1975 Porcelain Commemoratives Made for the National Show
 

Color: Harvest Gold Front Embossing: 6TH NIA CCONVENTION SAN DIEGO, CALIF JULY 11-13, 1975 Back Marking: SERIAL NO 048 of 500  [The "048" is ink stamped on an unglazed rectangular spot of the insulator with the rest of the marking embossed.  Other insulators would have been stamped with a different number] Quantity Made: 500 Although 500 were made, I doubt 500 were sold.  The glass N.IA. Commemoratives were more popular and less than 350 of these were being made in 1975.  This is probably why only 277 light blue commemoratives were made in 1976 followed by a continued decline in the numbers made in subsequent years.  Notes: The serial number shown here is part of a complete set once owned by Constance Brown.  The certificate for this year was also gold colored.  This particular one lists the 048 serial number but not the name of the owner. The original price of these was $8.

This appears to be about a U-393 with a base. Color: White Front Embossing on skirt: 6TH N.I.A.  CONVENTION Rear Embossing on skirt: SAN DIEGO, CA. JULY 1975 Value: This piece sold on eBay on December 14, 2003 for $168.50.  There were three bids by three people with the third bidding at $50.00.

References

"Commemoratives." Drip Points Newsletter 2.3 (June 1975): 3.

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