A la Aplicación y al Saber Medal
Prices updated: August 2026
Bronze · Merit and sports
Bronze · Merit and sports
How much is the coin A la Aplicación y al Saber Medal worth?
The market value of the coin A la Aplicación y al Saber Medal is not yet documented with enough data to give a firm range. Weigh and measure your piece, compare it against the specifications, and check the forum for a second opinion.
The real price depends on four factors: the grade of preservation (a circulated piece is worth the low end of the range; an uncirculated one, or one still in its official blister pack, the high end), the finish (satin vs mirror/proof), the rarity within the series based on the mintage, and the metal spot price on the day of the deal when the piece is silver or gold. Check the value-by-grade table above and compare with equivalent pieces before buying or selling.
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Historical context
This school medal rewarded application and learning (la aplicación y al saber), a legend characteristic of the academic honors awarded in 19th-century Mexico. Schools and institutions gave it to outstanding students as a mark of distinction for effort and achievement.
These awards were part of an educational culture that valued the public recognition of merit. The medal served as an incentive and a keepsake, and usually bore allegories of study and wisdom.
Cataloged by Grove among the school pieces and struck in bronze, it has no recorded year. Its value lies in the testimony it gives of the educational practices of the era and in the symbolic language with which learning was celebrated among students.
Description
Bronze medal with a loop for hanging, of the school prize type given to the outstanding students of the Academia de Niñas de Morelia, in Michoacán.
What it shows
The obverse carries the profile bust of a bearded man looking to the left, surrounded by the legend ACADEMIA DE NIÑAS at the top and MORELIA at the bottom, with two stars on the sides. The reverse concentrates the award's message: within a laurel wreath open at the top and tied with a bow at the bottom, four lines read A LA / APLICACION / Y AL / SABER, with a small star-shaped ornament below the text.
Context
The Academia de Niñas de Morelia was a Michoacán educational institution documented toward the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This piece belongs to the tradition of scholastic merit medals, those hung on the chests of students rewarded for their dedication to study. The bust on the obverse corresponds to a figure linked to the academy; its precise identity is not asserted here so as not to speculate.
Value and collecting
It is not legal tender, so its interest is historical and collectible, not official monetary. In these prize medals, condition, the crispness of the relief, the intact loop, and the metal rule. To compare real prices and see who buys or sells pieces like this, check the store directory, and if you want to identify variants or resolve questions you can open the topic in the forum.
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