1871Pre-1900 "Deep South" silver Agricultural or Mechanical Society medals are almost always far rarer and more desirable than east coast or northeast society medals. Probably because the South was far less wealthy or sophisticated (after the Civil War), less populated, had far fewer medallic diesinking companies & far fewer Agric / Mech Societies. Even the designs of these "Deep South" pre-1900 medals tend to be a bit cruder and less sophisticated than "Northern" medals. Altho , to my mind, they have a certain charm beyond rarity that make them more appealing than the much more often-seen "Northern" medals.silver5758