E-auction 599-566861 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Centenaire de la proclamation admettant l’état du Colorado
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Type : Médaille, Centenaire de la proclamation admettant l’état du Colorado
Date: 1976
Mint name / Town : Etats-Unis, Denver
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,60 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de manipulation
Obverse
Obverse legend : COLORADO / LAND / OF PROMISE.
Obverse description : Homme sur un cheval regardant au loin dans un paysage rocheux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1876-1976 - CENTENAIRE // 16 À L’EXERGUE : COLORADO / USA.
Reverse description : Montagne dans un médaillon .
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans une capsule où il est inscrit : COLORADO CENTENNIAL MEDAL / AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS / & COLORADO CENTENNIAL / BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION // FOR THE STATE’S 100TH & THE NATION’S 200TH YEAR / FIRST COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL / STRUCK AT THE DENVER MINT
Dimension de la capsule : 93x67,50.
Dimension de la capsule : 93x67,50.
Historical background
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(since 1776)
George Washington (1732-1799) is elected the first president of the United States. He wrote the Constitution of 1787. Presidents John Adams (1797-1801), Jefferson (1801-1809), Madison (1809-1817) and Monroe (1817-1825) allowed the first thirteen states to organize and train in the Union of new members: Vermont in 1791, Kentucky in 1792, Tennessee in 1796, Ohio in 1803 without forgetting Louisiana which Bonaparte sold for 15 million dollars. The second war with England (1812-1814) led to the Treaty of Ghent (1814). Florida enters the Union in 1819. The United States extends towards the South and will face the Mexicans. In 1836, Fort Alamo was destroyed by General de Santa Anna..
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