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  Mark Hopkins Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Joseph E. Renier, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of Mark Hopkins, an American educator and theologian. The reverse image alludes to an quotation attributed to President James A. Garfield where he defines the ideal college as ""Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."" The scene shows just this, Hopkins seated at one end of a log with a bound volume in his hands. The student is seated to Hopkins's proper left, also equipped with a book. A tree makes up the scene's background.

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  Mary Lyon Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Laura G. Fraser, Karl Gruppe, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts the right-side profile of Mary Lyon, an American advocate for women's education and founder of the Wheaton Female Seminary (now Wheaton College) and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College). On the reverse, three women are pictured standing behind a table. At their fronts, four smaller girls sit at the table. A lamp is pictured at the bottom and is surrounded by a laurel wreath.

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  Horace Mann Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  C. Paul Jennewein, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of Horace Mann, an American educational reformer who believed that happiness was a natural human desire. On the reverse, a man clothed only in a small cloth wraps twine around the trunk of a small tree and support stake.

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  John Lothrop Motley Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  C. Paul Jennewein, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of John Lothrop Motley, an American author who prevented pro-Confederate European intervention during the American Civil War. The reverse depicts a scene where a nude female figure sits with her lap draped with a robe. The figure holds an oil lamp in her proper right hand and her proper left rests on a bound book that a small cherub holds in its hands. A second cherub stands behind the figure with its hands on a small globe. The British Royal Coat of Arms is also pictured just above the figure's proper left arm.

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  Andrew Jackson Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Michael Lantz, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts the right-side profile of Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. Also pictured on the obverse are a sword, pistol, powder horn, and olive branch. On the reverse, an eagle is featured at the center, and it holds an olive branch in its talons. A pair of male and female pioneer-like figures stand to the eagle's proper right. Two soldiers standing in front of a cannon stand to the eagle's proper left. Above the eagle, a partial map is pictured, and below three picture symbols appear, which include a star, a triangle with two perpendicular lines, and two intersecting swords.

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  Gilbert Stuart Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Laura G. Fraser, Karl Gruppe, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The commemorative medal depicts an image of Gilbert Stuart's, an American painter, proper right profile. The medal's reverse shows Stuart holding a painter's pallet and applying a paintbrush to a canvas. A faded image of George Washington makes up the medal's background.

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  Ralph Waldo Emerson Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Dexter Jones, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts the right-side profile of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a nineteenth-century transcendentalist poet. On the reverse, a scene from Emerson's poem "Concord Hymn" is depicted. In the poem, the poet references "the shot heard round the world," which in an allusion to the first shot fired during the American Revolution. At the center of the scene, a Revolutionary soldier stands in a spread-eagle stance. Three soldiers kneel at his proper right with their backs turned and rifles drawn. A drummer and several other soldiers stand just behind the central figure.

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  James McNeill Whistler Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Stanley Martineau, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The commemorative medal's obverse features a face-only image of James McNeill Whistler, an American artist. His eyes look to his proper right as a wave of water encircles his head. A butterfly [?] is featured at the medal's bottom. The reverse depicts an image of a hand applying a paintbrush to a canvas where an image of a woman can be seen. Underneath the canvas, the images of a man and three women in varying positions are pictured.

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  Maria Mitchell Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Eleanor Platt, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The commemorative medal's obverse features a bust image of Maria Mitchell, and American astronomer. On the medal's reverse, a woman sitting on a rock is pictured. In her proper right hand, she holds a telescope while a comet flies through the night sky. An ocean scene makes up the medal's background.

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  Mark Twain Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  C. Paul Jennewein, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features the left-side profile of Mark Twain, a pseudonym for Samuel Clemens, who was the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. On the reverse, an image of Huckleberry Finn is featured. The boy wears a straw hat and holds a fishing pole. A riverboat sails on the Mississippi River in the background.

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  Susan B. Anthony Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Paul Fjelde, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse features the left-side profile of Susan B. Anthony, an American social reformer and women's rights activist. On its reverse, the medal depicts a man (left) and woman (right) both placing ballots into a ballot box (center). A line of men and women stand behind each. The Scales of Justice are pictured on the box and the American bald eagle is pictured above the scene.

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  Booker T. Washington Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Ralph J. Menconi, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of Booker T. Washington, an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. The reverse design features two African-American men wearing nothing but pants. One stands while the other sits on a stack of books. A series of small buildings are pictured to the men's proper lower right while a larger building is pictured at their proper upper left. The men look to their proper right.

