1993 Alaska Medallion - The Wolf
Current List Price $300.00
Like some of the other back issue Alaska medallions, the 1993 Wolf has become difficult to find.
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Total one ounce proof mintage: 6,114.
Ira Levinton of Anchorage designed the 1993 Alaska State Medallion.
Alaska's Timber Wolf is the largest wolf found in the United States and one of the largest in the world, weighing up to 175 pounds. They are fierce, intelligent hunters and very efficient. The social structure of the wolf pack allows them to hunt big game that they would not be able to take one-on-one such as buffalo, elk, caribou and moose. Although there have been no documented accounts of wolves attacking humans in North America, local wisdom suggests keeping a safe distance. Most wolves are various shades of gray, but can range from pure white to black. Usually their coloration is somewhat related to their habitat. Wolves are rarely seen in their natural surrounding. They can make themselves almost invisible even in sparse brush because the coloration of their fur provides excellent camouflage. Those lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Alaskan wolf will behold something of the spirit of the Great Land itself, and the true majesty of the wild.
Silver Trivia:
Astrologers, writers, and poets have long associated the Moon with the faculty of imagination and fantasy. The same property is seen in the way silver is able to create images. In photography, silver creates a memory-image of the past, while in mirrors it gives an image of what is in present time before it. Today, most mirrors are made by coating glass with silver. When looking at a mirror we never feel we are looking at a sheet of silver. There is a certain receptiveness and passivity here, and similarly when looking at a photograph, it never occurs to us that we are really looking at the differential precipitation of colloidal silver. We are not aware at all of the metal, but only of the image it provides.
Photography is the main use for silver, despite competition from digital cameras. In the United Kingdom, the firm Britannia Refined Metals in Kent, extracts around 500 tones of silver from crude lead per annum, using lead shipped over from Australia. It refines the silver to 99.9% purity and then sells it to London bullion markets.
