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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome piece of history!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Beautiful medal,,and Thank You for the history lesson....It's one of those things that we can all pass forward..
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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I wonder if I could find one of those Children's Founders Roll Medals I'm sure that you could. There are two types of Children's Founders Roll medal, the octagonal medal shown (the Borglum medal) and a later round medal designed by Augustus Lukeman; Lukeman took over work on the monument after Borglum left the project. The round type is more common than the octagonal, but both can be found -- I purchased each of my medals at mid-sized coin shows. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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I will have to add those to my search list for the next coin show I attend. Either in December or at the FUN show in January.  |
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United States
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I enjoyed very much your informative description of the three versions of collectibles available relating to Stone Mountain. Pleased that my fore-fathers did not contribute the $1000 to be on the "Founders Roll Plan".  Your knowledge of the series is unsurpassed commems ... many thanks for this well researched thread. David |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Another great post on a siers of coins I find myself
liking more and more.
Thank you for again teaching me something I dint know
and for taking the time to share this wil us here at CC
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks Commems!
Another interesting post!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You are killing me! First you get me hooked on commemoratives, now you entice me with the medal cousins. What's next? (Uh oh, I will probably regret asking that!).
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Valued Member
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I'm still a fool if I don't get one soon. What artistry. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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What's next? Stay tuned! More to come!  Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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Thought I'd update my original post with a recent upgrade to my octagonal Children's Founders Medal. This one retains much more of it's original color and has a much more easily read Gutzon Borglum copyright notice/signature at the six o'clock position on the obverse.   Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Nice upgrade!  |
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Commems is awesome!!
Anyone else notice a similarity between the children's medal and the Norse commemorative medal?
Maybe they were struck at the same facility?
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Anyone else notice a similarity between the children's medal and the Norse commemorative medal?
Maybe they were struck at the same facility? While both octagonal, the two medals were struck by different mints. The Norse-American Centennial medal was struck by the US Mint under authority given to them by the US Congress and the President. The Stone Mountain medal was a privately struck piece - it was struck by the firm of Whitehead & Hoag in New Jersey. If you look very closely, you can just make out the company name at the bottom of the medal's reverse. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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