Image Information
Type | Medal |
Title | San Francisco Mechanics Institute |
Date | 1868 |
Country | United States |
Side | reverse |
Composition | silver |
Diameter | 42 mm |
Weight | 29.9 gm |
Description | Alan V. Weinberg comments: Apparently these dies were only used in 1868. I've seen perhaps 3 or 4 of this medal in silver in over 50 yrs- it is ex rare in this design. It does not exist in bronze and I own the only gold I've ever heard of - also presented in 1868. |
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Image Collection | Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Agricultural and Mechanical Society Medals) |