1882 Philly Mint medal for Bi-centennial, value help needed

theboz11 · November 24, 2009 7:43PM

A gentleman that I bowl with regularly gave me this to value for him. I don't have the necessary knowledge or references to do that. Can someone please give me a clue. Thanks

pruebas · November 24, 2009 8:16PM

What is the size?

theboz11 · November 24, 2009 8:19PM

One inch Diameter, weight is a quarter oz. looks bronze.

pruebas · November 24, 2009 8:38PM

At first glance, I thought it was one of those tokens struck on the first steam press at various fairs in the late 19th Century. Those tokens generally have a Philadelphia theme but all have the Lord's Prayer on the reverse and are dime-sized. So the size of your piece rules this out.

ldhair · November 24, 2009 8:41PM

It's a very common medal. It's worth a few dollars without the hole. I have one like it somewhere.

291fifth · November 24, 2009 9:02PM

Common, cleaned and holed. Worth less than $1 in my estimation.

theboz11 · November 24, 2009 10:48PM

Thanks, Good enough for me

coindeuce · November 25, 2009 12:48AM

I believe that Julian listed a mintage figure for these in the range of tens of thousands.

LanLord · November 25, 2009 1:00AM

All of a sudden I want a bowl of quaker oats

firstmint · November 25, 2009 4:23AM

IIRC, thousands of these (without the hole) were struck at the U.S. Mint in Philly and handed out to people during the parade that day.

Interesting, but not valuable. They didn't even spell employees correctly

jonathanb · November 25, 2009 4:43AM

<< <i>They didn't even spell employees correctly >>

Actually, I thought the same thing until I looked it up. That was a common spelling at the time. It's still listed as an alternative in larger dictionaries.

coindeuce · November 25, 2009 4:45AM

There were a very limited number of silver Proofs issued of this U.S. Mint struck medal. IIRC at least two of them have sold at auction in recent months for several hundred dollars each. jonathanb can tell you more about that.

jonathanb · November 25, 2009 4:57AM

<< <i>jonathanb can tell you more about that. >>

I only remember one recently (I was the underbidder). I've picked up several of the silver ones over the past few years, though.

1882 Philly Mint medal for Bi-centennial, value help needed

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