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Message:: [QUOTE="coinman0456, post: 1046237, member: 18177"]Your medal is an 1865 issue by Wm. Idler, a philadelphia Coin Dealer , who was acclaimed for being among the first numismatists in the U.S. He was born in 1808 and died in 1901. His son-inlaw , was the notable John Hazeltine, which he left the Coin Business to, and his son, Robert Idler took care of the Jewelry  business.  Personally, I'm in awe, that stuff like this continues to pop up in circulation these days. Many of his medal issue's were made by Lovett, and it's a better than good guess that this one is also one of his . I would put the Rarity factor at about R-7 for this piece , as these were produced by the thousand's . It's a terrific piece of Numismatic History. I would like to add this to my collection, and would make you a fair offer if you desired to sell. Please send me a private message to discuss the details, if you so desire. Glad I could help identify this for you. Tom.[/QUOTE]