I have a Gold coin of the famous race horse Secretariat that is still in its case and is untouched. It has his head profile on one side along with his name on the upper left side and on the flip side is a picture of him running in the Belmont Stakes(the final race). And there is 2 of the horses he defeated in the background along with some of the stands where the onlookers could watch. And that side has "The Belmont Stakes" Printed across the bottom. As for the photo, it is cased in a well kept white with gold flip frame. On the front of the frame before you open it, it has ALL the printing in gold leaf. The first print is centered at the top and says, "Secretariat, Horse of the Year 1972". Then in the middle-left it has Printed exactly like this "Owned By..........Meadow Stable" and then on the Middle-right it has printed exactly like this "Trained By..........Lucien Laurin". And on the bottom centered it has "Eclipse Awards Dinner, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles California, January 26, 1973" Then lastly in the very lower right corner it has printed in small font "Compliments Of: Daily Racing Form". On the inside (where the photo itself is located) there is an old photo of secretariat and who i believe to be Eddie Maple, the jockey who raced Secretariat in his last race. The photo is in full color and Eddie and Secretariat are walking alongside another horse and trainer leading them to the gates. Secretariat is in his green and white checkered mask and Eddie is in his green and white checkered jockey racing polo. There are even a few men standing in the background watching. You can see the warm up arena in the background and the stables. And lastly, there is a brand on the bottom right of the photo in gold leaf that says "Daily Racing Form" And it is Beautifully bordered in a gold leaf pattern and it has a small gold leaf Secretariat and Eddie in the center between Racing and Form. Can i have ANY opinions on what these may be worth. I tried to go into as much detail as i could to give you a good picture of what i have. Thank you for your responses.
The award you have, from the Eclipse Awards Dinner 1972 sponsored by Daily Racing Form, I have the same one as you. The picture inside is the same as the one you have as well. I am also wondering on the price and we are going to take it to a local expert to find out the cost. Maybe you should try taking it to an expert/museum as well to find out the price. Strange that we have the same award, right?
