Medallic Art Company, Ltd. based in Dayton

Dayton, Nevada

Dayton is a census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 5,907 at the 2000 census.-History:Dayton is at the western end of the Twenty-Six Mile Desert at a bend in the Carson River. Immigrants stopping there for water would consider whether to follow the river...

, Nevada

Nevada

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 is "America’s oldest and largest private mint

Mint (coin)

A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins for currency.The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins. One difference is that the history of the mint is usually closely tied to the political situation of an era...

" and specializes in the design and manufacture of medal

Medal

A medal, or medallion, is generally a circular object that has been sculpted, molded, cast, struck, stamped, or some way rendered with an insignia, portrait, or other artistic rendering. A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for athletic, military, scientific,...

s. The Medallic Art Company makes custom 2D and 3D

Three-dimensional space

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 medals and "has produced some of the world’s most distinguished award

Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...

s such as the Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

, the Peabody Award

Peabody Award

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, the Newbery

Newbery Medal

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 and Caldecott

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...

 medals, and the Inaugural medals

Presidential Inaugural Medals

Presidential Inaugural Medals have a long history in the United States. The tradition can be traced back to first president, George Washington, and continues on today with President Barack Obama.-History:...

 for eleven U.S. Presidents." The Medallic Art Company also struck medals for two important medallic art series in the United States: the Circle of Friends of the Medallion

Circle of Friends of the Medallion

Circle of Friends of the Medallion was formed by Charles DeKay, Robert Hewitt, Jr. and two brothers Henri and Felix Weil, all from New York City. De Kay, "a newspaperman and art lover" provided the contacts to form the Circle of Friends of the Medallion, often referred to as the Circle of Friends,...

 and The Society of Medalists

The Society of Medalists

The Society of Medalists was established in 1930 to encourage the medallic work of superior sculptors, and to make their creations available to the public. The Society of Medalists was the oldest art medal collector's organization in the United States and has released 129 medals from 1930 to 1995...

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Henry Weil, "a highly respected French sculptor

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

 living in New York City." founded the Medallic Art Company in 1903. The Medallic Art Company was originally located in New York and moved to Danbury, Connecticut

Danbury, Connecticut

Danbury is a city in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It had population at the 2010 census of 80,893. Danbury is the fourth largest city in Fairfield County and is the seventh largest city in Connecticut....

 in 1972, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

 in 1991 then to Dayton, Nevada in 1997 where it currently operates in a 115000 square feet (10,683.8 m²) facility.

Recent events

In July 2009, Medallic Art Company was purchased by Northwest Territorial Mint.

External links

• Medallic Art Company Ltd. homepage
• Professional Coin Grading Service: Medals Can Be Fine Art by Richard Giedroyc - February 24, 2000. This article discusses Medallic Art.