April 26, 2024
Norse American Centennial 1825-1925 THIN Variety? Commemorative. #c1249
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1925 Norse Celebration. Au/xfThin Variety Norse Commemorative.Norse American Centennial, 1825 – 1925, Authorized By Congress Of The United States Of America. Silver, octagonal, 30.85 mm,thinvariety? of this popular and raremedal.PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES AND DETERMINE CONDITION OF COIN FOR YOURSELF WE GRADE COINS AS WE SEE IT ,YOU NEED TO GRADE IT AS WELL BEFORE BIDDING.The coin is very good looking with sharp edges around the octagonal edges on both obv. & rev., strong strike on both sides showing good detail. I have other no Mint Statecertified "thin's" or thicks to compare this to, it measures 1.43 mm thick.The Norse-American Centennial celebration was held in Minneapolis in 1925. It honored the arrival of Norwegian settlers in Minnesota in 1825. It was intended to be a commemorative half dollar but problems in the US Congress stopped that from happening. However, Congress did authorize an official medal and that is what was struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The medal was designed by James Earle Fraser and is octagonal in shape and is silver. There are two distinct varieties, Thick and Thin.There were 33,765 Thick medals struck and6,000 Thin medals.These Norse medals were avidly collected by commemorative coin collectors in the traditional Commemorative setssince they were officially authorized by the US Congress. The early
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