Do you know who made this Commemorative set? "500th Anniversary Discovery of the New World"

I find little to no info on this set online.
I find a few for sale in the $70 range or so.
Anyone know what company/mint made this set?!

Some claim the silver piece is silver.
A few mention the other piece is bronze.

By appearance the silver is a maybe. Those milk spots are OUT OF CONTROL lol!
By appearance the bronze is eh, maybe bronze. It's an odd color, to gold lol.

Think I'm gonna take out the silver and give it the "ping" test (gently clink against another coin). Then I'm gonna dip it, wish it luck





The coins feel a bit amateurish (especially the faces) but they're kind of growing on me lol.

 

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I'm coming up as blank as you are. It didn't come with any sort of COA or liner stating the composition of the coins?

It gets my attention because I bought a set or two of low-quality silver rounds on eBay years back that came as a set, one silver, one gold(-plated). Each had a quarter ounce of silver, but it was hard to convince people that the gold-plated one wasn't base metal.

 

This guy says it's silver: https://www.ebay.com/itm/314155141817?hash=item49251b0ab9:g:3PoAAOSwYTJiFWqh&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAsISXVU/y3bPaVkfd16Bnoc+rT+hb0/EnjD7ZqjE2OYDFM16xjzYr4quF3T0pYfKQYKbH00+s3x68eu5JyktncjQiPlmb1BZQotz8cRaL4iOo0oNvFLqalSM6GhsY2Z4djyexSU+ueVs7NeRji9XrCcblocnSCx5M27OvY5lSgNUlD9IVIrBxrNSr8ZSfi8L8Sl4IsOjrvL3JafvzjtaznjwkAr9kxCYbmWT1wandPG7O|tkp:Bk9SR-iP-N3rYA

and this one (incorrectly) attributes it to the US mint! https://www.ebay.com/itm/265693304025?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110018&algo=HOMESPLICE.COMPLISTINGS&ao=1&asc=20201210111451&meid=696d618eb34142afbbb5fedb2765b296&pid=101110&rk=4&rkt=12&sd=144201574805&itm=265693304025&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2563228&algv=ItemStripV101HighAdFeeWithCompV3RankerWithKnnRecallV1&brand=U.S.+Mint&_trksid=p2563228.c101110.m1982&amdata=cksum:265693304025696d618eb34142afbbb5fedb2765b296|enc:AQAHAAABMA%2FJiT7ssNXrEsx1zZncFUUkLU8ikMh%2FiWOsxkTqeqIbE5K4lpcDSKjAfQ%2F1if83xRbiBkwIUDAltSvsDorjzt2H%2FM3IVJpnyXwBU%2B%2FOuc9N%2BtHc1ehqt3XOXpl9wKl5z9%2BbfmA3ZJxLT%2FiPEJ55T0r0%2FcfprATjspqTshZhrdw5%2BoPFYrkHkKytC9RtDCmwaquJEbsTjax%2Fhaqnk6XLB3mUL7hOaeHchwl%2BLuxK%2F0IYyLTw%2BYCPNZZRdFjdSDOsmHwBAk3vJOWgHnzJ%2Fl2sQ%2B2XlSDCMzUdoWZch%2BpOLcddkdeHQ3pO3tXyMbGnRZ%2BtJBrdV30JgxUQMptRJgLJE9yCMNk0ATYO3%2FvozYMz1huAqoOlz%2FNsIotkXX67KgvL3K4mA5DZFntADgFfd%2BL2Rck%3D|ampidL_CLK|clp:2563228

 

Nope, pulled everything out of the box, checked the edges of the coins...

Wait.

I actually remember pulling the coins out and checking the edge...of the bronze to see nothing and then mindlessly put them away while answering a call.

I just checked the edge of the silver and...well...uuuummm ok...999 F.S. "Full Silver"?!
Now I have to weigh it lol.
EDITED: 31.34 grams out of the capsule...barely over, nearly on the money.
I say silver it is! Also, it sounds right

Ok so...now to figure out who the maker was and what the number 1155 means next to F.S. lol

 

Or perhaps "Fine Silver"?

 

Fine/Full Sterling?

 

1155 is probably the production number

 

It's actually incredibly odd to me that absolutely nobody seems to know who minted these.

 

The medal set was probably advertised in 1992 coin magazines.

 

Franklin Mint?

 

Nothing in my searches coming up.

I really don't think so...believe it or not, I'd expect better from the Franklin Mint. Also their boxes were almost always nice spring hinged boxes.

 

Probably not -- sterling is .925 fine (92.5% silver).

 

Here's a real commemorative!

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374184451528?hash=item571f219dc8:g:cREAAOSwF6xi2YY1&amdata=enc:AQAHAAABAFqgaN6fpQ3hbhrtISNzQa/h4SeLGdvWiz3+QpCXy7+oyV9bL8UDYT1iByaq3ISjUCCvH8kqRxnuQbr3WjrlE3wRZps6HdzYrnc989VDGHiBxu39Flm/pp/9IndJVYbKxT/jQcjld8q8umGGaW3V3oVttnyc3q9JnNR/EGd7ibWLS38Tooc4849/XoJ8deYHmzFwKkeYCWx9F9gJYvpoBZlE1b0+J0EI4HFK9I+dpB49Wt6S8ibC5eSJkPzcd+eQbmtvhAjG8DGGUfIu6YjRQyXhahHxy2yKvhLU8t71tgpyLgO9E5todcZSkLFYEoCipPSeV6iXwH70/2kK5l0Isxw=|tkp:Bk9SR5jQoY3sYA

Les Sandler? Osborne Coinage, Cincinnati?

 

Thanks, first time I've seen the brochure anywhere!

Well the brochure confirms it's silver at least.

Also "Painstakingly created at America's oldest private mint"?

I was able to find some references to Les Sandler and funny enough the number one result in Google for "America's oldest private mint" is an ad for Osborn Coins...But...
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Ad - https://www.osbornecoin.com/
·(800) 488-2646
Osborne Coinage Is A Private Mint Where Custom Coins Are USA Made. Est. 1835. Order Today. Your Idea On A Coin. Our Art Or Yours. Fast Delivery, Great Prices. Made in the USA. Custom Coins. Awards & Gifts. In house art department.
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Click on it and the website doesn't exist...which means that Osborne Coinage currently is using a Google Ads and paying to run this ad that links to a website that either no longer exists or it's a website they're no longer paying for...but they're still paying for the ads lol!
EDITED: The website does exist and can be navigated but the homepage is broken lol!

 

The silver specimen looks as if it has been sneezed on..

 

https://www.osbornecoin.com/a-history-of-excellence/

I did not know, among other things...

During World War II, the Office of Price Commission asked Osborne Coinage to make food ration tokens. With more than 1,000 skilled employees working 24 hour shifts, the company manufactured 5 billion red and blue fiber tokens, as many as 80 million a day, to make change for ration stamps, thus saving coinage metals for the war effort.

 

Hmmm. The google-fu is strong with this one.



There exist many private mints that will create a silver medal for you if you have the funds. This may have been the case.

 

I got that one. @lordmarcovan gifted me one. I am now complete

 

Well since we're also showing the real ones...
Been on a few year mission to find a really nice MS with fun toning. I'm getting there!