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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8211113, member: 20201"]<b>1935 Pony Express Diamond Jubilee</b></p><p><b>Gilt So-called Half Dollar</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440589[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is possibly a gilt original 1935 minted medal as 6 of the 8 Smith medals are actually restrikes using the same dies from medals used earlier. This is my fourth different brass or gilt medal that matches those found in the 1947 c.smith set of 8 so-called half dollars</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1947 c.smith Pony Express Jubilee</b></p><p><b>So-called Half Dollar</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440613[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Charles E. Smith was a Boston coin dealer. At the time Smith's medals were issued, the US Congress was putting the brakes on US commemorative half dollar coins. Smith may have believed he could fill a void in the marketplace by creating commemorative medals that were roughly the same size; Smith's medals were slightly larger at 32 mm in diameter to avoid running afoul of the US Government.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8211113, member: 20201"][B]1935 Pony Express Diamond Jubilee Gilt So-called Half Dollar[/B] [ATTACH=full]1440589[/ATTACH] This is possibly a gilt original 1935 minted medal as 6 of the 8 Smith medals are actually restrikes using the same dies from medals used earlier. This is my fourth different brass or gilt medal that matches those found in the 1947 c.smith set of 8 so-called half dollars [B]1947 c.smith Pony Express Jubilee So-called Half Dollar[/B] [ATTACH=full]1440613[/ATTACH] Charles E. Smith was a Boston coin dealer. At the time Smith's medals were issued, the US Congress was putting the brakes on US commemorative half dollar coins. Smith may have believed he could fill a void in the marketplace by creating commemorative medals that were roughly the same size; Smith's medals were slightly larger at 32 mm in diameter to avoid running afoul of the US Government.[/QUOTE]
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