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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cadmanco, post: 605050, member: 18454&quot;]My book is on Modern mint medals for the era ~1954 to 1982 with some exceptions, during which the US Mint did not strike Commemorative Halves.&nbsp; It is named &quot;National Commemorative Medals of the United States Mint&quot;.&nbsp; I was also one of the co-editors of the recently re-released book on &quot;So-Called Dollars&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My site is at <a href="http://www.jtdean.com/USMedals/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jtdean.com/USMedals/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jtdean.com/USMedals/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Julian was the author of the book &quot;Medals of the United States Mint - The First century 1792-1892&quot; which shows attribution for your medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you state that it was in an original box or holder?&nbsp; Depending, this could add nicely to the sale of the item.&nbsp; Again, I stress it must be of the dark chocolate bronze variety to be the piece we are discussing.&nbsp; One of the other co-editors of the above mentioned So-Called Dollar book is a very knowledgeable collector of the &quot;early&quot; US Mint medals.&nbsp; The Heritage prices are probably a pretty good guideline on a retail pricing, realizing the two prices I gave you were on the same piece being sold at two different times.&nbsp; They are not common, but need to be sold in the right market place to realize the best price.&nbsp; Having it authenticated/graded (too large to slab but they provide a photo certification) by NGC is the proper way to handle it.&nbsp; Other grading services probably won&#039;t handle it.&nbsp; PCGS typically avoids medals, with exceptions of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some mintages, per year, as stated by Julian.&nbsp; keep in mind, US medals were not restricted to being struck in only one year, and were struck typically in several or many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>1871&nbsp; (First year struck), 1-gold, 2-silver, 45 in bronze</p><p>1872&nbsp; 155 in bronze</p><p>1873&nbsp; 2-silver and 10 in bronze</p><p>1874&nbsp; 1-silver, 31 in bronze</p><p>1875&nbsp; 3-silver</p><p>1875/76&nbsp; (fiscal years) 10 in bronze</p><p>1876/77&nbsp; 1-silver and 10 in bronze</p><p>1877/78&nbsp; None</p><p>1878/79&nbsp; 10 in bronze</p><p>1879 thru 1883 None</p><p>1884/85&nbsp; 2 in bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, after the first year, the requests to mint these was less. I did not dig beyond 1884/85.&nbsp; But up till then it appears that they struck only the 1 gold, 9 silver and 273 (if I added correctly).&nbsp; there could have been others struck in years following 1885, but this total probably encompasses most.&nbsp; :secret:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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