U.S. Centennial Exposition - 1876 - Philadelphia,
PA Medals
Award Medals
AWARDED BY UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION IN 1876.
Text on obverse, under left foot.
Designed by: H Mitchell SC
Copper, 76 mm, 285.0 gm, rim 9.9 mm thick.
Official Medals of the US Centennial Exposition
Official
Medals - Authorized by Congress and struck in the Mint Exhibit at the
Exposition
Silver 10,133 struck, Bronze 13,000 struck,
Gilt 10,500 stuck.
Silver Official
US Centennial Expo Medal
1876 OFFICIAL CONGRESS CENTENNIAL SILVER MEDAL SO CALLED
DOLLAR RARE
HK-20 in Silver. 38mm.24.7 grams.
U.S. Centennial Expo 1876 H&K 22 Gilt
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Jan 2008 $122 Ebay
1876 Official Bronze Medal
the official medal from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, graded Choice About Uncirculated. Nice Bronze reflective surfaces. Authorized by Congress and struck in the Mint Exhibit at the Exposition. Item #5801051506
More Expo Medals of the US Centennial Exposition
Obverse: Copy of John Trumbull’s painting of 1776 Congress; Committee of Five making its report on Declaration (heads facing); above The Declaration; below of Independence, 1776
Reverse: In / Commemoration / of the / Centennial / of / Colonial / Independence / 1876; at top, around United States of America; bottom edge around, microscopic Pat. Nov. 3, 1874 H&L
The dies were prepared by J. Ohlrik, and the medals were made by F. Schmahlfeld. This is one of the larger, more elegant medals of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.
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