4 piece Norse Medal set.

erickso1 · January 28, 2013 1:17AM

Has anyone ever seen them all together in one collection? I'm assuming it has been done before (Bass maybe, I know the large format silvered and the gold were in that sale).

Theoretically, this could be pushed to a set of five with the "believed to be unique" proof.

Thanks for your time in advance.

jmcu12 · January 28, 2013 1:45AM

I am not sure if the population of the goods but I would think it could be quite the challenge...

That said I would love to see it together! Quite spectacular I would think!

And that proof would be amazing - I have always loved that medal.

erickso1 · January 28, 2013 2:02AM

Here's a cobbled together version of what they would look like.

Thick

Thin

Large Format Silvered (image from HA)

Gold (image from HA)

Proof Thick Matte (posted by Aegis3 from the Stack's June 14-15, 1995 sale)

Lakesammman · January 28, 2013 6:30AM

There's a dealer that shows in Seattle that has a hoard of them and he has all 4. I see him at the national shows now and then as well.

NCViking · January 28, 2013 9:53AM

The dealer's name is David Schmidt who runs Coins Unlimited out of Tacoma, WA. He has several gold pieces and probably a roll each of the thick and thin pieces. I believe he bought Rollie Finner's pieces. Schmidt gave a talk at last year's ANA Convention in Denver. The DVD of his talk is now available. He also had an article in a recent Numismatist magazine. Somewhere on C. U. you will find a photo of my 3" unplated bronze piece which David mentions in his talk.

NCViking · January 28, 2013 9:54AM

Great photos!

stealer · January 28, 2013 9:57AM

I actually viewed a gold piece at the San Jose show this past weekend. It was graded PF30 in an old white ANA holder, quite a piece as well.

NCViking · January 28, 2013 10:33AM

A short story. There were examples of the gold and large format silver Norse medals in the January 2012 Heritage auction at the FUN Show. I viewed them and had already bid on them prior to the auction. Opening bids at the auction were higher than my bids to I watched as they went to an internet bidder. A few months later, at my local coin club meeting, guess what walked in the door? YEP! The VERY same gold and silver medals I had viewed and bid on at the Heritage auction!!! A fellow coin club member won them both!!! Small world, eh?