LARGE BRONZE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEDALS

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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 16, April 17, 2022, Article 27

In my college days I worked as a programmer for a cancer research project at the University of Pittsburgh. I've long forgotten what was in it, but one day I was carrying a box and asked coworkers to "guess what's in it?" Knowing about my hobby, one woman asked, "A really big coin?"

Bless her heart. It wasn't a yap stone, but I was reminded of that long-ago conversation after seeing this Greysheet article by James Bucki on the large-size bronze versions of the September 11th Congressional Gold Medals. Here's an excerpt - see the complete article online. Bigger is better, even when it comes to medals. -Editor

My coin collecting journey of fifty years has taken me to various destinations. Like many collectors, I started out collecting Lincoln cents as an ambitious ten-year-old. Fast forward about twenty years, and my disposable income increased dramatically. I collected proof sets, Jefferson Nickels, Roosevelt dimes, type sets, world coins, and many more.

Recently I ventured into the world of exonumia. I acquired all three of the three-inch Fallen Heroes of September 11th Bronze Medals. Their size and weight are impressive. But what is more impressive is the extreme detail that is visible to the naked eye. The medal's true artistic beauty and symbolism of this tragic event shines through in these large-format medals.

The tragic events at the World Trade Center in New York City, Pentagon in Washington, DC, and in rural Pennsylvania on September 11th, 2001, had a permanent impact on the United States. Ordinary civilians, law enforcement officers, emergency responders, military members, and government employees took heroic and honorable action on that day.

Public Law 112-76 authorizes the production of three Congressional Gold Medals – one for each of the three sites. The three-inch bronze medals are exact duplicates of the U.S. Mint's Congressional Gold Medals. The one-and-a-half-inch medals are replicas using a smaller die.

To read the complete article, see:
Bigger Is More Beautiful (https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/bigger-is-more-beautiful)