Hay i got this new medal and was thinking of trying to put a set together. The problem is I can find almost no information on them . Anyone Know anything about them or maybe have a couple of their own. That says Yorktown under the glare. This is all the information I could find on these Medals ["Department of the TREASURY NEWS" banner, with "The Department of the Treasury 1789" seal on right and "U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE; WASH., D.C. 20229 - 202-964-2475" on 2nd line.] FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT May 20, 1974 FOURTH MEDAL IN U.S. CUSTOMS SERIES HONORS WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, CUSTOMHOUSE The fourth in a series of medals commemorating historic customhouses in the United States has been struck by the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Mint in collaboration with the U.S. Customs Service. The medal features the U.S. Customhouse in Wheeling, West Virginia, locally known as West Virginia Independence Hall. It will be presented to officials of the West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, Inc., during a U.S. Customs Service bicentennial ceremony on May 23, 1974. The Wheeling Customhouse is depicted on the obverse side and the seal of the U.S. Customs Service is on the reverse of the 1-5/16-inch miniature bronze medal. It was designed by Philip E. Fowler of the Philadelphia Mint. The medal will be sold locally by the West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, Inc. It will be available at the customhouse following the 2 p.m. presentation ceremony, and at all banks in Wheeling. The medal, along with three earlier ones in the series which depict Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Boston, and San Francisco Customhouses, are available at the Bureau of the Mint's exhibit and sales areas in Philadlphia, Denver, San Francisco, and at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., for 50 cents. They may be ordered by mail through the San Francisco Mint, 55 Mint Street, San Francisco, California 94175 for 60 cents each. A 3-inch bronze medal of the Georgetown Customhouse is also available in the Mint's sales and exhibit areas for $5.00, and through the mail for $5.25. Taken from http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cach...t=clnk&gl=us
Interesting medal. Check out that price for a 3"...$5. The going rate for a three inch medal from the mint today is $38. Ah, the good old days....
u.s. customs medals I have one, it is u.s. customs New Orleans louisiana... i didnt know what it was...
Well you know what they are and about when they were made. That's good. Probably what you need to do is talk to a dealer who specializes in exonumia. Try Paul Cunningham or Rich Harzog.
