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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8316953, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1963 West Virginia</b></p><p><b>Statehood Centennial</b></p><p><b>Heraldic Art Medal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1472645[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>On the obverse:</p><p>A mountaineer on a high ridge with his rifle.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Montani Semper Liberi</b></p><p>translates to:</p><p><b>Mountaineers are always Free </b></p><p>motto of West Virginia</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse:</p><p>The West Virginia State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of West Virginia, and houses the West Virginia Legislature and the office of the Governor of West Virginia. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, the building was dedicated in 1932.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Libertas E Fidelitate</b></p><p>translates to:</p><p><b>Liberty out of Fidelity</b></p><p>motto of West Virginia</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><font size="3">and . . .</font></b></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Dimetrodon is often mistaken for a dinosaur or as a contemporary of dinosaurs in popular culture, but it became extinct some 40 million years before the first appearance of dinosaurs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472647[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reptile-like in appearance and physiology, Dimetrodon is nevertheless more closely related to mammals than to modern reptiles, though it is not a direct ancestor of mammals.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>What it is doing on this medal is a mystery to me!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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