Description: Furthur/Freedom Medal One Troy Ounce Fine Silver Round Grateful Dead/LSD Interpretation of the "Hippy Bus" from Ron Landis Singles will come with Capsules - Multiples of 20 in Tubes Over 6700 Positive Feedback - Buy With Confidence!! Any Questions Please Ask BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER LISTINGS!! The year was 1964. Author Ken Kesey had purchased a 1939 International Harvester school bus to carry his “Merry Band of Pranksters” around to “Acid Test” parties which featured music from the Warlocks, later to become known as the Grateful Dead. The bus stopped running in 1969 after returning from Woodstock and was parked in a wooded swamp on Kesey’s farm in Oregon. The subject of Tom Wolfe’s book, “The Electric Kool-ail Acid Test”, the bus named “Furthur” would become a legendary icon of the 60’s counterculture movement. These medals were created to commemorate this bus and the times it helped define. The idea started long ago when engraver Ron Landis, sometimes referred to as “The Grandfather of the Modern Hobo Nickel movement” carved an image of Furthur on the “Buffalo” side of a 1930s dated Indian Head Nickel, the traditional host coin of Hobo Nickels. Later, he carved another nickel with a similar “Hippy Bus” but with “FAR OUT” as the destination/name on top. Ron ran into a photo of that carving and shared it on Facebook and the response was so overwhelming, he decided to create a silver dollar sized medal that could be offered to all the people who wanted it.
Price: 53.75 USD
Location: Richmond, Virginia
End Time: 2024-12-15T22:20:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.25 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
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Composition: Silver
Shape: Round
Fineness: 999
Precious Metal Content per Unit: 1 oz
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Brand/Mint: Unbranded
Total Precious Metal Content: 1 oz.
Modified Item: No
