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One of my favorite Conder designs with the personified River Clyde as a river god. Just in today.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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One of my favorite Conder designs with the personified River Clyde as a river god. Just in today. Very nice!  |
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Paralyse - your posts about these are so interesting in spite of my knowing nothing about their history.
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I do like that "River god" medal. Reminds me of staying out all night catfishing. |
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1963 Theodore Roosevelt
Medallic Art Co.
Bronze President Medal I am making a second set of 5 bronze medals that include a Mount Rushmore National Memorial medal and one of each of the Presidents who appear there. The four Medallic Art medals from the Presidential Series are in high relief with awesome detail. It would be nice if I could find a Capital Plastics holder or make one myself. I do remember when we had shop class in Jr. High School when plastics just like that were available for projects. So much of it was thrown out. I made a letter opener, I do remember that. When I get the last one, The Thomas Jefferson, I'll post my virtual holder I photoshopped. The Rushmore medal is on the way. It is one I don't recall seeing before but looks just right for the group. Will update. Coincidentally, I just watched Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 North by Northwest movie last week and the last exciting scenes are shot on location. 
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and . . . Because I ended up getting an F.D.R. instead of the one that finally did show up, I had bought this one just in case. That post was on pg 180 here: http://goccf.com/t/301479&whichpage=181#3160008That makes for three Bronze and one Silver example I have of this medal in total. This Theodore Roosevelt medal is one of the most popular issues in the Presidential Medallic Art Co. Series.  Edited by TNG
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New to My World's Fair Collection:
AMERICAN ISRAEL PAVILION
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964 - 1965
Looks to be made from copper nickle or similar.
Size is that of a US quarter.
From online, American Jewish Historical Society website:
The American-Israel Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair was created
by the American-Israeli World's Fair Corporation. The State of Israel
was unable to create their own pavilion, citing economic reasons.
The corporation secured a spot in the World's Fair to build a
pavilion to represent and familiarize the American people with
the State of Israel. The exhibition designers constructed an
exhibition hall to teach people about Israel and sold Israeli
goods at the shops in the Pavilion.
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-New for my Century of Progress collection: Hinged hollow medal-like souvenir
Obverse features the official C of P logo.
Reverse shows
FEDERAL BUILDING
HALL OF STATES.
Appears to be stamped aluminum, no maker marks.
1-5/8" diameter.
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1963 Theodore Roosevelt
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I only missed a few days, and there is a bunch more great content here. You guys are the best!  |
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Yes, the thread is alive and well. Thanks everyone! 1901 Pan-American Exposition
Peace and Prosperity Medal I would imagine from my experience at looking at Exposition medals, that this one was part of a souvenir ribbon when it was made available at the 1901 Buffalo N.Y. Exposition. Although somebody did a good job of it, the loop on top was removed at some point in time. The design is of two women in such a pose that they appear to be North and South America on a globe. A very similar design can also be found on the reverse of the 1923 Monroe Doctrine US Commemorative Half Dollar.   |
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1937 C.D. Peacock Jewelers
100th Anniversary - Great Chicago Fire Relic Token Medal with a embedded fragment of steel melted in the Chicago Fire of 1871 and cut from the door of the C.D. Peacock vault which withstood the flames and is in present use in the store on State and Monroe streets. The obverse has a image of Elijan Peacock and C.D. Peacock with the inscription "C.D. Peacock Chicago Jewelers 1837-1937 100th Anniversary" The reverse has the inscription "C.D. Peacock Centennial 100 year milestone in Chicago's History" with Ft. Dearborn 1830 and a Ferris Wheel Worlds Columbian Exposition 1893 and the embedded relic of the vault. ( The dark spot at 8 o'clock ) It is brass gilt and 32 mm in diameter. I have seen a much larger 76 mm version for sale, I imagine this smaller one is much more common than the large. The company survived the Great Chicago Fire, despite its location in the middle of the city, as all of its merchandise was kept in a fireproof safe. In 1889, Charles Daniel Peacock assumed control of the business and changed the name to the current C.D. Peacock. They issued their first retail catalog in 1893, which coincided with the World's Columbian Exposition. The company is still in business today.
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1901 Pan-American Exposition Peace and Prosperity Medal Very nice! I appreciate the similarity to the Monroe Doctrine Commemorative because that is one of the commemorative coins in my 7070.  |
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1960's (?) Crazy Horse Lucky Penny Souvenir This is one of those three inch "Lucky Penny" souvenirs that I have not encountered before. I can't find another and it does not have a date but I suspect it could be from anytime during the 1960's to 1970's. If anyone knows more please let us know. The Crazy Horse Memorial has been an ongoing project, making very slow progress since 1948. If completed as designed, it would become the world's second tallest statue. Government money has been turned down and it is entirely funded by those who visit and by private contributions. Korczak Ziolkowski, Born September 6, 1908 - Died October 20, 1982 was the Polish-American designer and sculptor of the Crazy Horse Memorial. His wife took over the project after he died and his children and grandchildren are now in charge of the project. The monument is being carved out of Thunderhead Mountain, on land considered sacred by some Oglala Lakota, between Custer and Hill City, roughly 17 miles from Mount Rushmore. It could be at least 30 to 40 years away when the sculpture is finished. The sculpture's final dimensions are planned to be 641 feet long and 563 feet high. The arm of Crazy Horse will be 263 feet long and his head 87 feet high. The heads of the four U.S. Presidents at Mount Rushmore are each 60 feet high. In 1998, the face of Crazy Horse was completed and dedicated. Crazy Horse's eyes are 17 feet wide. The face was completed in 1998.  Here's a link to a post I did quite a ways back on Crazy Horse. http://goccf.com/t/301479&whichpage=39#2710829I'm always on the look-out for those little scalloped inserts for the reverse as many Lucky Pennies and Nickels had that design and those inserts fell off. I have a couple that are now generic and would like to epoxy the inserts into the areas on mine that have missing. It is possible I can find beat up examples cheap and use those that still have the added on inserts. I think over time, the glue used to attach these deteriorated and this seems to be a common problem. Crazy Horse here still has the insert in place. It will join my others 
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