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Agricultural & Mechanical Award Medals

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88 items (showing items 21–40)

	Mechanics and Agricultural Fair Association of Louisiana. 1872. Silver. Diameter 46mm, 44.5 grams.
	Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. 1820. Silver. 80 mm x 7 mm thick. A massive heavy "discus" of a silver medal. Only one seen in any metal. Mintage severely limited due to the massive amount of silver in the planchet in so early a year -1820.
	Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association. 1837. Silver. Diameter 38mm. This US Mint-struck Gobrecht medal is fairly common in silver. But this gem Proof toned beauty is not only the finest I've ever seen but was engraved in the first year of issue - 1837. In original case.
	Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association. 1839. Gold. 49.3 grams. Awarded in 1839, 2 yrs after the Gobrecht-designed medal was established in 1837, for ammunition, shells and cannon balls (Brass and iron Ordnance)!.
	Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association. 1869. Gold. Diameter 38mm, 38.7 grams. Awarded for photography of icebergs! Gem Proof. In original case.
	Bay State Agricultural Society. 1886. Gold. Diameter 44mm, 48.6 grams. A US Mint-struck medal. I actually owned two of these in gold at one time - both Gem Proofs, acquired from different sources. The other went to collector Dr. David Menchell. In original case.
	Farmers And Mechanics Association, Attleborough, Mass.. 1885. Silver. Diameter 48mm, 54.7 grams. Most unusual graphics for an Agric & Mech Society medal. This broad series of medals is a favorite of mine. Tony Terranova, Dave Menchell (and the late R W Colbert,Jr of Ga and England) also have an interest. Andrew Harkness of Pittsfield, NY may have the most extensive coll'n of them and has promised for decades to write a book on this series which offers so many varied, interesting graphics, many struck by the US Mint. Alas, no such book has been forthcoming. Just as well as we like to keep the series a "secret".
	Middlesex Mechanic Association, Lowell, Mass.. 1851. Silver. Diameter 39mm, 26 grams. Fairly common in bronze, this US Mint medal in silver is ex rare.
	Norfolk (County, Massachusetts) Agricultural Society. 1868. Silver. Diameter 71mm, 51.3 grams. This and the following two massive silver completely hand-engraved New England-area Agricultural medals all have separately applied rims and are evidently engraved by the same skilled artisan. "Babe" Binette is the only other person I've known who has similar medals.
	New England Agricultural Society. 1865. Silver. Diameter 73mm, 50.6 grams.
	New England & Maine State Agricultural Society. 1869. Silver. Diameter 71mm, 54.3 grams.
	New England Agricultural Society. 1872. Silver. Diameter 58mm, 91.3 grams. This US Mint medal comes in two different sizes and neither is particularly rare in silver. But in perfect Gem Proof toned silver, you have to have one.or two. I have another superb large size silver awarded for Dentistry. Curiously, as many silvers and bronzes as I've seen, I've never heard of a gold specimen. Sure would like to have one.
	New England Society of Mechanical Arts. 1826. Silver. Diameter 63mm. In my opinion, one of the most attractive US Mint designs of a large silver medal. One of Gobrecht's finer medallic works. In original case, by Gobrecht.
	Maine Charitable Mechanic Association. 1859. Silver. Diameter 52mm, 58.4 grams. A very rare medal. I've seen only 2 or 3 silvers.
	Maine State Agricultural Society. 1875. Silver. Diameter 43mm, 27.1 grams. "Babe" Binette of Maine had two of this medal in gold!.
	Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 1879. Silver. Diameter 51mm, 54 grams. Maine. A very rare US Mint medal -I've seen only 2 in silver. None in brz or gold. This one a Gem Proof toned silver.
	Portland Mechanic's Fair. 1887. Silver. Diameter 44mm, 37.2 grams. Portland Oregon, not Maine. Decades ago I owned a high carat gold specimen with this same design but only perhaps 22 mm diameter. I've been trying to re-acquire it for decades.
	Michigan State Agricultural Society. 1869. Silver. Diameter 58mm, 79 grams. This medal is apparently unknown without massive obverse rim cuds. For some reason - perhaps the low relief rims and the expansive fields - it always comes scuffed up. This is the finest I've seen and it still exhibits contact marks. I've never seen a gold specimen, if it exists. The silvers are only scarce.
	Mississippi Agricultural Bureau. Silver. Diameter 45mm, 37 grams. Superb untoned silver gem proof. A very rare medal in any metal, I've also seen it in bronze and white metal. In original case.
	Saint Louis Agricultural & Mechanical Association. Gold. Diameter 49mm, 44.7 grams. Case is vulcanite (hard rubber). A distinctively unique engraved style with extremely hi-relief, separately applied rims. Ex Ed Sheppard NYC coll'n privately. In original case.