closed Big chunk of platinum

[ilovesilverireallydo]

This has been tested and it’s fine platinum. 140.9gms 

it’s an unbelievably interesting piece likely presented when platinum was much cheaper. Never seen anything so unique. 

£3880 posted 

[DukeSilver]

Looks like it is this one:

https://www.iom3.org/award/platinum-medal.html

There can't be that many of these in existence!

[Foster88]

19 minutes ago, DukeSilver said:

Looks like it is this one:

https://www.iom3.org/award/platinum-medal.html

There can't be that many of these in existence!

It looks like they've awarded just one a year since 1984. So that's 36 in total, I think.

[cliveb13]

That is a super interesting piece. The person who was the recipient would have made a significant contribution thru thoughts or deeds 

Wow

[27carrots]

I wonder what the premium is on a 1985.

[Roy]

You have to wonder why the recipient would let it go.

It's a traceable piece, maybe someone is not aware it's missing.

@ilovesilverireallydo perhaps suspend the sale until you are sure of its provenance?

Just looking out for you bud 👍

[ilovesilverireallydo]

26 minutes ago, Roy said:

You have to wonder why the recipient would let it go.

It's a traceable piece, maybe someone is not aware it's missing.

@ilovesilverireallydo perhaps suspend the sale until you are sure of its provenance?

Just looking out for you bud 👍

I have enquired into the background. 

[DukeSilver]

It looks like one of these was recently awarded to one of the Professors who kicked off the graphene revolution!

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/university-professor-awarded-iom3-platinum-medal/

These are apparently a "Big Deal" - just imagine what history this one must have.

Suddenly the PM value feels insignificant by comparison!

[ilovesilverireallydo]

Update: this was brought in as an old stock blank by a person from the company. Apparently it was from the 70s and the new ones are not made from platinum at all. They are made n silver and rhodium plated. 

So no recipient on it. (Not inscription) all issues had inscriptions 

[cliveb13]

In which case it is unique & historic. 
 

fabulous 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

Reserved payment pending 

[cliveb13]

Those of you who read & commented will be interested to know some of the detail I found out. 
@ilovesilverireallydohas confirmed the piece is very high quality Platinum. Turns out it is inscribed & was awarded to Dr AJ Kennedy in 1977. 
the reason it does not appear on the IOM3 list of Platinum award winners, is that the IOM3 only came into existence in 1982. In 1977 it was only Institute of Metallurgists (One of the 3 Ms) 

Dr , later Prof Kennedy was an expert in the nascent field of heat-resistant materials including graphite where he showed layers of graphite were much more heat distributive & resistant than a solid single layer. This had applications in aerospace and rocket technology advising NASA in the 60s 

He was awarded a CBE in 1979 & has an obituary at https://www.iom3archive.org.uk/fellows-lounge/feature/2011/jan/27/dr-alfred-james-kennedy-cbe-freng-fimmm-obit

If all of the newer ones, from 1984 are silver coated with Rhodium, then it is even rarer than first thought. 
In 1977 the average price thru the year for an ounce of Platinum was  $250 & with the exchange being around £1=$2.50 , an ounce was about £100 give it take. 
 

 

[DukeSilver]

9 minutes ago, cliveb13 said:

Those of you who read & commented will be interested to know some of the detail I found out. 
@ilovesilverireallydohas confirmed the piece is very high quality Platinum. Turns out it is inscribed & was awarded to Dr AJ Kennedy in 1977. 
the reason it does not appear on the IOM3 list of Platinum award winners, is that the IOM3 only came into existence in 1982. In 1977 it was only Institute of Metallurgists (One of the 3 Ms) 

Dr , later Prof Kennedy was an expert in the nascent field of heat-resistant materials including graphite where he showed layers of graphite were much more heat distributive & resistant than a solid single layer. This had applications in aerospace and rocket technology advising NASA in the 60s 

He was awarded a CBE in 1979 & has an obituary at https://www.iom3archive.org.uk/fellows-lounge/feature/2011/jan/27/dr-alfred-james-kennedy-cbe-freng-fimmm-obit

If all of the newer ones, from 1984 are silver coated with Rhodium, then it is even rarer than first thought. 
 

 

Amazing!

[ilovesilverireallydo]

On 02/07/2021 at 15:59, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Update: this was brought in as an old stock blank by a person from the company. Apparently it was from the 70s and the new ones are not made from platinum at all. They are made n silver and rhodium plated. 

So no recipient on it. (Not inscription) all issues had inscriptions 

I was originally informed no inscription on it, apparently they had two this turned out to be an inscribed one but was not actually issued but another medal was apparently. This one was held back by the maker.
 

 

[Uksilverstackers]

Excellent history on that piece, very interesting.