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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8256712, member: 20201&quot;]<b><font size="6">1963 Thomas Jefferson</font></b></p><p><b><b>Signers of The Declaration</b></b></p><p><b>Medallic Art Co.</b></p><p><b>.999 Silver and Bronze&nbsp; Medals</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455677[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455678[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455694[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have both the bronze and silver Jefferson medals of the <b>Signers of The Declaration of Independence series</b>. The edge number on this one is 5437.</p><p><br /></p><p>When one sees a Medallic Art Co high relief bronze or silver 1 and 1/4 inch</p><p><i><font size="4">(or about 32mm)</font></i> medal with a portrait on the front such as these above, at first glance, they may look as though they are from the same series or set.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are three separate series that I know of that came in small 1.5 inch boxes.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>They are . . .</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>Signers of The Declaration of Independence Set</b></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1455680[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>Statehood Art Medal Set</b></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1455698[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1455707[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Presidential Art Medal Set</b></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1455682[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1455706[/ATTACH] </i></p><p>Some claim these are simply worth bullion value. It might be true in some cases. Not all those people or presidents on the medals are popular.</p><p>Others, at least for me, are worth a premium.</p><p>They are all well represented and almost all were sculpted by the great artist Ralph J. Menconi 1915-1972.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>About the Medallic Art Company . . .</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Henry Weil, French sculptor living in New York City founded the Medallic Art Company in 1903.</p><p>The Medallic Art Company was originally located in New York and moved to Danbury, Connecticut in 1972, Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1991, then to Dayton, Nevada in 1997.</p><p>In July 2009, Medallic Art Company was purchased by Northwest Territorial Mint.</p><p>The Medallic Art Company went bankrupt in 2017.</p><p>All of its archives were purchased and currently maintained by the American Numismatic Society, a New York City-based institution dedicated to researching, curating, and educating about coins and medallic arts.</p><p>It is all a bit confusing, but today Medallic Art Company is connected in some way to Medalcraft Mint, Inc 2660 W. Mason Street Green Bay, WI 54303</p><p>Their website covers historic information with quality images of vintage Medallic Art Co medals.</p><p>medallic.medalcraft.com[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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