LEWIS AND CLARK MEDAL

[warthog steve]

:shockANYBODY SEE ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW LAST SAT?THERE WAS A WOMAN ON THERE THAT HAD WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A COPY OF THE MEDALS LEWIS AND CLARK TOOK WEST TO GIVE TO WHOMEVER THEY MET IN 1803.I THOUGHT THESE THINGS WERE THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR;THEY LOOK TO BE ABOUT3"IN DIAMETER.IT WAS VERY WORN;SHE SAID HER FAMILY GOT IT FROM A GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER,I THINK.YA SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ON HER FACE WHAN THE APPRAISER DETERMINED IT WAS THE REAL THING;AND AT AUCTION IT WOULD GO FOR$40,000-50,000.00!!!! SHE SAID HER DAUGHTER HAS TAKEN IT TO SCHOOL FOR SHOW AND TELL,AND THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE DOING THAT AGAIN!!! :!: :roll: [/i]

 

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[Lowbatts]

Love that show! Some years back one of these was found under a lone tree sitting in the middle of a field by a md'er I believe. I think there was an article on it in WE & T around the time. Yep, they were big pieces. There's still a few out there somewhere!