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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8212843, member: 20201"]1961 Kansas StatehoodHeraldic Art MedalSo-Called Half Dollar [ATTACH=full]1441260[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441262[/ATTACH] Obverse - Pioneer mother and her son. She holds a wheat sheaf and he a stalk of sunflower. In the background, the original territorial capital at Pawnee.Reverse - Elements of the state seal of the plowing scene. The pioneer father tills the soil with a team of workhorses. In the sky, 34 stars for the 34th state. Below, Dorothy is happy to be back in Kansas after a trip to OZ.[ATTACH=full]1441312[/ATTACH]  1974 Great Seal of KansasSterling MedalFranklin Mint33.5 gr 39mm [ATTACH=full]1441293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441294[/ATTACH] This is an uncirculated sterling Kansas medal with an ox drawn covered wagon on the obverse and a couple bison in the background. The reverse has the state seal, which is what this medal is about when Kansas became a state in 1861.74 assuming for 1974, hallmarks, and STERLING in open space on reeded edge. The design for the Great Seal of Kansas was submitted by John J. Ingalls, a state senator from Atchison. Ingalls also proposed the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera."The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature May 25, 1861.The resolution states:"The east is represented by a rising sun, in the right-hand corner of the seal; to the left of it, commerce is represented by a river and a steamboat; in the foreground, agriculture is represented as the basis of the future prosperity of the state, by a settler’s cabin and a man plowing with a pair of horses; beyond this is a train of ox-wagons, going west; in the background is seen a herd of buffalo, retreating, pursued by two Indians, on horseback; around the top is the motto,'Ad astra per aspera,' which translates "To the Stars through Difficulties"and beneath a cluster of thirty-four stars. The circle is surrounded by the words, "Great seal of the state of Kansas. January 29, 1861." Artwork is an illustrated 1876 historical coat of arms I thought was neat. [ATTACH=full]1441296[/ATTACH] 1961 Kansas Statehood Centennial HK586 ANACS MS65 [ATTACH=full]1441297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441300[/ATTACH] Info from the so-calleddollars.com website Medal issued by Kansas Centennial Commission, Topeka and is "combination of designs of Topeka artist and experts in Treasury Department"; authorized by 86th Congress; struck at Philadelphia Mint. Controversy and criticism developed both because many considered medal unattractive and because of method of distribution."Special procedures" were established "to make sure none of medals would leave Kansas." Application forms were supplied "only to bona fide residents...by 596 banks and trust companies...on a population basis Issue limited to 20,000 Silver pieces; sold for $2.50. Almost immediately, however, medals became available elsewhere but at substantially increased prices. Early settlers celebrated this ubiquitous plains flower and in 1903, the Kansas Legislature designated the Sunflower, Helianthus annuus, as the state flower. [ATTACH=full]1441303[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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