This class includes commemorative, historical and decorative coins and medals. This class includes coins and medals made from many materials; such as, silver and bronze.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe 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 features the right-side profile of Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American abolitionist and writer best known for her work, Uncle Tom's Cabin. On the reverse, and African-American woman stands at the center. A chain is pictured behind her with a whip woven around her body. A cabin and sun are pictured in the background.
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Alexander Graham Bell 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 medal's obverse design features a head-only portrait of Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-born inventor who is credited with inventing the telephone. The reverse design features three figures: a woman holding a baby with her proper left arm outstretched (left) and a man with his proper right arm outstretched (right). A bolt of electricity shoots between their fingertips. Various celestial bodies are pictured in the background.
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Joseph Story Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Nathaniel Choate, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of Joseph Story, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and author of Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. The reverse design depicts Story standing as stars and a ribbon encircle him.
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Patrick Henry Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Thomas Lo Medico, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features a portrait of Patrick Henry, an American orator and attorney who famously proclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death!" Henry's proper right hand is raised and his index finger is extended. He wears a set of glasses on his forehead. On the medal's reverse, Henry is shown on horseback. A group of five soldiers holding various weapons stand in front of him.
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William Thomas Green Morton 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 features a bust portrait of William Thomas Green Morton, an American dentist who gave the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia. The the Rod of Asclepius is also pictured with a sun in the background. A multi-neck round chemistry flask is pictured at the rod's proper right, while a chain of leaves is pictured behind the portrait. On the reverse, a man lies on his back with his knees lifted as vapor-like shapes swirl around his body.
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Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Anthony de Francisci, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the right-facing profile of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. On the reverse, two shackled hands are pictured in front of a sun amidst the words EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. Beneath the hands, dozens of figures are pictured in various positions.
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Jane Addams Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Granville Carter, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse features a portrait of Jane Addams, the second woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and the founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. On its reverse, the medal features a line of children holding hands standing in front of a house that is flanked by two trees. Angel wings make up the medal's background.
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Charlotte Cushman Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Robert A. Weinman, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features a bust portrait of Charlotte Cushman, an American stage actress well known for her wide vocal range and ability to play both male and female roles. On the medal's reverse, an image of Pegasus is displayed at the middle. Around the winged horse, Cushman is depicted in costume for four of her most well-known roles: Cordelia (King Lear), Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Romeo (Romeo & Juliet), and Meg Merrilies (Guy Mannering).
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Francis Parkman Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Edward R. Grove, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The obverse design features the right-side profile of France Parkman, an American author who penned The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and France and England in North America. On the medal's reverse, several figures are pictured in a staggered formation. From left to right, the following are pictured: a covered wagon, a female pioneer, a male religious leader, a male Native American, a Frenchman [?], a British colonial man, and a ship. A large open book is pictured in the scene's background.
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Grover Cleveland Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Albert P. d'and rea, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the quarter-right profile of Grover Cleveland, the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. On the reverse, the Great Seal of the United States is pictured at the center. The New York City skyline makes up the medal's background with the Statue of Liberty standing at the image's center as a crowd of people gaze at her from a ship deck.
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James Russell Lowell Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Carl C. Mose, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features the left-side profile of James Russell Lowell, an American romantic poet. On the reverse, a scene from The Vision of Sir Launfal is depicted where the poem's principle character, a knight, is shown offering charity to a beggar. The knight is shown standing holding a bowl with outstretched arms and offering it to a figure seated underneath a tree. A horse stands eating grass just behind the knight, and a castle is pictured in the background.
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Henry Clay Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
John Terken, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features a bust image of Henry Clay, an American lawyer and statesman. The reverse design depicts Clay standing with his proper right hand outstretched at his side. In his proper left hand he holds a document. An eagle soars through the sky in the scene's background.
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Rufus Choate 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 medal's obverse design features a bust image of Rufus Choate, an American lawyer, orator, and congressman. The reverse design depicts Choate standing between two tables. Choate places his proper right hand on a book resting on the table to his proper right. He holds a paper in his proper left hand.
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Trip to New Orleans 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 Lincoln steering a flatboat down the Mississippi River. On the reverse, a short biographical sketch regarding the voyage 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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William Penn Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Edward R. Grove, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts a bust portrait of William Penn, an early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. The reverse design features a ship (possibly the Canterbury Merchant) sailing on open water.
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Louis Agassiz Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Gertrude Katherine Lathrop, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The bronze commemorative medal depicts a bust image of Louis Agassiz (a Swiss-American biologist and geologist) from the shoulders up. The reverse features images of various organisms. A trilobite is featured at the center of the medal, while other marine life circle it around the outside edge.
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Alexander Hamilton Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Margaret C. Grigor, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the left-quarter profile of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States. On the medal's reverse, Hamilton stands at the center. He is surrounded by the outlines of several U.S. states as well as the images of a ship, cannon, the Scales of Justice, documents, his childhood home, and dueling guns.
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David Glasgow Farragut Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Laci de Gerenday, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts a bust portrait of David Glasgow, a flag officer in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War and famous for saying, ""Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."" The medal's reverse features an image of Glasgow standing on a ship mast net calling down to the crew below him. Two other ships are pictured in the scene's background.
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Sidney Lanier Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Julian H. Harris, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features the left-side profile of Sidney Lanier, an American author, poet, musician, and Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. The medal's reverse features a scene where Lanier sits at the base of a tree while gazing at a sunset. He holds a writing utensil in his proper right hand and papers at his knees. A flute also sits by his side.
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Ulysses S. Grant Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Thomas H. Jones, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the left-side profile of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the United States Army during the American Civil War and eighteenth president of the United States. On the reverse, Grant stands in his military uniform with a sword drawn at his proper right side. His proper left hand sits at his hip. A line of soldiers stand behind him in the image's background.
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James Kent 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 medal's obverse design depicts a bust portrait of James Kent, an American jurist and legal scholar who authored Commentaries on American Law. The reverse design features an image of the Scales of Justice with a book placed at its center. An image of the Earth floats overhead, and two buildings stand on either side. A boat floats on a body of water at the scene's base.
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William Cullen Bryant Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Agop Agopff, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the right-side profile of William Cullen Bryant, an American romantic poet and longtime editor of the New York Evening Post. On the reverse, a woman is pictured seated and looking at the sun rise/set. In her lap, she holds an open books. Flowers are also pictured at the woman's feet.
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Henry David Thoreau Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Malvina Hoffman, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The obverse design features the right-side profile of Henry David Thoreau, an American abolitionist and transcendentalist poet best known for his work Walden. One the reverse, a lakeside scene is depicted. Rays of sunshine shine down on the water, and its banks are surrounded by trees and other natural vegetation.
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Stonewall Jackson Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Granville Carter, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the left-side profile of Thomas Jonathan ""Stonewall"" Jackson, a Confederate general in the American Civil War. The reverse design features Jackson on horseback in his military uniform. He holds a flag in his proper left hand and a sword in his proper right.
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Edgar Allan Poe Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Micheal Lantz, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the left-side profile of Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer, editor, and literary critic most well-known for his work, "The Raven." Also featured on the obverse is an image of a raven. On the reverse, several figures from Poe's works are depicted, which include an angelic-figure, a bird, a woman dressed in a Greek-like gown, two men dressed in clown or jester-like clothing, a cat, Pegasus, and a man with chains around his waist.