Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Set Details
Coin Description: PEWTER (C1975) FACSIMILE WILLIAM WASHINGTON
Grade: NGC MEDAL MS 69
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
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Owner's Description

Purchased on 6/7/2015. Issued from 1974-1976 by the US Mint as part of the "America's First Medals" set of 10 historic medals in pewter. This set was issued in 5 sets of 2 medals each over several years, or later in a full 11 medal plus booklet set (10 original medals plus a US Treasury medal). The booklet set of medals included a short publication authored by Vladimir and Elvira Clain-Stefanelli entitled Medals Commemorating Battles of the American Revolution (The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1973). Original Press Release: February 19, 1974 U.S. MINT TO RESTRIKE AMERICA’S FIRST MEDALS Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, presented Mrs. Richard Nixon today the first strikes of the ten piece America’s First Medals series being produced as part of the U.S. Mint’s coins and medals observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. The presentation of the pewter reproductions of the first medals voted by the Continental Congress took place at the White House. The medals, originally struck in gold and silver, were awarded in recognition of the bold commanders and successful Revolutionary War battles that won for a new nation its freedom from foreign domination.

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