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Agricultural & Mechanical Award Medals

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88 items (showing items 61–80)

	Agricultural Society of Philadelphia. 1855. Silver. Diameter 52mm. Really rare in either bronze or silver. I've seen perhaps 2 in silver. In original case.
	George Washington - Lancaster Co. Agricultural & Mechanical Society. 1859. Silver. Diameter 47mm, 38.7 grams. Struck in both bronze and silver, this medal also appeals to Washingtonia collectors. Pretty rare in silver, this one likely the finest extant with its wonderful patina and prooflike surfaces.
	Lancaster County Agricultural & Mechanical Society. 1860. Silver. I firmly believe this Washington medal was only struck /awarded in 2 years - 1859 & 1860. I've never seen another dating outside this 2 yr period and in 1861 the Civil War enveloped PA and the rest of the country.
	Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. 1856. Silver. Diameter 64mm, 87.3 grams. Not particularly rare in brz or silver, this US Mint medal can be acquired in silver but is usually cleaned and/or scuffed up. This one is a magnificently toned Proof.
	Agricultural & Industrial Association of the Catawissa Valley. 1878. Silver. Diameter 44mm, 33.2 grams.
	Rhode Island Industrial Exhibition. 1884. Silver. Diameter 51mm, 59.3 grams. Not rare in brz or silver, this medal can be sometimes found in its original presentation case. Curiously, the silver comes in two versions: distinctly convex fields and flat fields. Gem proofs are rare. Never heard of a gold. In original case.
	South Carolina Institute. 1857. Silver. Diameter 48mm, 37.6 grams. A rare medal with shallow protective rims and shallow detail making it all but impossible to find a nice specimen. This is the finest I know of.
	Agricultural Society of South Carolina. 1882. Silver. Diameter 38mm, 24.6 grams. Really rare. I've seen 1 or 2.
	South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Silver. Diameter 44mm, 37 grams. I've seen only a very few in silver or bronze and, as I recall, none were awarded/engraved. Sometimes, due to the cost of engraving and the necessity of separating the medal awardee from his medal, it was left unengraved and up to the recipient , at his own cost, to have an inscription engraved - which was often not then done.
	Deadwood Fair, Black Hills Fair Association, Deadwood, Dakota. White metal. I usually do not put white metal items in my coll'n, preferring only silver or gold. But this is a territorial Dakota medal, made of Black Hills tin, is ext rare (I've seen only two), Gem Proof and in an original case of issue -just too much for me to ignore. In original case.
	Southern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition. Silver. Diameter 47mm, 61.9 grams. Unawarded, in original case.
	United States Agricultural Society. 1860. Silver. Diameter 75mm. I actually had the opportunity to acquire this large (but thin) US Mint medal in gold in a very early Bowers & Ruddy (yes, Ruddy) auction but the bullion cost of it was, in my opinion at the time, just too much to add a gold to my coll'n. It may very well have been melted down in 1979-80 as I've never seen it again. In original case.
	Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, Utah Agricultural Fair. Copper. Diameter 40mm, 27 grams. I have one report of an engraved awarded bronze specimen. Unawarded.
	Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, Utah Agricultural Fair. Silver. Diameter 27mm, 6.7 grams. In my opinion, a pattern or trial strike in silver to see what the dies look like in silver. I've not seen another of this size/design in silver but the golds are around. Unawarded.
	A.&M. Society. S.L. City, Utah, engraved on $10 gold piece. 1881. Gold. Diameter 27mm, 13 grams. There are several other specimens known hand-engraved over effaced $10 gold pcs- the engraving is always distinctively different on each. SLC's Bob Campbell claims to own a $5 pc so engraved.
	Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, Utah Agricultural Fair. 1894. Silver. Diameter 38mm, 25.3 grams. I've seen several of this design and size in silver and all were abused/dinged up - except this one.
	Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, Utah Agricultural Fair. 1890. Gold. Diameter 27mm, 9.3 grams. This Utah medal and the following are struck on gold planchets, not effaced gold $10 eagles, and are clearly slightly later issues replacing the use of effaced gold coins. These too are rare but not as rare as the effaced engraved gold coins. Amazingly, Heritage had three of these struck golds, all awarded to the same recipient, in an auction two years ago. The three sold to two different bidders with the best of the three to me, of course!.
	Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, Utah Agricultural Fair. 1900. Gold. Diameter 27mm, 9 grams. A totally different die from the prior gold and, apparently, a lower purity of gold was used. I'd say the first is. 900 fine (22K) or better while this appears to be 57% (14K) carat gold.
	Vermont State Agricultural Society. 1879. Silver. Diameter 45mm, 45.4 grams. In original cotton muslin bag and box.
	Vermont State Agricultural Society, by Tiffany. 1885. Silver. Diameter 57mm, 80.9 grams. In original case.