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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25391453, member: 101855&quot;]In the OP, the top medal was given out at a parade in December 1879 given for former president Grant after he returned from an around the world tour. It&#039;s very common, but it is also listed as an 1880 U.S. Grant presidential hopeful item. Grant ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1880 but didn&#039;t get it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example with an envelope in which the piece was given out to the public. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625996[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625997[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Grover Cleveland and William Penn medals are interesting, but common. </p><p><br /></p><p>The pieces with the tiny Lord&#039;s Prayer on the reverse go way beyond what I know existed. The mint made a big deal out of the Lord&#039;s Prayer side at the time because some many words in such a small space was thought to be a technological achievement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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