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Art Medal Competition

All members of AMSA were invited to participate in this competition with the purpose of creating a new medal to be issued by our organization.

Forty-six designs were submitted by the following artists:

Daniel Carr, Anne-Lise Deering, Thomas Diehn, Geri Gould, Janet Indick, Dana Krinsky, Jim Licaretz, Michael Meszaros, Anna Meszaros, Enrique Moreiro, Sylvia Perle, Sharon "Dee" Shaughnessy, Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, John Svenson, Pier VanLeest, and Sharon Wandel

The designs were on display at the American Numismatic Association convention in Denver (August 2006)

One hundred and one votes were received from the American Numismatic Association as well as from AMSA members.

The winning design is "North Star" (n. 23) by John Svenson, with a total of 21 votes

Following n.1 "Tesla", Daniel Carr, with a total of 17 votes
n.24 "Gone with the Wind", Pier van Leest, a total of 9 votes
n.16 "Happiness", Enrique Moreiro, a total of 7 votes
n.20 "Angelic" Dee Shaughnessy, a total of 7 votes
n.9 "War", Dana Krinsky, a total of 6 votes
n.15 "The Bed", Anna Meszaros, a total of 6 votes

The winning medal will be issued through the casting method. It will be offered for sale to collectors, and to the general public, through our website, as well as at the FIDEM Congress in Colorado Springs in September, 2007.


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1. Daniel Carr, "The Nikola Tesla Sesquicentennial"



	2. Anne-Lise Deering, "The cabin in the woods"




obverse: Feeling crabby?	reverse: Let's go sailing
3. Anne-Lise Deering, "Attitude Adjustment"



	4. Thomas Diehn, "The strong gender? - Simply ask your attorney!" The question mark in the title is vital. The medal is giving no final answer, but invites your personal interpretation together with your partner (present or divorced).




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5. Geri Gould, "Chief Ouray"
Chief Ouray, a famous Ute chief, that Ouray, Colorado, was named after.



	6. Janet Indick, "Silver Song #2"



7. Janet Indick, "Stairway 9/11"



	8. Janet Indick, "Fragments"




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9. Dana Krinsky, "War 2006"
As the years pass, I am compelled to understand that violence will never vanish from our lives and that hate seems to overcome any hope for understanding… on the obverse of the medal, one can see from a distance a seemingly naïve nature scene. Apparently, from a closer look, it is understood that this scene consists of guns and weapons, which seems to flourish naturally instead of flowers and trees. I watch the abnormal nature of our life with a great sadness and see a grenade replaces the sun, and a barbed wire stands for the horizon. I know that by destroying the hope for a safe ground we are left with the cracked earth on the reverse.




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10. Jim Licaretz, "Caraskull"




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11. Jim Licaretz, "Zoftig"




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12. Jim Licaretz, "Zoftig 2"




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13. Michael Meszaros, "Which comes first, the seed or the pod?"




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14. Michael Meszaros, "Windbreak"




obverse: Sleeping boy	reverse: Underside of the bed
15. Anna Meszaros, "The Bed"




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16. Enrique Moreiro, "Happiness"
This medal illustrates our general lack of competence, as human beings, for achieving and sharing harmony, which keeps us from enjoying our full possibilities. As individuals, as communities and as a species that governs the planet, without even realizing it, we are running out of time. Obverse and reverse, with simple, realistic images, and messages in contrast, serve as a reminder.



	17. Sylvia Perle, "2006 Completion 3 Georges Dam in China"



	18. Sylvia Perle, "2006 Completion railroad from Beijing to Lhasa"




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19. Sharon Dee Shaughnessy, "AMSA, the Awakening"
AMSA medallion, resembling the logo



	20. Sharon Dee Shaughnessy, "Angelic"




21. Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, "Hatch"
Alexander Hatch, 1801-1886, traveled the Santa Fe trail from Ohio to establish a ranch in New Mexico. This is his branding iron.




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22. Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, "America 1000 - 2000"



	23. John Svenson, "North Star"




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24. Pier van Leest, "Gone with the wind"



	25. Pier van Leest, "Monday, washing day"



	26. Pier van Leest, "Twin Towers"



27. Sharon Wandel, "Remembrance I"



	28. Sharon Wandel, "Remembrance II"