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Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association medal

DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
Silver, XF example.

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“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've accumulated a number of these (final design) in silver and bronzed copper, but I prefer to collect the earlier designs that are hand engraved with a testmonial to the individual awardee. The earliest MCMA medal I have found is from 1848 in silver, signed by Gobrecht.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Me likey.image
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i like image

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