Word: medals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...colors, and the crowd sweated in the searing equatorial sun, General Amin flamboyantly conferred an array of honors on his distinguished visitors. The First Class Order of the Source of the Nile went to Somalia's General Mohamed Barre, while the Second Class Order of the same medal was bestowed upon the Sudanese Vice President, Major General Mohamed El-Bagir. Then Big Daddy decorated members of his own armed forces for meritorious service during the recent border skirmishes with Tanzania, handing out a seemingly endless number of "Distinguished Service Orders," "Military Crosses," and "Victorious Service Crosses." During the lengthy...
...women in the fall of 1970. At first, only single sculling was available for women. However, interest grew to such an extent that a Radcliffe eight-place boat was entered in the annual house crew race. The following year, this former house team began racing intercollegiately and won a medal in the nationals...
...neighbors, who have been alarmed by Amin's policies, stepped up efforts to keep peace in the area. Zaïre's President Mobutu Sese Seko visited Kampala, and was presented by Amin with the Order of the Source of the Nile, Uganda's highest medal. The two leaders even agreed to rename Lake Albert and Lake Edward, which lie on the border of Zaïre and Uganda and will henceforth be known, respectively, as Mobutu Sese Seko Lake and Idi Amin Dada Lake. More important, Mobutu seemingly won Amin's agreement to extend...
Many of the newcomers to the market are subcontracting the manufacture of the medals and plates. Danbury Mint, for example, commissioned the Medal-lie Art Co. to produce a $48 silver campaign medal with the profile of Richard Nixon on one side and George McGovern on the other (voters undecided between the two would then presumably be able to flip a coin). To raise funds for the National Audubon Society, the Franklin Mint made silver plates decorated with etchings of birds. The mint recently started a series of presidential plates for the White House Historical Association. Medals produced by Franklin...
Just how much the collectors of such objects stand to profit is open to question. For its "limited edition" of 51,000 sets of silver presidential medals, the Wittnauer Precious Metals Guild advertises that "525 Grains of Solid Sterling Silver in every medallion puts you well on your way to amassing a private Treasury of this precious metal." The first medal sells for $1, and the rest in the series cost $10 each. But 525 grains of silver are worth only about $2 in the wholesale market. The Silver Coalition Ltd. offers a series of out-of-print U.S. currency...