White metal 41mm in diameter -

The obverse depicts Henry Clay standing with his right arm upraised and with his left holding a tattered U.S. flag with 13 stars.

On the reverse is a flying eagle with a scroll in its beak is surrounded by a semicircle of 7 stars.

Most surviving examples are known in VF +/- details condition and are either holed for suspension or have been plugged. This Unc example (NGC MS62PL) is one of the finest known and is fully proof-like along with being unholed.

Well there are a half a dozen Henry Clay 1840 campaign token varieties in the Hard Times Token series, but none are as graphic as this. >>


Fantastic presentation. Love the piece and your companion collection youv'e put together.

NumbersUsacom

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Very Very Nice Chaze, Is it graded?, if so do you mind sharing info

Coinosaurus

Thanks guys. This is so much better than all the ASE nonsense

Pistareen, that is a very interesting medal, where might I find such a thing for sale

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chaze215

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Very Very Nice Chaze, Is it graded?, if so do you mind sharing info >>



Numbers: It is not graded as of right now. I plan on sending into NGC as soon as I get my act together and before my membership is up...lol

DUIGUY

23Pairer

Nice piece of history.....

SkyMan

Nice medals everyone! I particularly like Stefanie's... and she's got an Apollo 11 one too... Yowsah!!!

Here's one for Gemini 5 in 1965. The 8 days or bust references that the mission was designed to last 8 days. At that point in time the longest Man had ever spent in space was a Soviet cosmonaut, Valery Bykovsky, who had spent 5 days in space in June 1963. Eight days was the minimum amount of time it would take for an Apollo capsule to fly to the Moon, land on it, and return to Earth. Indeed, Apollo 11's mission lasted 8 days.

Gemini 5 was the first US mission where the US could say that they had overtaken the Soviets. Not only was the mission significantly longer than any Soviet flight, but also, by the end of the flight, the total amount of US Manned spaceflight (e.g. Man hours in space), overtook the total Soviet amount of Manned spaceflight. Not only that, but the mission was the first one to use fuel cells, combining hydrogen and oxygen to produce power and water. All previous US/Soviet flights had relied on batteries, which would never be able to sustain a long term mission.

The medal is called a Fliteline medal (after the company that produced it), and it "flew" on Gemini 5.

Eagleguy

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That's one of the nicest Norse medals I've ever seen.

JH