Medal - Prairie du Chien Crawford County, Wisonsin
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1969 |
| Composition | Nickel silver |
| Weight | 24.74 g |
| Diameter | 38.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 581083 |
| References | TC# 327914 TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com) |
Commemorative issue
Crawford County Sesquicentennial
Obverse
Central image of a map of the state of Wisconsin with place names & rivers located for the three counties that were amalgamated to form it, surrounded by the legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CRAWFORD COUNTY
MICHILMACKINAC
COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CRAWFORD
COUNTY
IN 1819
GREEN
BAY
1818-1819 1968-1969
WISCONSIN RIVER
THE
PORTAGE
PRAIRIE DU
CHIEN
BROWN
COUNTY
SESQUICENTENNIAL
LOMBARDO
Reverse
An artistic impression of a fur trader arriving at the first "Fort Crawford", a canoe docked in the foreground and the fort with it's two distinctive blockhouses in the background, in the lowlands beside the Mississippi River, surrounded by the legend ring.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
★ FUR COUNTRY ★ PRAIRIE DU CHIEN ★ COUNTY SEAT ★
1969
1819
FORT CRAWFORD
Edge
Plain with engraving
Script: Latin
Lettering: CANADA
© Greg Laws (CC BY-NC)
Mint
Lombardo Mint, Sherbrooke (and Mississauga since 2005), Canada (1955-date)Comments
According to Wikipedia, “…, Crawford County is one of Wisconsin's original counties, established by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1818, and named after William H. Crawford, James Monroe's Treasurer at the time.”
More on the historical significance of the two “Fort Crawford(s)” can be found here.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||||||||
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