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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1797789, member: 4910"]I have one of the bronze medals I ordered in 1976, the $5.00 one.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_medal_usbicentennial_cased.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Bicentennial Medal Bronze in plastic case</p><p> </p><p>I wanted to weigh it but it is encased in plastic and I would have to break it out.</p><p> </p><p>I found these from the</p><p>"Second Report Pursuant to Public Law 93-179</p><p>of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration",</p><p>Administrator John W. Warner</p><p> </p><p>Here at:</p><p><a href="http://www.bookprep.com/read/mdp.39015027058018" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bookprep.com/read/mdp.39015027058018" rel="nofollow">http://www.bookprep.com/read/mdp.39015027058018</a></p><p>on page 28, which gives sizes, costs, and sales numbers of the medals:</p><p>3" Gold $4000 309</p><p>1 5/16" Gold $400 3,789</p><p>.906" Gold $100 20,378</p><p>3" Silver $150 6,084</p><p>1 1/2" Silver $215 181,392 (the price is probably an error)</p><p>1 1/2" Bronze $5 380,152</p><p>1 1/2" Gold Electroplated $15 34,271</p><p> </p><p>Nothing is said about weights.</p><p> </p><p>Well, I cracked it out of it's plastic cage and weighed it, 25.60 grams.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_medal_usbicentennial.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Bicentennial Medal Bronze removed from plastic case</p><p> </p><p>The medal has streaks, so the plastic apparently didn't protect it very well.</p><p> </p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1797789, member: 4910"]I have one of the bronze medals I ordered in 1976, the $5.00 one. [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_medal_usbicentennial_cased.jpg[/IMG] Bicentennial Medal Bronze in plastic case I wanted to weigh it but it is encased in plastic and I would have to break it out. I found these from the "Second Report Pursuant to Public Law 93-179 of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration", Administrator John W. Warner Here at: [url]http://www.bookprep.com/read/mdp.39015027058018[/url] on page 28, which gives sizes, costs, and sales numbers of the medals: 3" Gold $4000 309 1 5/16" Gold $400 3,789 .906" Gold $100 20,378 3" Silver $150 6,084 1 1/2" Silver $215 181,392 (the price is probably an error) 1 1/2" Bronze $5 380,152 1 1/2" Gold Electroplated $15 34,271 Nothing is said about weights. Well, I cracked it out of it's plastic cage and weighed it, 25.60 grams. [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_medal_usbicentennial.jpg[/IMG] Bicentennial Medal Bronze removed from plastic case The medal has streaks, so the plastic apparently didn't protect it very well. :)[/QUOTE]
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