I found this and can't seem to find much about it. I saw a couple similar, but not this exact one. Thanks for any information!
It should be noted 1789 was the year the Department of the Treasury was chartered by Congress. I found a few examples of this on the Internet - there's one on Ebay - but little information.
This is a Mint issued bronze medal commemorating the branch mint in San Francisco. I believe that 1789 is the year that the Treasury Department was established. There are also similar medals for the other locations - Philadelphia, Denver, Charlotte, Dahlonega, New Orleans, Carson City, West Point and Fort Knox. I bought the entire set more than 10 years ago, but I don't know if they still have them available. Chris
Thanks, it was purchased in '91 so that makes sense. I read low mint numbers, but that may have been a specific city.
In my research for this thread I found a similarly designed medal for the New York Assay Office, as well.
Medals are typically struck in pretty low numbers. The US Mint is one of the few that will keep turning out medals as long as there is a demand. Chris
Dave, do you have a photo of the NY Assay Office medal? I haven't taken mine out and looked at them in quite a long while. Chris
Had to retrace a couple steps, but here's what I ran into: Also, one from Ft. Knox, and an explanation in a previous thread here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trying-to-find-info-on-a-b-e-p-medal.158073/ Conder had the answer. What a surprise.