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1972 3000 HITS BU PL SILVER COIN MEDAL +AD ROBERTO CLEMENTE PITTSBURGH PIRATES
1972 3000 HITS BU PL SILVER COIN MEDAL +AD ROBERTO CLEMENTE PITTSBURGH PIRATES
1972 3000 HITS BU PL SILVER COIN MEDAL +AD ROBERTO CLEMENTE PITTSBURGH PIRATES

1972 3000 HITS BU PL SILVER COIN MEDAL +AD ROBERTO CLEMENTE PITTSBURGH PIRATES

$ 23.76

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Team-Baseball: PITTSBURGH PIRATES
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Player: ROBERTO CLEMENTE
  • Sport: Baseball
  • ROBERTO CLEMENTE HOF: .925 STERLING SILVER
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Year: 1972

    Description

    QUITE SCARCE .925 STERLING SILVER COIN MEDAL ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE ROBERTO CLEMENTE IN  EARLY 1973 AFTER HIS DEATH---OBVERSE READS--CUIDAD DEPORTIVA---SOCIDAD NUMISMATICA DE PUERTO RICO AND PICTURES ROBERTO CLEMENTE IN A PITTSBURGH PIRATES JERSEY WITH A BAT ON HIS SHOULDER; REVERSE READS ROBERTO CLEMENTE 1934 1972 3000 AND PICTURES ROBERTO  SWINGING A BAT FOR HIS 3000TH HIT.  COMES WITH A PHOTOCOPY OF A 1-31-73 AD FROM THE PITTSBURGH PRESS SAYING THE 600 COINS WERE MINTED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CLEMENTES' DREAM OF A SPORTS CITY FOR YOUTH IN PUERTO RICO.
    ROBERTO CLEMENTE DIED ON 1-1-1973 ON A HUMANITARIAN MISSION DELIVERING MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES TO EARTHQUAKE TORN NICARAGUA. THIS PIECE IS CLOSE TO SILVER DOLLAR SIZE AND UNCIRCULATED PROOF LIKE WITH JUST A VERY LITTLE TONING..
    PLEASE SEE SCANS.
    THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.