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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 3203065, member: 29751&quot;]You are correct, the <b>#3 Medal (St. Lawrence Seaway)</b> was produced in two thicknesses / weights.&nbsp; The thin version (mintage 3,700) weighed 12.44 grams, the thick (mintage 2,200) weighed 16.97 grams.&nbsp; Seems you have the &quot;thin&quot; version.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>#18 (Pocahontas / Rolfe) </b>was produced in a quantity of <b>6,000 medals</b> (not 8,000).</p><p><br /></p><p>It is thought that a great many of these medals were melted down during the late 1970s and early 1980s when silver prices were sky high.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to estimate how many survive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scans of the original paperwork issued with these two medals is attached here as JPG files.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829442[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829443[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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