The Wood medal is the first issue in the American Arts Commemorative Series.
| coinage-type | Medal |
| desg | MS |
| designer | Frank Gasparro |
| diameter | 32 |
| edge | Plain |
| fineness | 0.9 |
| material | 90% gold, 10% copper |
| mintage | 312,709 |
| ngc-id | D687 |
| obverse-description | Front-facing portrait of Grant Wood wearing his glasses and dressed in an open collared shirt with the words GRANT WOOD. |
| pcgs-link | 20501 |
| pcgs-number | 20501 |
| reverse-description | The medal's reverse features an image of Wood's famous painting "American Gothic." The painting appears on an easel. The words AMERICAN ARTS COMMEMORATIVE SERIES and date, 1980 appear around the periphery. |
| variety | Grant Wood |
| variety-2 | 1 Ounce Gold |
| weight-grams | 34.6 |
| weight-ounces | 1 |
| year-display | 1980-84 |