Medallic Art Company, Ltd. based in Dayton, Nevada was at one time "America's oldest and largest private mint" and specialized in making academic awards, maces, medallions, along with chains of office and universities medals for schools.

The Society has launched an initiative, the MACO Project, to identify and publish this material to make it available to researchers.

Henri Weil, "a highly respected French sculptor living in New York City," founded the Medallic Art Company in Manhattan in 1903.

[4][5] In 1972 the company moved to Danbury, Connecticut, then to Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1991, and finally to Dayton, Nevada in 1997 where it operated a 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m2) facility.

[14] The Society of Medalists medals were minted annually from 1930 to 1995 at varying mintages based on the number of subscribers.