Medal - Ulysses S. Grant US Mint Employees Parade

Features

Location United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Year 1879
Composition Gold
Weight 13.01 g
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
121876
References Julian# CM-18,
R. W. Julian; 1977. Medals of the United States Mint : The First Century, 1792-1892. Token and medal Society, El Cajon, California, United States.
Rulau# Pa-Ph-390A
Russell Rulau; 2004. Standard Catalog of United States Tokens, 1700-1900 (4th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.

Commemorative issue

US Mint Employees US Grant Parade

Obverse

Civil War General and U.S. President Grant Left

Script: Latin

Lettering: ULYSSES S GRANT

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: STRUCK AND DISTRIBUTED IN THE MUNICIPAL PARADE BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. MINT PHILA. DEC.16.1879

Mint

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

1879 Grant Parade Mint Employees Medal, Gold, DeWitt-USG-1880-2, Julian CM-18, Rulau-Pa-Ph-390A. 13.01 gm. A parade for former Civil War General and U.S. President Grant was held in Philadelphia on December 16, 1879. To commemorate the event, the U.S. Mint struck a large quantity of medals in brass, and distributed the medals to the public. White metal examples were also struck, and Julian (1977) states one example was made in silver, unaccounted for today. In gold alloy, CM-18 is extremely rare, and just two are known (per Rulau). The present well-struck and handsome yellow-gold piece has flashy fields and provides excellent eye appeal.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1879 

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