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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 2137101, member: 16948&quot;]My good friend Mitch Ernst was so excited to show me a very rare Lewis and Clark/George Washington Season medal he just bought from Rick Snow for his “Sower” medal collection.&nbsp; Apparently, this piece was found in the ground with a metal detector in Idaho and was authenticated by John Kraljevich.&nbsp; Here’s a little history on this fantastic medal:</p><p><br /></p><p>During Washington&#039;s second term a special set of three medals was designed by John Trumbull (1756-1843), one of the leading American artists of the Revolutionary Era. They came to be called &quot;Season&quot; medals, even though their subjects were not the seasons per se. These medals were calculated to encourage Indian recipients to adopt a &quot;civilized&quot; American life-style. However, Indians generally preferred medals featuring the image of a king or president.&nbsp; A total of 700 were struck in Birmingham, England. Of these, Lewis requisitioned 55 from the Secretary of War to supplement his supply of Jefferson peace medals. Lewis and Clark distributed all 55 medals to Indian leaders they met.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0493_zpsjsupryu4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0496_zpstheyvol3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0495_zps8qf7rawa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mitch also brought me this bottle of Nebraska wine.&nbsp; He said the wine came from grapes he and his family actually picked themselves!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0492_zps1a768rvi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0498_zpsjaihtts7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Later in the afternoon, we opened Mitch’s bottle as well as a bottle of wine from Temecula that I had brought with me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0491_zpsziatvwkj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After the show closed, a group of us headed over to recommended local steak house for dinner.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0500_zpsbhczusmm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0501_zps34qxcxea.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We had this wonderful bottle of Mount Veeder Cab.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0503_zpsegmr2hne.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They had great calamari!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0505_zpsy2db5rwe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’m not an oyster fan, but the others in my group said they were really good.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0506_zpsz1rd2fc0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was their “small” cut of prime rib!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0508_zpseu6bj7tk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rick and Matt</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0509_zpsqgxfojqm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Me and Ron</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Central%20States/IMG_0511_zpspkhexgmd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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