Medallion - Sudbury "Numismatic Park" US 1 Cent 1965

Medallion - Sudbury "Numismatic Park" (US 1 Cent 1965) - obverseMedallion - Sudbury "Numismatic Park" (US 1 Cent 1965) - reverse

© nalaberong

Features

Location Canada
Type Souvenir medals › Replica
Years 1964-1965
Composition Copper plated aluminium
Weight 15 g
Diameter 38 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
70443
References TC# 612205
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

President Abraham Lincoln facing right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST

LIBERTY

1965

Reverse

Lincoln Memorial with added legend

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES of AMERICA

E PLURIBUS
UNUM

THE LINCOLN COIN MEMORIAL
SUDBURY, CANADA
TS-BC-ER

ONE CENT

Edge

Plain

Comments

Sudbury, Ontario sits on the world's largest reserves of nickel metal, deposited by an ancient meteorite strike. In the early 1960s, an idea was conceived in order to commemorate both Sudbury's nickel production and the Canadian Centennial (fast approaching in 1967). It was decided that a "Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park" would be opened, the only Numismatic Park in the world. Giant replicas of various coins would be produced and permanently displayed in the park. The centerpiece would be a replica of Canada's commemorative 5-cent coin from 1951, a coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of the first isolation of nickel metal - a perfect fit for this nickel-mining city. This was the famous "Big Nickel", completed in 1964. At 9 meters tall, it is perhaps the largest coin statue in the world.

The newly opened Numismatic Park also hosted smaller replicas of four other coins - a Canadian cent from 1965, an American Lincoln Memorial cent, an American Kennedy half dollar, and a commemorative Canadian $20 gold coin from 1967. Sadly, these have since been dismantled.

The Big Nickel was privately funded by Ted Szilva. To raise money for the monument's construction, he commissioned a wide variety of special medallions to be sold to collectors across the globe. Some of these medallions depicted scenes of Sudbury, others were oversized copies of the coins he intended to build statues of. This 1-cent medallion is one of these promotional fundraising issues.

Manage my collection

Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection.

Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1964  7%
1965  93%

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this item. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

Get this item

No member from this site currently wants to exchange it.

Numista Rarity index: 84 Search tips
This index is based on the data of Numista members collections. It ranges from 0 to 100, 0 meaning a very common coin or banknote and 100 meaning a rare coin or banknote among Numista members.

Contribute to the catalogue

Modify or add data on this page
Register a past auction sale
Register an example of this type
Duplicate this page
Share: Facebook X (Twitter)