Owner Comments:
MEDAL APPEARANCE/CONDITION:
TOP POP: Brilliant Gem
*An interesting and unique overall issue in brilliant gem condition. Goldish-brown and tan surfaces are evenly spread throughout, making for a pleasing specimen. — Currently at the top of NGC’s population report and the only example graded.*
MEDAL BACKGROUND:
Struck circa 1987 by the Medallic Art Company to commemorate the centennial of Logan County, Colorado (1887-1987).
RARITY: Unknown; Likely rare
(*TOP POP* NGC Pop = 1; NONE Finer - NGC Total Pop = 1) [09/2022]
**Only example graded by NGC**
MEDAL DESCRIPTION:
(Medallic Art Company, Bronze, 40mm, Round, Plain/Lettered Edge)
OBVERSE: Logan County • Colo1876rado • 1887 / (Pictorial Images of Agriculture/Farming)
REVERSE: 1887 / The Past Teaches; The Future Reaches / Logan County / Centennial
EDGE: MACO
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
(Logan County, Colorado):
“Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,528. The county seat is Sterling.The county was named for General John A. Logan.” — Credited Source: "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau.
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“Logan County is strongly Republican in presidential elections. Since 1888, the county has failed to back the Republican candidate in only six presidential elections, most recently in 1964 in the midst of Lyndon B. Johnson's national landslide victory.” — Credited Source: "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.