1941 PARAMOUNT PICTURES 30TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL HK-740 Start Price USD 70.00 Current Price USD 70.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 90.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 01, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 06, 2008 Location west coast usa See more about '1941 PARAMOUNT PICTURES 30TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL HK-740' Description There is something very charismatic about this beastly medal and I always get a little bump in spirits whenever I run across it, which is infrequently I might add.  Some medals just have it, if you know what I mean, and I include this among them.It is listed in Hibler and Kappen's book So-Called Dollars as number HK-740 where they state that it was struck for the 30th Anniversary celebrations of the Paramount Pictures corporation.  While I have every reason to believe this to be the truth, I have also been told that these were used as Silver Dollar stage props in westerns and such.  I don't know if this is true but it does have the ring of truth to me.  Anyway NGC shows only two of these have been graded.  The highest grade, which I submitted by the way, is AU-58 (I was robbed).  This is the second best one that I've ever seen rub on high points and all.  (In fact, I think the rub enhances the look of this great medal).  Most of the ones that I have seen are really gnarly and beaten/chewed up.  The reason for this is that the medal really is struck in copper, a soft metal, and one suspects that the striking company ACME Metal Die, no joke, perhaps were closer to their nadir than the apex they proclaim to occupy.Anyway, this is a superior example of this particular HK number in my opinion.  Even though it is not in as nice condition as the one I submitted to NGC it would not surprise me in the least if this too rcvd an AU-58 grade. Place a Bid!