Need A Little Help: 1971 Philadelphia Bicentennial Medal With City Skyline.

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Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 4696 Posts	Posted 06/09/2025 2:30 pm https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...a393574.html I'm a little bit stumped on Numista. I have a bronze or copper "business strike" version of this coin in the original packaging. The design is identical to the silver medal shown above. There are many copper or bronze examples offered on ebay. Yet for whatever reason, I can't find a catalog entry for that variant of the medal. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 33143 Posts	Posted 06/09/2025 3:04 pm @brand, since you have the original "mint" packaging, you know that FM started off making about the same number of silver and bronze medals for SCI-31: As to why the bronze ones aren't listed on numista, perhaps it is because no one has submitted one yet. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 4696 Posts	Posted 06/09/2025 3:17 pm That must be the silver coin packaging. This is the regular strike packaging, which is also what's offered in the ebay listings: Thanks for the information! It's more than I had found rummaging around the Internet. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 33143 Posts	Posted 06/09/2025 10:44 pm Hmm weird. Evidently there were two types of mint packaging as I was pulling that image from this bronze medal auction on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276675956271 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 4696 Posts	Posted 06/10/2025 10:55 am According to one of the other images in that listing, that is the proof version of the medal. Definitely has mirrored fields. So looks like the copper proof coins got that more elaborate olive packaging. I guess the 5000 business strike coins ended up in the blue packaging above. Edit: actually, now that I am looking at it, the olive card holding the coin actually looks very similar to the blue card. Maybe the bronze proof got the additional paper with the mintages and explanation text. It's also possible that the information paper also came with the regular strike bronze coin above, and it's just missing. Edited by Brandmeister 06/10/2025 11:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
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