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1968 HEMISFAIR SAN ANTONIO WORLD'S FAIR SILVER MEDAL

#1 · April 2, 2019, 10:43 am

NOT A LISTED HK SO-CALLED DOLLAR, BUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NEXT UPDATED BOOK IF ANY NEW MEDALS ARE ADDED. FROM THE 1968 HEMISFAIR WORLD'S FAIR IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. I AM FROM SAN ANTONIO, SO THIS MEDAL IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 1969, ONE YEAR AFTER THE WORLD'S FAIR. THIS IS THE TOP POP OF THIS MEDAL TYPE, WITH A TOTAL OF ONLY (3) GRADED BY NGC TO DATE.

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#2 · April 6, 2019, 1:39 pm

nice medal. I too would like to see some additional added by extending the date. there were quite a number of 60's 70's Worlds Fairs as they were dying out and somevery nice medals as in Seattle Spokane New York and Texas just to name a few. There is a new So Called Dollar book coming out by Jeff Shevlin and Bill Hyder that easily extend to expositions through 70's 80e's without being all inclusive. Keeping in mind 33mm minimum.

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#3 · May 3, 2019, 10:31 am

Since I began to collect SCD's I've been drawn to U.S. Congressional silver commemorative medals. In keeping with the (approx) 33mm size limit (see 1909 AYPE Official Medals @32mm, i.e. HK-510-12, HK-542, HK-582, 3...) many of these medals deserve inclusion into an updated new SCD edition. I'm also curious if other SCD collectors also collect National Commemorative medals.

Mssrs. Hibler & Kappen opened the vault for many "National Commemorative Medals of the United States Mint"* by their inclusion in their book (. Alas, the whole book has not been seriously updated in 56 years. John T. Dean's book, "National Commemorative Medals of the United States Mint" - 2012, 2nd Ed. Mr. Dean is a contributor to the Second Edition of "So-Called Dollars."