MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:D:0.063in Dia:0.938in
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin; "FRANKLIN" at bottom right.
Reverse: not worked
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.438in Dia:1.000in
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Medal die for M-F85-76. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin with "Franklin," in reverse, on lower left.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:D:0.031in Dia:0.750in
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Obverse: bas-relief of male figure on horseback; "HERO OF PEA RIDGE" at top; "F. SIGEL" at bottom.
Reverse: floral wreath encircles "PENNY / SAVED / IS A / PENNY / EARNED."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.063in Dia:0.750in
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Obverse: bas-relief of male figure on horseback; "HERO OF PEA RIDGE" at top; "F. SIGEL" at bottom.
Reverse: floral wreath encircles "PENNY / SAVED / IS A / PENNY / EARNED."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.063in Dia:0.750in
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Obverse: bas-relief of male figure on horseback; "HERO OF PEA RIDGE" at top; "F. SIGEL" at bottom.
Reverse: floral wreath encircles "PENNY / SAVED / IS A / PENNY / EARNED."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.063in Dia:0.750in
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Obverse: bas-relief of male figure on horseback; "HERO OF PEA RIDGE" at top; "F. SIGEL" at bottom.
Reverse: floral wreath encircles "PENNY / SAVED / IS A / PENNY / EARNED."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.250in Dia:1.813in
Creator:
Walpole, Thomas, after
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin with close-fitting, fur hat and blank banner above head.
Reverse: blank
May be a strike depression.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:L:0.875in Dia:0.580in
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Gold acorn, with tooth embedded in it. The top of the case, made of soft gold, is shaped and finished to appear like the cap of an acorn, but is open to reveal the tooth. The rest of the acorn is of harder gold. The tooth is held in the case by paper. The tooth appears to be a molar (possibly the lower left second molar) and is in three parts.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:H:2.875in W:2.000in D:0.125in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Albert I, King of Belgium, and laurel branch; "ALBERTO I REGNANTE / ACADEMIA SCIENT. LITT. ET ART. / BELGICA CENTESIMUM QUINQUACESIMUM / NATALEM SUUM CELEBRAT ANNO MCMXXII" under profile.
Reverse: classical figures with various offerings at bottom of and ascending stairs to structure; sun rises in background; "PROSIT PATRIAE LABOR PROSIT ET HUMANO GENERI" at top left. Signed "Victor Rousseu" at bottom left, on border. "J. Fonson" stamped on bottom edge.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Medal, Commemorative
Description:
Dimension:H:3.625in W:2.125in D:0.250in
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Obverse: full profile portrait of Athena wearing helmet and holding staff.
Reverse: crest topped with laurel branches; "HENA[theta]HNAI[sigma] / APXAIO[lambda]O[gamma]IKH / ETAIPEIA / EKATONTAETHPI[sigma] / 1837 1937" under image. Image in crest on reverse: amphitheater and temple.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Medal, Commemorative
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:2.000in
Creator:
Miller, Joseph Maxwell
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of William Beaumont; "William . Beaumont A.D. 1785-1853" around perimeter. "J. M. Miller" signature at bottom. Reverse: two male nude figures holding torch; "XIII International Physiological Congress Boston 1929" between figures. "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y." stamped on outer rim. One of two identical medals. Presented along with the papers of Simon Flexner (APS Library).
MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Medal, Commemorative
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:2.000in
Creator:
Miller, Joseph Maxwell
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of William Beaumont; "William . Beaumont A.D. 1785-1853" around perimeter. "J.M. Miller" in script at bottom.
Reverse: two male nude figures holding torch; "XIII International Physiological Congress Boston 1929" between figures. "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y." stamped on outer rim.
One of two identical medals.
Presented along with the papers of Simon Flexner (APS Library).
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:2.500in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Daniel Garrison Brinton; name at top and "M.D.C. / XCV" on left, "C.C. / III." on right (1898); also on left is maker's mark and "PARIS / JOHN FLANAGAN"
Reverse: crest with axes at top left, cross at top right, Asian coin at bottom left, and sphinx at bottom right; owl tops crest; "The . Numismatic . AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF Philadelphia" around perimeter and "VESTICIA RERUM SEQUI" on left, "M.D.C.C.C.LVIII" on right.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.500in
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Obverse: profile portrait of Charles Marquis Cornwallis; "Marquis Cornwallis" at top perimeter and "British Plenipotentiary at Amiens" around perimeter under profile; maker's mark "K & K" under profile.
Reverse: classical figure, portrait, nymph with shield, wheat, and other symbols; "POST NUBILA PHOEBUS" around top perimeter and "Definitive Treaty Concluded 1802" at bottom.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Medal, Commemorative
Description:
Dimension:H:3.375in W:1.875in
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Rail at top serves as pin. Rail is decorated with stylized branch. Green and yellow ribbon attaches rail to medal. Medal is attached to velvet-covered board.
Obverse: corn cob and wheat with diamond/rhinestone at bottom; "OPERAS OPTIMAS AGRICOLIS" around perimeter.
Reverse: engraved with "To / George Harrison Shull III / In Recognition of his / outstanding contribution to agriculture / The Origination of / Hybrid Corn A.D. 1905, Presented by / The DeKalb Agricultural Association, November 29 / 1940"
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.063in Dia:1.750in
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Obverse: Poseidon and centaur; "Union of Erie with the Atlantic" at top.
Reverse: crest, city with river, and eagle on half-world; banner in background marked "Excelsior"; "Erie Canal Comm. 4 July 1817 Comp. 26 Oct 1825" around top perimeter and "C.C. Wright. SC / 1826 / Present'd by the City of N. York" under images.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Medal, Commemorative
Description:
Dimension:D:0.125in Dia:1.375in
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Obverse: two stags supporting crest topped with crown; banner under images marked "O Fortunati Quorum Jam Maenia Surgunt;" "MDCCCLXXXIV" at top and "MDCCLXXXIV" at bottom.
Reverse: two winged figures flanking crest; banner under images marked "Audi, Vide, Tage"; "Centennial of Freemasonry" around top perimeter and "New Brunswick" around bottom perimeter.