Question on valuing U.S. medals

jmj3esq

I just had 3 beautiful medals graded by NGS. Are there population reports on these?

1909 Bronze Hudson-Fulton 101.75 mm that graded NGC MS63. This is an absolute beauty and HUGE. I bet it weighs 3/4 of a pound. It looks flawless (not sure about the MS63 grade) It has nice tone to it too.

1915 Pan-Pac official medal Bronze. NGC MS 62. Beautifully toned.

1892 E-55 Columbian Espo Medal MGC MS64BN. Deep brown with mirror fields.

I have not seen many of these actually graded nor seen many of these in MS grades. Any way of valuing them?

jonathanb

NGC doesn't publish populations for most medals. There are a few exceptions (So-Called Dollars, for example), but nothing that covers yours.

To complicate things further, NGC claims that they won't grade the first two of your medals at all. For a while they were slabbing everything. Then a year or two ago they stepped way back and refused to slab all sorts of things. I guess they let some stuff slip through from time to time.

The large Hudson-Fulton is probably $100-$300. There was one that sold raw on eBay within the last week or so, in the $150-$200 range if I recall.

The Pan-Pac medal is weird. They're common, and for a long time they were in the $50 range. Lately, prices have skyrocketed. I'd have to say $300-$600 for yours if you sell it soon. I don't know why they're bringing such high prices all of a sudden.

The Columbian Expo E-55 is fairly common. They sell raw in the $50-$100 range. Slabbed, yours might be $75-$150.

Or more. Or less. It all depends on finding interested buyer(s)...

jmj3esq

Here are some bad pics I took of 3 of the 4 medals I am refering to. These were taken before tey were slabbed by NGC:

BillJones

Your first medal is NOT a 1909 Hudson-Fulton. It is an 1876 Centennial celebration medal in copper, which is now listed as a So-Called dollar. Here is one in silver.




This is not an unusually large piece. There is at least Centennial medal that is quite large.

jmj3esq

I know its a US centennial expo medal. I dont have a pic of the Hudson yet. I know the difference. I simply neglected to add that I had the us centennial graded as its only AU and I can figure out its value. I will soon post a pic of the Hudson. It is impressive.

jmj3esq

Here is another bad pic of mine. This is the hudson fulton in the largest NGC I have ever seen. Its sitting next to a normal sized NGC slab containing the us centennial medal. This big damn slab might require a book shelf to store. I also have the original Hudson Fulton box the huge medal was sold in.

jonathanb

The Centennial medal is a So-Called Dollar. It's worth maybe $25-$75. They made thousands of them. AU is not a good grade for So-Called Dollars in general, and certainly not for common ones.

The Pan-Pac is also a So-Called Dollar. My earlier comments were based on it being an award medal (I read your initial description wrong -- my fault). I'd say probably $25-75 for this one as well. It's also pretty common.

Sorry!

NumisOxide

<< <i>Here is another bad pic of mine. This is the hudson fulton in the largest NGC I have ever seen. Its sitting next to a normal sized NGC slab containing the us centennial medal. This big damn slab might require a book shelf to store. I also have the original Hudson Fulton box the huge medal was sold in.

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That's a big slab! Cool medals.