1876-1976 Colorado Commemorative Centennial Bronze Medal
First Commemorative Medal Struck at the Denver Mint
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- $15.00
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- BU encased in plastic holder
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Item Description
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MINT MEDAL DESCRIPTION:
(Denver Minted, Bronze, 33mm, Round, Plain Edge)
OBVERSE: Colorado / "Land of Promise" / (Settler on Horseback)
REVERSE: (Colorado Rocky Mountains; Colorado and USA in “76” Design) / 1876-1976 Colorado Centennial / D
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
“The Denver Mint issued limited three-piece sets of 1976 Colorado Centennial / US Bicentennial commemorative medals, which were also sold separately. The medals were created by the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission and were struck "in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the statehood of Colorado." (Public Law 93-227)
“The medal that was made possible by this Public Law and that was struck in three medals — bronze, silver and gold— was thus the only official Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial medal— A unique metal, authorized by an act of the Congress of the United States for the state of Colorado. It was the first medal ever to bear the Denver Mint Mark.
The obverse side of the medal depicts a prospector in buckskin, on horseback, viewing a wide vista of high mountains and deep fertile valleys. The metal says,”COLORADO—LAND OF PROMISE”. The reverse side of the medal is the ‘76 Colorado Centennial-Bcentennial commission logo. Frank Gasparro, chief engraver of the United States Mint in Philadelphia, supervised both the sculpture and the die–making process for the medal. The trial strike for the bronze medal was held in February of 1975, under the auspices of the CCBFoundation. The strike for the silver medal was held at the Mint in November of 1975. The gold medal was not struck until November of 1976. All medals were minted by December 31, 1976 and mintage figures are as follows: bronze 46,000 minted, of which 5,000 were played with 24-karat gold; silver medals, 20,200 minted; and gold medals, only 100 minted. These figures were certified at the end of 1976 by the Superintendent of the Denver Mint, (Mrs.) Betty Higby.
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Item must be returned within: 7 days - Buyer pays return shipping costs.
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