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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1427196, member: 29751&quot;]I had a few requests from people to create a topic for Heraldic Art Medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>These medals were struck from 1959 through 1978 to fill the void left when the US Mint ended the commemorative half dollar program in 1954. They were produced and mostly designed by Robert McNamara.The series consisted of 60 medals, issued sequentially at a rate of 3 per year for 20 years. To collectors, most of the medals are referred to by their medal number (I through LX -- 1 through 60). Most of the medals commemorate important events and persons in the history of the USA. You can find a lot of good information and scans of the original issued literature on this website: <a href="http://heraldicartmedallions.com/navigation.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://heraldicartmedallions.com/navigation.html" rel="nofollow">Heraldic Art Medallions</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the 60 regular issue medals, McNamara also released 7 special occasion medals. All of the medals were issued in &quot;maximum mintages&quot; of around 6,000 pieces. However, a fair amount of evidence exists to suggest that (particularly for later issues) many of the medals were struck in smaller than that mintage. Coupled with the fact that many, many of these medals are suspected to have been melted down during the 1980s silver boom as &quot;junk silver&quot;, no one really knows how many of these medals still exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>I first came across the Heraldic Art Medals when I was looking for coins, medals, tokens, and other exonumia that feature the image of a horse. Many of you know that I have a quite large collection of horse-themed pieces (around 200 pieces and counting), and these medals fit well in that theme. In fact, of the 60 regular issue medals, 13 feature a prominent horse theme (and an additional 1 of the 7 special medals also features horses). In short, most of these equine images are high relief, with stunning detail, and are quite compelling as pieces of art. Of the 13 regular issue medals featuring horses, I have so far acquired 8 of them -- but my raw example of medal number 4 is not shown below because I intend to replace it with a better quality piece. I show below my images of 7 of these medals. They are some of my favorite horse-themed pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have any of these medals, feel free to post your images here also. I did a search, and there doesn&#039;t appear to be a thread of this type on CoinTalk already.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Medal Number 6 -- Pioneer Inventions</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1960_Heraldic_Art_Medal_No6_NGC_MS68_Pioneer_Inventions.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal Number 7 -- Kansas Statehood</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1961_MS68_Kansas_Statehood_Heraldic_Art_Medal_gray.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal Number 8 -- Civil War Centennial</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1961_Heraldic_Art_Medal_NGC_MS68_Civil_War.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal Number 9 -- Tippecanoe</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1961_Heraldic_NGC_MS69_Tippecanoe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal Number 17 -- Founding of St. Louis</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1964_Heraldic_Art_Medal_No17_NGC_MS69_StLouis.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal Number 31 -- Bicentennial of San Diego</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1969_Heraldic_Art_Medal_SanDiego_Raw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal Number 51 -- Bicentennial of 2nd Continental Congress</b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1975_Heraldic_Art_Medal_NGC_MS68_Washington.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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