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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TexasTwister, post: 1561721, member: 37455&quot;]Hello all!&nbsp; I have what appears to be a silver proof National Bicentennial Medal.&nbsp; I am at my wits end trying to determine silver content, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp; The medal was issued by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (ARBA), presumably in 1976.&nbsp; The ARBA was set up under Federal law 93-179.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is definitely proof cameo.&nbsp; It is 1 1/2&quot; in diameter.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t weigh it because it is in a mint-issued capsule that I can&#039;t get open.&nbsp; ARBA&#039;s made reports to Congress which I have found are not available online, either through Google Books or the National Archives website.&nbsp; I was trying to find out when these were minted, in what numbers, and what the ASW was.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay was no help.&nbsp; Sellers there are confused too.&nbsp; Some say the medal is 1 troy ounce of 90% silver.&nbsp; I have seen others claiming that the coin is more than an ounce of sterling silver (.925), that when calculated out, comes to 1 ounce of pure silver.&nbsp; I&#039;ve visited some of the exonumia sites with mixed results.&nbsp; The U.S. Mint online archives were not any help either.&nbsp; Most of their documents focused on the America’s First Medals series that I believe came out before my medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Online, I&#039;ve found a scan of the original order form for this medal, primarily in the gold version with some reference to the 1 1/2&quot; silver version without any mention as to purity or silver content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any OFFICIAL, U.S. Mint info on how many of these were minted and at what weight and purity?&nbsp; Do you know of a good book on exonumia that would have had this info?</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks for your replies!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]211240.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]211241.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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