Set Category: Token & Medals

Set Name: Heraldic Art Medals

Set Description: This is what I believe may be the most unique and complete sets of high grade and one of a kind examples of Robert McNamara's works known as "Heraldic Art Medals", which were produced by him, in his garage in Cleveland, Ohio between 1959 and 1978. This set contains all 60 "Regular Issue" sterling medals, all 7 "Special Issue" (also called "Occasional Pieces") sterling silver medals, most of the 8 gold pieces that were produced by Mr. McNamara, unique error medals and die trials that were in Robert McNamara's estate when he passed away, as well as one set of dies and punches (these were associated with a custom order for one of the coin clubs that he did medals for), examples of the "Custom Issues" that were done for four seperate coin clubs in Ohio and Daytona Beach, Florida (Robert McNamara was a member of the Ohio coin clubs for many years as well as an ANA member and member of other numismatic organizations), counter-stamped coins for 2 coin clubs, sets of the 2X2 colored envelopes that the medals were enclosed in that gave the sequence number as well as had a serial number printed on the envelope, sets of the literature that was enclosed in the mailings that described the obverse and reverse designs of each of the 60 "Regular Issue" medals, envelopes actually used to mail the medals in with postage stamps still attached, articles about Robert McNamara and his medals from Numismatic News, the TAMS Journal and others, notes from Robert McNmara to his customers, and copies of advertisements placed in different publications. All of this can be seen on a website that I started to share this information with anyone interested in these commemorative works of art at www.heraldicartmedallions.com .

Set Goals: It is my desire to assemble as complete a collection as possible of any and everything from or produced by Heraldic Art Medals in memory of both my father who started this collection, and in memory of Robert McNamara who created these commemorative works of art. It is also my desire to share what I have learned, as well as any information that I may learn in the future, with anyone and everyone with an interest in collecting medals and tokens. I hope that by sharing what I have learned through literally hundreds of hours of research on the computer, trips to various states to obtain medals and talk with people that had them, and especially to talk with anyone that knew Robert McNamara personally, and trips to coin shows that a renewed interest is generated in these medals. I hate to hear that some dealers as well as many collectors are scrapping these medals because there was almost no information available about them and people didn't realize what they have/had or how special they are. To share that information I created my own website at www.heraldicartmedallions.com .

