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Chief Onepapa the silver Chief

1940coupe1940coupe Posts: 661 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 19, 2018 4:40PM in U.S. Coin Forum

these medals were made in the 80s I love the design 16 ounce of 999 silver only 2500 made I bought on!
secondary market ! I believe they were sold by Chattanooga Coins news paper does anyone have these old newspapers would like too see original add ?


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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,276 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Made by the "American Royal Mint"...

    God Save our Gracious Queen.

    :)

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... love those bit silver 'coins'....never saw that one before.... I have the big ASE.... Cheers, RickO

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like the signers are:

    • Brian Hill, Treasurer of American Royal Mint
    • Lewis Revels, President of Chattanooga Coin

    Lewis was one of the original owners of Photo Certified Coin Institute (PCI).

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  • BackroadJunkieBackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow. An avoirdupois pound? Who measures silver in avoirdupois?

    (I would make a snarky snowflake remark, but I'll steer clear of that... ;) )

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Members of the lost tribe, the "Avoirdupois" of Chattanooga. They wandered there from Judea looking for a really good bagle and fresh cream cheese.

    The obverse is kind of nice. The reverse is awful -- The poor bison looks like he was just electrocuted or got sucked through a lawn dethatching machine.

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Presumably the OP means "Running Antelope" ("Tȟatȟóka Íŋyaŋke") of the Húŋkpapȟa Lakota. Too bad the issuer didn't correct the headdress.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Where's the melt bucket?

    All glory is fleeting.
  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Members of the lost tribe, the "Avoirdupois" of Chattanooga. They wandered there from Judea looking for a really good bagle and fresh cream cheese.

    The obverse is kind of nice. The reverse is awful -- The poor bison looks like he was just electrocuted or got sucked through a lawn dethatching machine.

    Yea................but look at the nice full horn (s).

    Pete

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  • 1940coupe1940coupe Posts: 661 ✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Presumably the OP means "Running Antelope" ("Tȟatȟóka Íŋyaŋke") of the Húŋkpapȟa Lakota. Too bad the issuer didn't correct the headdress.

    If you read what it says on medal thats what it says ! but Running Antelope is correct ! /////////i Love this medal guess you have to see in hand to enjoy the old saying to each there own !

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's what is says on one side, but not the other. The obverse is kind of nice even if the headdress belongs to a different tribe which would be viewed as an insult by any Húŋkpapȟa Lakota. Of course, this is based on the $5 bill and it was BEP's decision to stick the wrong headdress into the engraving.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    Where's the melt bucket?

    Bad. Just kidding. But.....bad.

  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Superb example of the note!

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