MEDAL

Description: .1 MEDALLION 1.7 CM DIA. GOLD? 2 PCES. GOLD BLACK/RED. FACE SIDE OF COIN ALBERTA COAT OF ARMS. REVERSE SIDE ALBERTA 1905 1985 LOGO "IN RECOGNITION ALBERTA'S SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY" COIN IN PLASTIC CASE. .2 MEDALLION 1.7 CM DIA. SILVER? 2 PCES SILVER BLACK BLUE. AS ABOVE. EACH CASE IS PLASTIC COVER WITH FELT LINING AND ALBERTA 75 LOGO. .3 MEDALLION 1.7 CM DIA. NICKEL. 2 PCES. FACE SIDE COAT OF ARMS (PROVINCIAL) REVERSE INSCRIBED "DEDICATED TO ALBERTA'S YOUTH OUR FUTURE".

History: COIN MOUNTED IN CARD. FACE COLOR REPRODUCTION OF 75TH BIRTHDAY LOGO. INSIDE PROVINCIAL COAT OF ARMS AND MESSAGE: "ALBERTA: STRONG AND FREE A SPECIAL DEDICATION TO YOUNG ALBERTANS" "THIS COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION HAS A THREE FOLD PURPOSE. IT HONORS ALBERTA'S PAST 75 YEARS WITHIN CONFEDERATION. IT RECORDS ALBERTA'S PRESENT BY INTRODUCING A NEW PROVINCIAL ARMS, OFFICIALLY ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 1, 1980, TO MARK THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALBERTA AS A PROVINCE OF CANADA AND THE MEDALLION IS DEDICATED TO YOU, A YOUNG ALBERTAN -THE PROMISE OF OUR FUTURE. KEEP IT WITH PRIDE". SMALL CARD BEARING 75TH LOGO AND PROVINCIAL COAT-OF-ARMS "ALBERTA A HERITAGE OF PRIDE" "THIS MEDALLION WAS SPECIALLY MINTED IN ALBERTA'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR AS A TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERS WHOSE RESOURCEFULNESS AND INITIATIVE HELPED BUILD THIS PROVINCE. ALBERTA SALUTES YOU IN 1980. TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR 75 YEARS.