USA silver Peace Corps medal (1971)
$175.00
USA, medal, no date (1971), Obverse: two children, head of John F. Kennedy L, PEACE CORPS EST. MARCH 1, 1961, Reverse: crowd, dove with olive branch above, PEACE FOR ALL HUMANITY, Edge: plain, stamped: JOHN ROBERTS STERLING 71-3077, antiqued silver, 49mm, 5mm thick, 107.9g, very high relief, in case with certificate, Unc
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Description
The minting of large silver medals underwent a kind of renaissance during the 1970s. Silver was cheap and easily obtainable.
There are two kinds of things that are called “medals.” One is things that look like coins but don’t express a value. Sometimes those medals are considerably larger than most coins. The other kind of medal is a metal thing designed to be displayed on one’s chest, often a reward for something, often in a military context. If the medal is small enough it is sometimes called a “medallet.”
The word “exonumia” is used to describe all kinds of things that are “like” coins but are not coins. I wrote a blog post on that subject. Basic categories: 1. used like a coin but not issued by a national government, 2. looks like a coin but not made for spending, 3. other things that we are interested in.
