The Fairfax Coin Club, founded in 2017, has been finding ways to deepen its roots into the numismatic ecosystem, even though they are a relatively recently founded organization. One of their most recent projects was creating an official club medal.

The club medal, pictured here, had a mintage of 250. They have a 8.1 centimeter diameter anda thickness of 3 millimeters. While the medals have a deceptive silver appearance, they areactually made of a zinc alloy and then coated with an antiqued silver plating.

The club's creation of medals was not a rash decision. The club had imagined a potential clubmedal since the start of the club back in 2017, and the design of the medal had been thoroughlydiscussed. The obverse of the medal features the club emblem, which is heavily inspired by theFairfax County Coat of Arms. For the reverse design, the club held a design competition amongits members. The club enticed members to submit designs for the reverse side by offering a $50auction credit to the winner of the chosen design.

By the submission deadline on October 8, 2019, the club had received about 8 submissions.Designs by two club members, Elizabeth Sullivan and Marie Hoover, were chosen, and the twomembers then fused their designs. Their combined design features the outline of Virginia with astar inscribed over Fairfax. It also includes the club motto, "Sociis Nostris Discamus" meaning"Our Partners are Learned". This meaning can be taken in different ways. I personallyinterpreted it as suggesting that the learned experiences of older clubs and other collectorspropels their success.

The medals were dispersed for free to all club members. If you aren't a club member, but wouldstill like a medal, they can be purchased by anyone. The club is selling them for $5, plusshipping and handling. If you are interested, just send an email to fairfaxcoinclub@gmail.com.

For more information about the club, see:
http://fairfaxcoinclub.com/