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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3450059, member: 101855&quot;]The shipment of gold that came from California might have been used to make these two medals that were awarded to Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott for their leadership during the Mexican War. Instead the second shipment of gold received went into them. Here they are in bronze for Zachary Taylor:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916473[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And Winfield Scott:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When the government gave a gold medal to a war hero, they didn&#039;t scrimp. Here is the&nbsp; Zachary Taylor medal next to a Morgan Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You might compare that to the gold medal Congress gave to Douglas MacArthur in 1964. It was about as big as a half dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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