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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24798886, member: 101855&quot;]I have been working on an exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark commemorative gold dollars. The inspiration for the Jefferson gold dollar was the Jefferson Indian peace medal by John Reich. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1586719[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1586720[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mckinley piece was modeled after the memorial medal that Charles Barber designed for McKinley. Barber designed both the Jefferson and the McKinley gold dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1586715[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1586721[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The McKinley medal is common. The mint was still making examples of it until the 1970s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am still working on how to lay the exhibit out which is still in its beginning stages.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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