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BLACK Silver Commemorative Medal MAHALIA JACKSON American Negro EDUCATION
MAHALIA JACKSON - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer. Rare, educational, and historical limited edition "American Negro Commemorative Society" Solid Sterling Silver Proof Medal minted c. The Sterling Silver Proof Commemorative Medals were privately struck by the American Negro Commemorative Society. In 1968 the first solid Sterling Silver Proof Commemorative Medal was struck -- only 1380 of each Commemorative were struck. Each Commemorative was struck on Solid Sterling Silver by the Franklin Mint and is a genuine Proof. Each Medal is 1-1/2 inches in diameter and the edge is incised'STERLING' and each is individually numbered and marked for identification. "American Negro Commemorative Society" Sterling Silver Proof Medals feature both well and lesser-known African Americans who contributed greatly to the America of yesterday and today.
Amongst those sculptured are Black individuals like Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (performed first successful heart surgery), Jean Baptiste Du Sable (first permanent resident of Chicago), Benjamin Banneker, Matthew A. Henson (co-discoverer of the North Pole and first man to locate and stand on the North Pole), Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Crispus Attucks (first martyr to American Independence -- the Boston Massacre), Mary McLeod Bethune, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Bessie Smith, Jack Arthur Johnson (first Black heavyweight champion of the world born in Galveston, Texas on 31 March 1878), Martin R.
Delany first Black Field Officer in U. History, Robert Smalls (Naval Officer, Congressman), Phillis Wheatley, Nat Turner, Dr. William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Sojourner Truth, Louis Armstrong, Ira Frederick Aldridge, and others. These Sterling Silver Proof Commemoratives are the works of some of the most renowned sculptors of the world. The item "BLACK Silver Commemorative Medal MAHALIA JACKSON American Negro EDUCATION" is in sale since Wednesday, September 27, 2017. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Exonumia\Medals".The seller is "teachingcenter" and is located in Portland, Oregon. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Composition: Silver
- Type: Medal
- Material: Silver
- Exonumia Type: Medals
- Brand: Franklin Mint American Commemorative Negro Society