1968 Illinois Numismatic Association Ninth Annual convention .999 Fine Silver

Commemorative issue Illinois Sesquicentennial, 1818 - 1968

Obverse: ILLINOIS SEQUICENTENNIAL / (STAR) / LAND OF LINCOLN / (STAR) / 1818 / (ILLINOIS STATE MAP WITH TEXT) Liberty Bell of the West) / 21 STATE / (MAP) / (LIBERTY BELL)

Reverse: 1968 ILLINOIS NUMIAMATIC ASSN. NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION (center) (6 STARS) / Ill.N.A. / (7 STARS) / FOUNDED 1959 / MORGAN DOLLAR BUST

Rim: THE METAL ART CO. INC., ROCH. N.Y. .999 SILVER

Country: United States - Souvenir Tokens

Type: Token

Year: 1968

Currency: Souvenir Tokens

Composition: .999 Silver

Shape: Round

Diameter: 38mm 

Weight: 21.7 grams

Edge: Plain 

Orientation: Medal alignment ??

This medal is a highly reflective proof-like surface, this excessive light is showing the tone as white and the metal as black. This is the first I'm seeing this item in silver, I've only seen these in brass in the past.