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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8117531, member: 20201&quot;]This topic is intended to help me and anyone else identify two questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <span style="color: #0000b3"><i><b>Who minted these medals?</b></i></span></p><p><br /></p><p>2. <span style="color: #0000b3"><i><b>Who or what are the initials BT for?</b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">First is a recent purchase which I am extremely happy to have stumbled across.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><b>2008 THEODORE ROOSEVELT 150th ANNIVERSARY 3 MEDAL SET</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><i>Set No 13 of 100 minted</i></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1412832[/ATTACH] </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1412833[/ATTACH]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">There is the added BT initials on the ribbon of the olive branch which does not appear on Morgans reverse of the original inaugural medal.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000b3"><i><b>[ATTACH=full]1412841[/ATTACH]</b></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1412834[/ATTACH] </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1412835[/ATTACH] </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1412836[/ATTACH] </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">These very much resemble the 1905 Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medal ( Charles Barber obverse and George Morgan reverse ) except that the text</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">“Inaugurated President of the United States March 4, 1905” is replaced with &quot;26th President of The United States 150th Anniversary of His Birth 1858-2008&quot;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1412839[/ATTACH] </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p>OK, I believe I have some very scarce or perhaps somewhat rare well made 27-28 mm medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have FIVE of these </p><p><b>2000 Paul Revere Old North Church .999 Silver Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The same font and BT initials appears on my 5 Paul Revere - Old North Church same size .999 silver medals.</p><p>I don&#039;t know anything more except there are only 100 sets stated. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412825[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The BT initials are on the reverse at the bottom in the field.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought all 5 of these in three purchases from the same seller. Possibly the seller chose to keep the gold versions, discard the wood boxes and sell these off.</p><p>There were no more single silver versions before or afterwards to be found by me anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412826[/ATTACH] </p><p>I don&#039;t have a Revere set. There were Revere sets that were made but they had only two medals. A Gold and Silver and came in a wooden display box in a cardboard box like the Roosevelt does. I know now is there were 100 numbered sets with a 22kt Gold medal and a .999 1/4 troy oz medal like mine in a wooden box.</p><p>That set looks like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412824[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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