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ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 20, 2020 4:03AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Just ran across this 1 ounce ANA gold membership medal. It seems like a great way to mark one's membership.

Does anyone know when these were made? Does the ANA still make these or something like these?

Anyone have one with their name on it?

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  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 22, 2017 2:30PM

    There were quite a few ANA gold medals that just recently sold last year. This may be one of them? I'm not sure if they still make them.

    Edit: It looks like it was engraved by J. Otto Schweizer. This obverse bust design was used on multiple medals, some of which I believe were struck by J. K. Davison.

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,108 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would love one of those

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Mine turned out to be pyrite.... :(

    Well, they did produce this in silver and bronze too :)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That would be nice... A real gold membership coin... with one's name on it.... I like the idea. Bet the ANA could make some money on this....Cheers, RickO

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How is it that 75 years ago, the ANA could produce a medal with a design that is so superior to what the U.S. Mint is putting out today? Something has gone wrong. Terribly wrong.

  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i think the edge lettering is cool.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 23, 2017 10:50AM

    @Hydrant said:
    How is it that 75 years ago, the ANA could produce a medal with a design that is so superior to what the U.S. Mint is putting out today? Something has gone wrong. Terribly wrong.

    I think medals used to be much better in general. The relief was higher, the detail and letters sharper, the surfaces crisper, etc. A good follow-up question would be:

    How is it that 150 years ago, the U.S. Mint could produce a medal with a design that is so superior to what the U.S. Mint is putting out today?

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 29, 2017 9:50PM

    Has the ANA issued any other 50 Year Membership gold medals similar to the one for Pittman? Does anyone here have one?

    Also, does the ANA issue these for any other anniversaries?

  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't know if they're still doing it. In 1996 for my 25th year I received the pewter metal that looks a lot like the gold one pictured above.

    -----Burton
    ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BStrauss3 said:
    I don't know if they're still doing it. In 1996 for my 25th year I received the pewter metal that looks a lot like the gold one pictured above.

    That should be silver, antiqued.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The ANA issues a silver medal for 25 year members and a gold for 50 year members. In 2 years I will have been a member for 50 years.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I joined in 1971, so I may make it.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 30, 2017 3:52PM

    Please pics when you get them @golden and @CaptHenway!

    Would be great to get them slabbed and TrueViewed as well.

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For 25 years, the medal is silver, antiqued. For 50 years the member is antiqued. For 75 years the member's grave is gold plated.

  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did not realize it was silver. Specs: 11.48g, 25.5mm

    I do not see anything about the program on the ANA site, so I wonder if it's still in effect.

    -----Burton
    ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
  • Hello, first post, here is mine (well, not mine, I bought it at an auction), a 1954 solid sold gold piece, I am amazed at the relief and details of it. The owner must have been as proud to have it then as I am today.

    mike

  • For the life of me, I cannot figure out what that marking is at just off the chin. I had thought that in mine it was just some kind of heavy scratch or gouge, however I see that it is also there as in the first example/post in this thread. The next time I get it out, I will use a magnifying glass to see what it is or says. Mint mark maybe?

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Designer' s initials/ monogram?

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 9, 2017 7:53PM

    The more I looked into the evolution of the 50 year ANA membership gold medal, the murkier the subject matter becomes. I thought the program was kaput.

    There were at least two generations of smaller 50 year medals after the medal shown in the OP.

    I am reasonably certain the the medal in the OP doesn't weigh-in at one Troy ounce AGW.

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @4504 said:
    For the life of me, I cannot figure out what that marking is at just off the chin. I had thought that in mine it was just some kind of heavy scratch or gouge, however I see that it is also there as in the first example/post in this thread. The next time I get it out, I will use a magnifying glass to see what it is or says. Mint mark maybe?

    @CaptHenway said:
    Designer' s initials/ monogram?

    J. Otto Schweizer?

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:
    Just ran across this 1 ounce ANA gold membership medal. It seems like a great way to mark one's membership.

    Does anyone know when these were made? Does the ANA still make these or something like these?

    Anyone have one with their name on it?

    According to David Sklow, this medal was struck by August Conrad Frank.

    https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/557024

  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was gold still banned in 1942? I thought FDR banded the position of gold

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are a few other medals with the same design...I’ve always liked it! I don’t remember whether I’ve posted them before. The larger medal is roughly 3 inches in diameter, if I recall.

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really nice insights and pics.
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All I got for my 25th anniversary with the ANA was a small dime sized tie tack pin. No medal. Even though I was at the convention and attended the dinner, they mailed mine and several other members their pins. Something about logistics.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:
    All I got for my 25th anniversary with the ANA was a small dime sized tie tack pin. No medal. Even though I was at the convention and attended the dinner, they mailed mine and several other members their pins. Something about logistics.

    Do you automatically get the medal or do you have to pay for it?

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins I did not have to pay for the tack pin. Sent 2-3 months later. Did not receive or
    was there ever a mention of any medal. This was back in 2006. Flew to Denver for the
    "presentation" dinner which cost around $50. Had a good time, went to the headquarters.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 11, 2021 10:53PM

    @Tibor said:
    @Zoins I did not have to pay for the tack pin. Sent 2-3 months later. Did not receive or was there ever a mention of any medal. This was back in 2006. Flew to Denver for the "presentation" dinner which cost around $50. Had a good time, went to the headquarters.

    Interesting. I'm surprised you didn't receive one and there was no mention of one. Over 12,000 of them have been issued so they aren't uncommon.

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 11, 2021 11:01PM

    I was not aware that 25 year members, a mear new comer, received the medals. There were
    two at my table who received 50 year medals. I don't remember the composition of the
    medals. I do remember that the dinner portions were small. Lots of complaints. Still
    waiting on a refill on my tea.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:
    I was not aware that 25 year members, a mear new comer, received the medals. There were
    two at my table who received 50 year medals. I don't remember the composition of the
    medals. I do remember that the dinner portions were small. Lots of complaints. Still
    waiting on a refill on my tea.

    25 year medals are silver.

    50 year medals were 10K gold until 2005, after which they were gold plated.

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Concerning the medal and the lack there of, not my first time, not my last. Were the medals engraved with the recipients name? If not I might try to find one. Are there differences between years for the silver medals?

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:
    Concerning the medal and the lack there of, not my first time, not my last. Were the medals engraved with the recipients name? If not I might try to find one. Are there differences between years for the silver medals?

    They are engraved. They look like the following from @USAROK:

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11746700/#Comment_11746700

  • GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 12, 2021 7:11AM

    Here is the 1975 version silver 25th and 2000 version 50th in 10kt gold inscribed on the edge.


  • GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On October 7 and 8, 1891, five men--Dr. G.F. Heath, William G. Jerrems, David Harlowe, J.A. Heckelman and John Brydon, holding 26 proxies, met in Chicago and with 61 charter members founded the American Numismatic Association. De Profundus means (out of the depths).

    The gold membership medals are very nice. but my personal favorite ANA design is this 3 inch 1966 Diamond Jubilee 75th ANA silver medal authorized by Congress. The obverse was designed and engraved by Frank Gasparro, the reverse by Gasparro and E. Steever and struck at Philadelphia. There were only 30 struck and only given to the people on this list below. This one is #25.

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