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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8209657, member: 20201"][ATTACH=full]1440024[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1960 Pony Express Centennial Assn.</b></p><p><b>Bronze <b>So-Called Dollar</b> HK-583 (Top Left)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>500,000 were authorized to be minted of this bronze version but it is <b>estimated that between 50,000 and 100,000 were minted. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1960 Pony Express Centennial Assn.</b></p><p><b>Silver <b>So-Called Dollar</b> HK-582 (Top Right)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Only <b>5,000 silver were struck.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440025[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial</b></p><p><b>Silver So-Called Dollar HK-588 (Bottom Left)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Only 3,000 silver medals minted</b> and sold for $4.50 when released for sale in 1961.</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial</b></p><p><b>Bronze So-Called Dollar HK-589 (Bottom Right)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>15,000 Bronze medals were minted</b> and sold for $1.50 each the same year.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><i>I have seen a Capital Plastics holder that looks very much like this with all four in it. It may be a custom order or very hard to find. I made a virtual one and put my medal set images in it. If anyone ever sees one of these holders, please let me know. </i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>(I did a pretty good job of it if I must say)</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1960 Medals (Top Row)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Pony Express Association is evidently still active to this day, having annual "re-runs" by volunteer riders to re-enact the actual ride of the Pony Express that lasted 18 months between April 1860 and October 1861.</p><p>The completion of telegraph lines ended the historical feat of carrying the mail from Missouri to California in only 10 days by horse and rider.</p><p><br /></p><p>The National Pony Express Centennial Association was chartered in 1957 in Utah as a non-profit corporation, with it's only purpose, to sponsor a 1960 re-run and to perpetuate the history of the Pony Express.</p><p>The Board of Governors were from California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, the eight states through which Express ran.</p><p>President Dwight D Eisenhower agreed to be the Honorary Chairman of this Board in 1957.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1960 re-run was financed principally by the sale of 1,000 letters carried by re-run riders, Official First Day Covers and U.S. Mint Medals.</p><p>Official Medals such as mine above were authorized by Congress as "national medals".</p><p><br /></p><p>It was designed by J. A. Links and struck at The Philadelphia Mint.</p><p>The obverse shows the Pony Express founders with conjoined busts of William Hepburn Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Bradford Waddell. The reverse portrays the famous watercolor by Herman Hansen, Pony Express Horse and Rider that he painted in 1900.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440026[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>1961 Medals (Bottom Row)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Gold Rush in the mid-1800s necessitated a fast mail service.</p><p>The Pony Express was developed as an alternative way for the mail to cross the North American continent. Using many mounted riders, on a route from St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California the founders of the Pony Express established a company for moving the mail that was faster and more reliable than stagecoaches.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Pony Express only operated for a year and a half—from April 1860 to November 1861. The end of the Pony Express is directly related to the telegraph.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440031[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The completion of the telegraph system and the termination of the Express occurred within a one-month period. 1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial silver and bronze medals were issued by The National Pony Express Centennial Association, Salt Lake City and were designed by Roy J. Olsen. Authorized by 86th Congress and struck at Philadelphia Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Coming and Going of the Pony Express</b></p><p>by Frederic Remington</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440033[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8209657, member: 20201"][ATTACH=full]1440024[/ATTACH] [B] 1960 Pony Express Centennial Assn. Bronze [B]So-Called Dollar[/B] HK-583 (Top Left)[/B] 500,000 were authorized to be minted of this bronze version but it is [B]estimated that between 50,000 and 100,000 were minted. [/B] -------------------------------------- [B]1960 Pony Express Centennial Assn. Silver [B]So-Called Dollar[/B] HK-582 (Top Right)[/B] Only [B]5,000 silver were struck.[/B] [ATTACH=full]1440025[/ATTACH] [B]1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial Silver So-Called Dollar HK-588 (Bottom Left)[/B] [B]Only 3,000 silver medals minted[/B] and sold for $4.50 when released for sale in 1961. -------------------------------------- [B]1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial Bronze So-Called Dollar HK-589 (Bottom Right)[/B] [B]15,000 Bronze medals were minted[/B] and sold for $1.50 each the same year. [SIZE=4][I]I have seen a Capital Plastics holder that looks very much like this with all four in it. It may be a custom order or very hard to find. I made a virtual one and put my medal set images in it. If anyone ever sees one of these holders, please let me know. [/I] [I](I did a pretty good job of it if I must say)[/I][/SIZE] [B]1960 Medals (Top Row)[/B] The Pony Express Association is evidently still active to this day, having annual "re-runs" by volunteer riders to re-enact the actual ride of the Pony Express that lasted 18 months between April 1860 and October 1861. The completion of telegraph lines ended the historical feat of carrying the mail from Missouri to California in only 10 days by horse and rider. The National Pony Express Centennial Association was chartered in 1957 in Utah as a non-profit corporation, with it's only purpose, to sponsor a 1960 re-run and to perpetuate the history of the Pony Express. The Board of Governors were from California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, the eight states through which Express ran. President Dwight D Eisenhower agreed to be the Honorary Chairman of this Board in 1957. The 1960 re-run was financed principally by the sale of 1,000 letters carried by re-run riders, Official First Day Covers and U.S. Mint Medals. Official Medals such as mine above were authorized by Congress as "national medals". It was designed by J. A. Links and struck at The Philadelphia Mint. The obverse shows the Pony Express founders with conjoined busts of William Hepburn Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Bradford Waddell. The reverse portrays the famous watercolor by Herman Hansen, Pony Express Horse and Rider that he painted in 1900. [ATTACH=full]1440026[/ATTACH] [B]1961 Medals (Bottom Row)[/B] The Gold Rush in the mid-1800s necessitated a fast mail service. The Pony Express was developed as an alternative way for the mail to cross the North American continent. Using many mounted riders, on a route from St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California the founders of the Pony Express established a company for moving the mail that was faster and more reliable than stagecoaches. The Pony Express only operated for a year and a half—from April 1860 to November 1861. The end of the Pony Express is directly related to the telegraph. [ATTACH=full]1440031[/ATTACH] The completion of the telegraph system and the termination of the Express occurred within a one-month period. 1961 Pony Express Termination Centennial silver and bronze medals were issued by The National Pony Express Centennial Association, Salt Lake City and were designed by Roy J. Olsen. Authorized by 86th Congress and struck at Philadelphia Mint. [B]The Coming and Going of the Pony Express[/B] by Frederic Remington [ATTACH=full]1440033[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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