Owner:     Don "Smitty" Smith


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Signature Set Details:
Slot NameCoin InfoGraded ByCountry
1959 Hawaiian Statehood Var II Thick (Due to government intervention changed to 262 grains of .925 silver) NGC 
1959 Hawaiian Statehood Var I Thin NGC 
1959 Hawaiian Statehood Var I Thin NGC 
#2-1959 Hawaiian Statehood Var I Thin (192 grains of .925 silver) NGC 
1959 St Lawrence Seaway (Gold) NGC 
#3-1959 St Lawrence Seaway Var I Thin (192 grains of .925 silver) NGC 
1960 Pony Express NGC 
#4-1960 Pony Express (from #4 on rest of the Regular Issue medals were approx. 262 grains) NGC 
1960 Pony Express NGC 
1960 Boy Scout (Gold) NGC 
1960 Boy Scouts NGC 
#5-1960 Boy Scouts NGC 
#6-1960 Pioneer Inventions NGC 
1960 Pioneer Inventions NGC 
1960 Pioneer Inventions NGC 
#7-1961 Kansas Statehood (Gold) NGC 
#8-1961 Civil War NGC 
#9-1961 Battle of Tippecanoe NGC 
1961 Battle of Tippecanoe NGC 
1961 Battle of Tippecanoe NGC 
1961 Battle of Tippecanoe NGC 
1961 Battle of Tippecanoe NGCUnited States
#11-1962 U.S.S. Constitution NGC 
#13-1963 West Virginia Statehood NGC 
1963 West Virginia Statehood NGC 
1963 Battle of Lake Erie NGC 
#14-1963 Battle of Lake Erie NGC 
#14-1963 Battle of Lake Erie NGC 
#15-1963 New Jersey Statehood NGC 
1963 New Jersey Statehood NGC 
1964 Nevada Statehood NGC 
1964 Nevada Statehood NGC 
#16-1964 Nevada Statehood NGC 
#17-1964 Founding of St Louis NGC 
#19-1965 Founding of St Augustine NGC 
1965 Eli Whitney NGC 
#21-1965 Eli Whitney NGCUnited States
#22-1966 Indiana Statehood NGCUnited States
#23-1966 Great Eastern / Tarnsatlantic Telegraph NGC 
1966 Great Eastern NGC 
1966 Winfield Scott NGC 
#24-1966 Winfield Scott NGC 
1966 Winfield Scott NGCUnited States
#25-1967 Nebraska Centennial NGC 
1967 Nebraska Centennial NGC 
#26-1967 Thaddeus Kosciuszko NGC 
#26-1967 Thaddeus Kosciuszko NGC 
#27-1967 Mississippi Statehood NGC 
1967 Mississippi Statehood NGC 
1967 Mississippi Statehood NGC 
28-1968 New Orleans 250th Anniversary NGC 
#29-1968 Benjamin Silliman NGC 
1968 Benjamin Silliman NGC 
1968 Illonois Statehood NGC 
#30-1968 Illinois Statehood NGC 
1968 Illinois Statehood NGC 
1969 San Diego Bicentennial NGC 
1969 San Diego Bicentennial NGC 
#31-1969 San Diego Bicentennial NGC 
1969 San Diego Bicentennial NGC 
1969 San Diego Bicentennial NGC 
1969 John Wesley Powell NGCUnited States
#32-1969 John Wesley Powell NGC 
1969 John Wesley Powell NGC 
1969 John Wesley Powell NGC 
1969 John Wesley Powell NGC 
#33-1969 Transcontinental Railroad NGC 
1969 Transcontinental Railroad NGC 
1969 Transcontinental Railroad NGC 
1969 Transcontinental Railroad NGC 
1969 Transcontinental Railroad NGC 
#34-1970 Charleston, SC NGC 
1970 Charleston, SC NGC 
1970 Charleston, SC NGC 
1970 Charleston, SC NGC 
1970 Nathan B. Palmer NGC 
1970 Nathan B. Palmer NGC 
1970 Nathan B. Palmer NGC 
#35-1970 Nathan B. Palmer NGC 
1970 Nathan B. Palmer NGCUnited States
#36-1970 Stephen Decatur NGC 
1970 Stephen Decatur NGC 
1970 Stephen Decatur NGC 
1970 Stephen Decatur NGC 
#37-1971 Santa Fe Trail NGC 
1971 Santa Fe Trail NGC 
1971 Jimmy Doolittle NGC 
1971 Jimmy Doolittle NGC 
1971 Jimmy Doolittle NGC 
1971 Jimmy Doolittle NGC 
#39-1971 First Thanksgiving NGC 
1971 First Thanksgiving NGC 
1971 First Thanksgiving NGC 
1971 First Thanksgiving NGCUnited States
1971 First Thanksgiving NGCUnited States
1971 First Thanksgiving NGCUnited States
#40-1971 Yellowstone Park NGC 
1971 Yellowstone Park NGC 
1972 Yellowstone Park NGCUnited States
1972 Yellowstone Park NGCUnited States
#41-1972 Florida Territory NGC 
