CGM Reproduction by US Mint

[James Shaw]

Replica coins will be available through the US Mint website. You can signup for notification for when they go on sale.

http://catalog.usmint.gov/civil-air-patrol-bronze-medal-3-inch-CR4.html?start=undefined&q=undefined&cgid=product-schedule

I will be ordering a few.

[Private Investigator]

At $39.95 I guess I will get one. 

[JacobAnn]

At $39.95 I guess I will get one. 

Same here. 

[lordmonar]

They also have a 1.5" reproduction for only $6.95.

http://catalog.usmint.gov/civil-air-patrol-bronze-medal-1-and-one-half-inch-CR5.html?navid=search#q=civil%2520air%2520patrol&start=1

[Eclipse]

These things are going to be passed out for the next ∞ years as "awards", especially to cadets.

[PHall]

These things are going to be passed out for the next [insert number here] years as "awards", especially to cadets.

They're this year's "coins".

[James Shaw]

I ordered mine while eating lunch.

[MisterCD]

Here is the medal after I had a chance to photograph the replica.

[MisterCD]

And should people wonder about the imagery on the front, these are two photos I provided. I *think* the Mint used them to model the artwork and cannot confirm with certainty if they did, for those wondering. 

[James Shaw]

Here is the medal after I had a chance to photograph the replica.

Great addition of the Mission Sleeve Patches. Good work!

[Майор Хаткевич]

A Great article, overall: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141214/news/141219158/

It did mention our 17 hits and 2 sunk subs.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Also,

Just went on the mint website...all out of the large medals...Did they make 100 or something? Jeez...

[James Shaw]

Just received email that the medals have been shipped.

[Майор Хаткевич]

They're here!

[MisterCD]

They're here!

Can you post close ups of the 1.5 inch coins? They look coppery from your images.

[Майор Хаткевич]

They do indeed. I'll unwrap one tomorrow, and take some pictures with a better camera than my phone.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Ixnay on the better camera. But it's on top of a mint proof set, and the color matches the penny, so I assume it's 2.5% copper and 97.5% zinc.

[SarDragon]

FWIW, a penny is not an alloy like a nickel. It's a layered coin, with zinc guts and a copper exterior. Here are the specifics - 97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper (core: 99.2% zinc, 0.8% copper; plating: pure copper)

[Майор Хаткевич]

Indeed. I cheated and went off the mint set data.

[MisterCD]

I received an email from the mint this morning that the four 3-inch medals I ordered have shipped. Presumably other folks will be receiving these medals soon.