1980 Grant Wood Medal MS 1 Ounce Gold Values

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1980 Grant Wood Medal MS 1 Ounce Gold Values

Details

The Wood medal is the first issue in the American Arts Commemorative Series.

Obverse: Front-facing portrait of Grant Wood wearing his glasses and dressed in an open collared shirt with the words GRANT WOOD.

Reverse: The medal's reverse features an image of Wood's famous painting "American Gothic." The painting appears on an easel. The words AMERICAN ARTS COMMEMORATIVE SERIES and date, 1980 appear around the periphery.

Basic Information

GSID:

15289

Coin Date:

1980

Denomination:

Medal / Medal

Designation:

MS

Mint & Coinage Details

Mint Location:

West Point

Mintage:

312,709

Coinage Type:

Medal

Coinage Years:

1980-84

Composition:

90% gold, 10% copper

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

Grant Wood

Variety 2:

1 Ounce Gold

Physical Characteristics

Fineness:

0.9

Weight:

34.6 gr

Weight:

1 oz

Strike Type:

Business

Diameter:

32 mm

Coin Shape:

Round

Design Details

Designer:

Frank Gasparro

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