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m9frank Pillar of the Community United States 628 Posts	Posted 09/16/2008 12:29 pm A friend has a 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition medal, bronze, lightly circulated, probably AU if AU is a valid grade with bronze. I've googled and found some information, not much. Can anyone provide info or point me in the right direction? Report this Post to the Staff

xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 09/16/2008 12:36 pm From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama...ition_(1915) "Commemorative coins were also issued. The United States Congress authorized the San Francisco Mint (also known as "The Granite Lady") to issue a series of five commemorative coins. Said coins were the 1915S silver Panama-Pacific half dollar and four gold coins. The denominations of the gold coins were 1 dollar, 2½ dollars (quarter eagle), a 50 dollar round coin, and an unusual 50 dollar octagonal coin. Legendary numismatist Farran Zerbe supervised the creation of a series of commemorative medals, an award medal, a souvenir medal, and diplomas. The half dollar, with a mintage of 27,000, can be purchased in midrange circulated condition for less than $500 as of 2006, but pristine specimens are considerably costlier. The gold $1 with a mintage of 15,000 pieces sells in the same range while $2.50 pieces with a mintage of 6,749 pieces are more expensive, with worn pieces costing in excess of $1,000, while the round and octagonal $50 coins sell for multiple tens of thousands of dollars in any condition. With a mintage of just 483 the round $50 coin has, in fact, the lowest mintage figure of any official U.S. mint issue of the 20th Century. At the Fair these five coins were sold both individually and in framed sets. Not surprisingly, few were purchased. The Pan-Pac coins have the distinction of being the first commemorative coins to bear the motto "In God We Trust", and were also the first commemoratives to be struck at a branch mint." And from http://www.bowersandmerena.com/auct...=1&LotNo=957 among other things it says: "Unsold examples were melted, leaving a net mintage of just 483 pieces for the Round type." Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/16/2008 12:58 pm There were about 25 medals issued for the Pan Pac Expo so you will have to look through the list and figure out which one(these are completely different from the commemorative coins that xshift listed) http://www.so-calleddollars.com/Eve...osition.html Edited by biokemist6 09/16/2008 12:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
m9frank Pillar of the Community United States 628 Posts	Posted 09/16/2008 1:44 pm Thanks, sorry, I put tjhis in the wrong forum Edited by m9frank 09/16/2008 1:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 09/16/2008 7:47 pm Ah.. sorry, guess I should have asked which medal m9frank was asking about. The article mentions "commemorative medals, an award medal, a souvenir medal" so I thought it would be some help. Report this Post to the Staff
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