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Varities of PPIE Official Medals by Robert Aitken

#1 · July 11, 2011, 1:32 pm

I have some information to share on unknown varieties of the PPIE Official Medal designed by Robert Aitken. This is a copy of an ad placed by Faran Zerbe, he was responsible for the sale of all the PPIE coins and medals at the Exposition. This is an enlarged section of the ad, note the descriptions of the bronze medals being offered for sale. This is new information identifying the fact that four different bronze medals struck - Bright Bronze, Oxidized Bronze, Antique Bronze and Statuary Bronze. I have been reluctant to sell my bronze PPIE medals because I realized there were different varieties made that no one was aware of.

#2 · May 13, 2013, 3:01 pm

Our color chart of the varieties:

#3 · April 30, 2016, 2:58 pm

A recent Statuary bronze acquisition.... pretty colors...

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#4 · May 7, 2016, 10:08 pm

I really like the reddish hue of the Statuary bronze pieces. Do you have all of the different bronze varieties?

#5 · March 26, 2017, 5:18 pm

I have all 3 - bright, antiqued, and statuary; I don't have an "oxidized." The antiqued and statuary bronze are pretty hard to find. This antiqued example was at the 2017 WESTS show in Jackson CA. I see the bright bronze and gold plate most frequently...

#6 · April 4, 2017, 9:34 am

Do you have the Silver-Plated Variety or the "cast" white metal variety? Both are quite rare.

#7 · April 4, 2017, 9:39 pm

No to both of those... I would gladly buy those if they become available one day....

#8 · August 12, 2019, 12:36 pm

ATTACHED ARE PICTURES OF MY HK-400 THAT NGC HAS GRADED UNC DETAILS IMPROPERLY CLEANED.

THIS EXAMPLE APPEARS TO BE THE "BRIGHT BRONZE" VARIETY THAT JEFF SHEVLIN TALKS ABOUT IN THE DISCUSSION PAGES ON HIS WEBSITE. THIS MEDAL HAS A VERY STRONG ORANGE HUE TO IT, WHICH LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE "GOLD BRONZE" OR "ANTIQUE BRONZE" NORMALLY SEEN. I DO NOT SEE SIGNS OF CLEANING ON THIS MEDAL, MAYBE NGC MISTAKES THE COLOR VARIETY AS BEING CLEANED?

I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE FROM PICTURES, BUT WHAT DOES THE FORUM THINK OF THIS?

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