National Bicentennial Medal 1976

Today, Barry Stuppler & Co is apparently offering the small gold
National Bicentennial Medal (a very good thing to own) on ebay but they
are claiming it nets 0.42 troy ounces of gold. Very prominently
claimed several times. Shouldn't it be 0.24 ounces troy gold??? I
always thought the medals were 0.24, 1.167 and then the big one
whatever it is (4 ounces troy+).

Makes a big difference in what a person should pay for it. I know the
price I paid for mine wasn't anything close to 1/2 ounce of gold.

In article . com, "oly"
wrote:

Today, Barry Stuppler & Co is apparently offering the small gold
National Bicentennial Medal (a very good thing to own) on ebay but they
are claiming it nets 0.42 troy ounces of gold. Very prominently
claimed several times. Shouldn't it be 0.24 ounces troy gold??? I
always thought the medals were 0.24, 1.167 and then the big one
whatever it is (4 ounces troy+).

Makes a big difference in what a person should pay for it. I know the
price I paid for mine wasn't anything close to 1/2 ounce of gold.

The 1977 "Coin World Almanac" lists the small medal at .37
fine troy oz., the medium medal at 1.167 fine troy oz. and
the large medal at 13.18 fine troy oz.

It's a reference I always keep handy because of the 56-page
Chapter 1 on "Bicentennial Numismatics" ...

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Ken Barr Numismatics
P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com
San Jose, CA 95152 (souvenir cards, MPC, Hickey Bros tokens)
408-272-3247 Next show: Fairfield CC Sept. 18 (no table)

The Bicentennial small gold auction got a very good price, but since
the seller has an inaccurate idea of how much gold is in this piece,
the reserve was set too high.

The only requirement for calling yourself a "professional" numismatist
is that you aren't mute. Knowledge doesn't enter into it!

oly


oly wrote:
That's a better reference than I have at my fingertips, but physically
it appears that the small Gold Bicentennial medal is very close to the
same as a traditional five dollar gold piece. If there is a
difference, I'd be surprised.

oly


Ken Barr wrote:
In article . com, "oly"
wrote:

Today, Barry Stuppler & Co is apparently offering the small gold
National Bicentennial Medal (a very good thing to own) on ebay but they
are claiming it nets 0.42 troy ounces of gold. Very prominently
claimed several times. Shouldn't it be 0.24 ounces troy gold??? I
always thought the medals were 0.24, 1.167 and then the big one
whatever it is (4 ounces troy+).

Makes a big difference in what a person should pay for it. I know the
price I paid for mine wasn't anything close to 1/2 ounce of gold.

The 1977 "Coin World Almanac" lists the small medal at .37
fine troy oz., the medium medal at 1.167 fine troy oz. and
the large medal at 13.18 fine troy oz.

It's a reference I always keep handy because of the 56-page
Chapter 1 on "Bicentennial Numismatics" ...

--
Ken Barr Numismatics
P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com
San Jose, CA 95152 (souvenir cards, MPC, Hickey Bros tokens)
408-272-3247 Next show: Fairfield CC Sept. 18 (no table)