Assay Commission medals

[RWB]

Does anyone recall when copies of the Annual Assay Commission medals were sold to the pubic in the 1930s?

 

Thanks!

 

[AegisIII]

My understanding is that 1977 medals were the only ones which were officially sold to the public. I've not heard of any of the 1930's being done so; but if some were done so, that would not surprise me too much. This would be especially true for 1931-33 and possibly '34, which seem more common than surrounding years. I haven't been ATS today yet, but you probably want to ask denga/RWJ.

 

Have you found something in the archives?

[RWB]

A 1939 letter that implies Ross approved copies of Assay medals, then later relaized that is was against mint policy to do so.

 

(See below. Am I reading too much into too little?)

[RWB]

The folowing letter from Dir Ross to her secretary has me wondering --

 

"Dear Edness:

"I’ve wired Dr. Howard my idea about the medals. I don’t think anybody is going to raise an issue over those assay medals, but I regret that we did not recall in the beginning that the regulations provided for them going only to the members of the Commission."

 

[Wyoming State Archives. Edna Kimball Wilkins papers H-81-1. Box 9, Ross correspondence 1936-1946. Letter dated March 6, 1939 to Kimball from Ross. p.1.]

[DaveG]

Roger,

 

I checked my copy of Pessolano-Filos, but he doesn't mention anything about sales of assay medals.

[RWB]

Thanks! For now, it's just a curiosity.