1972 Florida Territory NGC 
1972 Florida Territory NGC 
1972 Florida Territory NGC 
1972 Florida Territory NGCUnited States
1972 Florida Territory NGCUnited States
#42-1972 League of Six Nations NGC 
1972 League of Six Nations NGC 
1972 League of Six Nations NGC 
1972 League of Six Nations NGC 
1972 League of Six Nations NGCUnited States
1972 League of Six Nations NGCUnited States
1973 Marquette/Joliet NGC 
1973 Marquette/Joliet NGC 
#43-1973 Marquette/ Joliet NGC 
#44-1973 Monroe Doctorine NGC 
1973 Monroe Doctorine NGCUnited States
#44-1973 Monroe Doctorine NGCUnited States
1973 - 1773 / Boston Tea Party NGC 
1973 - 1773 / Boston Tea Party NGC 
1973 - 1773 / Boston Tea Party NGC 
#45-1973 1773 / Boston Tea Party NGC 
#46-1974 New Netherlands NGC 
1974 New Netherlands NGCUnited States
#47-1974 Steel Century NGC 
1974 New Netherlands NGC 
1974 Steel Century NGC 
1974 Steel Century NGC 
1974 Steel Century NGCUnited States
1974 - 1774/Sam Adams NGC 
1974 - 1774/Sam Adams NGC 
#48-1974 1774/Sam Adams NGC 
1974 - 1774/Sam Adams NGC 
1974 - 1774/Sam Adams NGC 
1974 1774/1st Continential Congress NGCUnited States
1975 Erie Canal NGC 
#49-1975 Erie Canal NGC 
1975 Erie Canal NGCUnited States
1975 Erie Canal NGCUnited States
#50-1975 Luther Burbank NGC 
#50 1975 Luther Burbank NGCUnited States
#51-1775 American Revolution NGC 
1975 - 1775 American Revolution NGC 
1976 California Expedition NGC 
1976 California Expedition NGC 
#52-1976 California Expedition NGC 
1976 California Expedition NGCUnited States
#53-1976 Colorado Statehood NGC 
1976 Colorado Statehood NGC 
1976 Colorado Statehood NGC 
#54-1976 1776 American Revolution NGC 
1776 American Revolution NGC 
#55-1977 Vermont Statehood NGC 
1977 Vermont Statehood NGC 
#56-1977 Flag Day NGC 
1977 Flag Day NGCUnited States
#57-1977 Valley Forge NGC 
1977 Valley Forge NGCUnited States
#58-1978 LaSalle NGC 
1978 LaSalle NGC 
#59-1978 Thomas Edison NGC 
#60-1978 1778 French Alliance NGC 
1778/French Alliance NGC 
1961 Dag Hammarskjold NGC 
Special Issue #1 1961 Dag Hammarskjold NGC 
1961 Dag Hammarskjold NGC 
1961 Dag Hammarskjold NGC 
1961 Dag Hammarskjold NGC 
1962 Project Mercury/Telestar NGC 
Special Issue #2 1962 Project Mercury/Telestar NGC 
1962 Project Mercury Telestar NGC 
1962 Project Mercury Telestar NGC 
Special Issue #3 1963 John F. Kennedy NGC 
1963 John F. Kennedy NGC 
1963 John F. Kennedy NGC 
1963 John F. Kennedy NGC 
1963 John F. Kennedy NGC 
1963 John F. Kennedy NGC 
Special Issue #4 1964 Herbert Hoover NGC 
1964 Herbert Hoover NGC 
Special Issue #5 1965 Adlai Stevenson NGC 
1965 Adlai Stevenson NGC 
1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower NGC 
1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower NGC 
Special Issue #6 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower NGC 
1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower NGC 
1976 American Independence NGC 
Special Issue #7 1976 American Independence NGC 
1962-1963 Warrensville Heights Coin Club NGCUnited States
1965-1966 Warrensville Heights Coin Club NGCUnited States
Custom Issue #1 1961 Warrensville Heights Coin Club NGCUnited States
1967 Warrensville Heights Coin Club NGCUnited States
Custom Order #2 Western Reserve Numismatic Club NGCUnited States
Custom Issue #3 1974 Daytona Beach Coin Club NGCUnited States
1974 Daytona Beach Coin Club NGCUnited States
1976 The Historical Society of Olde Northfield, Ohio - American Bicentennial NGCUnited States
1976 The Historical Society of Olde Northfield, Ohio NGCUnited States

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