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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8223847, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1959 Colorado - Rush to the Rockies</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>USAF Academy</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>So-called Dollar</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1444875[/ATTACH]</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]1444877[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p>Colorado- Rush To The Rockies Centennial 1959 So-Called Dollar</p><p>Official Medal below authorized by 86th Congress; struck at Philadelphia Mint.</p><p>Obverse is Official Centennial Emblem designed by Arthur Roy Mitchell, Trinidad, Colorado; modeled by Frank Gasparro. Issue limited to 10,000 pieces; sold out for $3.50 &quot;before end of August 1959.&quot;</p><p>Congressional designation as a &quot;national medal&quot; permitted striking of additional number &quot;upon approval of issuing Commission&quot; but Governor Steve McNichols personally advised on April 11, 1960, that no more medals would be struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: COLORADO RUSH TO THE ROCKIES CENTENNIAL / 1859 / 1959</p><p>Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AIR FORCE ACADEMY / MCMLIX</p><p>Measures: 33mm. 14.6g. Silver.</p><p><b>HK-542</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444873[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1444874[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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