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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George Bancroft Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Adlai S. Hardin, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts the quarter-right profile of George Bancroft, an American statesman who promoted secondary education and founded the United States Naval Academy. The reverse design presents three scenes layered on top of one another. The first scene depicts pilgrims arriving in America. A ship, four men, and supplies are pictured. The second scene shows pilgrims interacting with Native Americans (on left) and possibly imagery of the American Revolutionary War (on right). The final scene depicts five statesmen surrounding a desk. One is seated while signing a document as the rest surround him.
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George Washington 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 right-side profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States. On the medal's reverse, an American bald eagle is depicted with wings spread. Behind it stands the Washington Monument, located in Washington, D.C. Thirteen stars form an arch above the eagle.
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Roger Williams 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 features the left-side profile of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and advocate for the separation of church and state. On the reverse, three men are pictured. One is older with a beard and stands holding a scroll. The second is Native American and stands with his arms stretched upward. The last is a man kneeling in prayer.
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Emma Willard 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 depicts the right-side profile of Emma Willard, an American women's rights activist who founded the first school of higher education for women, Troy Female Seminary. The reverse pictures two women. One sits in a chair while holding a book. The other stands with her proper left hand on the seated woman's proper right shoulder. She draws back a curtain with her proper right hand. Behind the curtain, symbols for various educational disciplines are revealed, which include: celestial shapes, a globe and ship, a depiction of human anatomy, a soybean plant, and a frog.
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Walter Reed 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 the quarter-left profile of Walter Reed, an American army physician who confirmed that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. The reverse design features an image of a mosquito atop a hexagonal shape.
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Move to Illinois 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 serving as a store clerk. On the reverse, a short biographical sketch regarding his move to Illinois 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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Nathaniel Hawthorne 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 Nathaniel Hawthorne, a nineteenth-century writer most famous for penning The Scarlet Letter. A quill and piece of paper also appear on the medal's obverse. On the reverse, several figures are pictured. On the left, a nude male sits on a short pillar playing a flute. A nude woman appears in a seated position just under the flute. Another man, dressed as a king, is pictured just above the flautist. At the center, a man and woman stand back-to-back on a rock (possibly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne). To the right, three figures stand in a line and a wall runs at their fronts. Two ships sailing on water and a small village scene are also depicted.
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George Westinghouse Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Edmondo Quattrocchi, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design depicts a bust profile of George Westinghouse, an American engineer who invented the railway air brake. The reverse design features a male figure possibly running alongside a wheel. His proper left hand rests on the wheel while his proper right is raised.
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Edward Alexander MacDowell 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 depicts a bust image of Edward Alexander MacDowell, an American composer and pianist of the late Romantic period. On the medal's reverse, a nude female figure is pictured with a robe wrapped around her waist. In her proper right hand, she holds a harp.
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Edwin Thomas Booth 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 a bust portrait of Edwin Thomas Booth, an American actor and often considered to be the best actor of the nineteenth century. The reverse design features Booth dressed in costume as Hamlet, his most famous role.
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens 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 depicts a face-only portrait of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation. The medal's reverse features an image of a large hand, wrist, and forearm. A male sculptor lies on the sculpture's forearm and places a chisel at the wrist.
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Josiah Willard Gibbs 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 bronze commemorative medal depicts a bust image of Josiah Willard Gibbs (a theoretical physicist). The reverse features an image of a seated man looking up at the sun. In his proper right hand he holds a set of papers. His proper left holds a quill. A bottle rests in front of him.
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James Monroe 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 quarter-left profile of James Monroe, a founding father and fifth President of the United States. On the reverse, a male figure is pictured. He wears only a small cloth and holds a sword in his proper right hand and a palm leaf in his proper left. A world map makes up the background of the image.
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William Ellery Channing Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Albert W. Weinman, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse features the quarter left profile of William Ellery Channing, an American Unitarian preacher. A star is also depicted in the medal's background. On the reverse, a figure rests on a rock-like object as another figure stands in the background. Stars and a cloud are also pictured.
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James Fenimore Cooper 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 right-side profile of James Fenimore Cooper, a nineteenth-century historical writer most famous for penning The Last of the Mohicans. On the reverse of the medal, a quill is pictured at the center. To its proper right, a bald eagle holds an anchor in its talons. Behind it, a mountain and ship are pictured. To the quill's proper left, a Native American man and natural rock landscape and vegetation are pictured.
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Daniel Webster 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 Daniel Webster, an American politician. The medal's reverse depicts five male figures. Four are dressed as various types of laborers, while the fifth is dressed in gentlemen's clothing. Above the men, an angel bearing a torch is pictured among stars.
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Lillian D. Wald 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 depicts the quarter-right profile of Lillian D. Wald, an American nurse, humanitarian, and author, from the shoulders up. On the reverse, the medal shows Wald [?] looking on at five children sitting on a home's front steps. A man and a woman stand at the base of the stairs.
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John Marshall Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)
Karl Heinrich Gruppe, Medallic Art Company, and Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The medal's obverse design features a left-side bust portrait of John Marshall, the last chief justice to be born a British subject before the Revolutionary War. The medal's reverse design depicts a seated Lady Justice. In her proper right hand, she holds the Scales of Justice, while her proper left hand rests on a column-like structure.
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Lincoln Memorial Cent 25th Anniversary Set/Numismatic News
Numismatic News
The set include fifty-six Lincoln Cents dated from 1959-1984 in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Lincoln Memorial Cent 25th Anniversary Set/Numismatic News
Frank Gasparro and Numismatic News
The medal's obverse depicts Abraham Lincoln walking in front of the Lincoln memorial. Its reverse features an image of the Lincoln Memorial statue.
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Lincoln Memorial Cent 25th Anniversary Set/Numismatic News
Frank Gasparro and Numismatic News
The medal's obverse depicts Abraham Lincoln walking in front of the Lincoln memorial. Its reverse features an image of the Lincoln Memorial statue.
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Numismatic News 30th Anniversary Commemoratives 1952-1982
Numismatic News
The blue folder contains thirty-three Lincoln cents and two medals in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of Numismatic News.
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Numismatic News 30th Anniversary Commemoratives 1952-1982
Numismatic News
The set include thirty Lincoln Cents dated from 1952-1982 in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of Numismatic News.
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Original Hartford Wide Awakes Badge
The medal is a brass, seven-pointed star badge attached to a white silk ribbon; The ribbon features an image of the Wide Awakes shield, and the medal features the Wide Awakes' signature eye emblem