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  Matthew Fontaine Maury Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Donald DeLue, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The commemorative medal depicts a bust image of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of the founders of oceanography, on its obverse. The reverse depicts and image of a blue whale diving into the ocean. To the whale's proper right, a man is shown walking on the bow of a ship and an octopus dives at its side. To its proper left, two divers and a school of fish swim underwater. A second ship is shown in the background.

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  Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Albino Manca, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The obverse design features a portrait of a laughing Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States and driving force of the Progressive Era in the twentieth century. On the reverse, Roosevelt is pictured riding a large horse.

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  William Crawford Gorgas Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Abram Belskie, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse depicts the quarter left profile of William Crawford Gorgas, the 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and promoter of sanitary programs in Panama to combat yellow fever and malaria. A mosquito is pictured just over his proper left shoulder. On the medal's reverse, two shirtless men work back-to-back. One wields a shovel while the other holds a pickax.

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  George Peabody Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Abram Belskie, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts a bust portrait of George Peabody, an American financier who is often regarded as the father of modern philanthropy. On the medal's reverse, a nude male figure is pictured riding on the back of a horse. A caduceus is pictured in his proper right hand.

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  Indiana Years Commemorative Medal (from The Life of Lincoln Medallic Biography Collection)

  Lincoln Mint and Lloyd Ostendorf

  The medal's obverse features a design after Lloyd Ostendorf's original artwork that depicts the Lincoln family traveling in a covered wagon. On the reverse, a short biographical sketch regarding the Lincolns' move to Indiana and the death of the family matriarch, Nancy Lincoln, appears. A laurel wreath borders the lower half of the medal. The medal is mounted in a leather slipcase album, which is Volume II of a two-volume set. (Volume I is a short work entitled Abraham Lincoln: An Autobiographical Narrative, written and edited by Ralph Geoffrey Newman.)

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  John Quincy Adams Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Evangelos Frudakis, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts a bust portrait of John Quincy Adams, the sixth United States President and eighth United States Secretary of State. On the reverse, Adams is pictured standing with a crumpled piece of paper in his proper right hand. Both of his arms are raised, and three men either sit or stand to the side and watch Adams deliver a speech.

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  Washington Irving Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Adolph Block, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts the quarter-left profile of Washington Irving, an American author most famous for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle"" and ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." On the medal's reverse, a quill and olive branch are pictured at the center. A bearded man (possibly Rip Van Winkle), a male pilgrim, a Revolutionary War soldier, and the Headless Horseman are also pictured.

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  Frances Elizabeth Willard Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  C. Paul Jennewein, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse depicts the left-quarter profile of Frances Elizabeth Willard, an American educator, temperance reformer, and suffragist. Its reverse design features a woman holding a Christian cross in her proper right hand. In her proper left, she holds the arm of a weary male figure who is clothed only in a small cloth. He holds a walking stick in his proper left hand. The logo for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and a star are centered between the two figures.

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  Jonathan Edwards Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Elisabeth Chand ler, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse features the left-side profile of Jonathan Edwards, an American preacher and theologian. On the reverse, the hand of God is pictured holding the Earth. The sun as well as other celestial bodies are pictured in the background.

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  John Adams Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Donald DeLue, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts the quarter-left profile of John Adams, a founding father and second President of the United States, and thirteen stars circle around the medal's edge. On the reverse, two nude figures are pictured. The first lies on his side with a sword held in his proper right hand. The second figure is situated in a crouching position just above the first. The sword's blade is placed between the second figure's head and proper left arm.

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  Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  C. Paul Jennewein, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features the left-side profile of Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eight President of the United States. An olive branch is also pictured on the medal's obverse. On the reverse, a Greek-like figure soars above the Palace of Nations. She appears to carry a bundle of palm leaves in her arms.

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  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Anthony Notaro, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design depicts the left-quarter profile of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet best known for ""Paul Revere's Ride,"" The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. The reverse features four figures, most likely the following characters from his works: Paul Revere, Evangeline, The Village Blacksmith, and Hiawatha. A tree is also pictured.

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  Robert Fulton Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)

  Ralph J. Menconi, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans

  The medal's obverse design features a forward-facing bust image of Robert Fulton, an American engineer who developed a commercially successful steamboat, The North River Steamboat of Clermonts. The reverse design depicts a riverboat sailing on water in the scene's background as eight figures wave in the foreground.