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Auction 31  17-19 May 2018
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Lot 1977

Starting price: 200 USD
Price realized: 280 USD
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UNITED STATES:1925, octagonal silver medal, Unc, Norse American Commemorative, 'thin' variety, designed by James Earle Fraser and struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia, Viking warrior in horned helmet with sword and shield advances from dragon ship, NORSE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL / 1825 / 1925 // Viking ship right divides legend, AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / OPUS FRASER / A D 1000, S. The 1925 Norse American medals were struck to commemorate the anniversary of the arrival of the Norwegian sloop "Restauration", which brought Norwegian immigrants to the United States a century earlier. The medals were struck in many different metals and sizes. The two most common are the thick silver, with a mintage of some 33,750 pieces and the thin silver, with a mintage of 6,000.

Estimate: 200-250 USD
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