References: MACo 1972-021
All Medals

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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | MEDALLIC ART CO. - DANBURY, CONN. |
diameter | 89.3mm |
weight | 338.8g |
mintage | unknown |


The medal's obverse bears portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, facing left; at left, anchor within wreath and scrollwork. Across, THEODORE / ROOSEVELT / PRESIDENT / OF THE / UNITED / STATES; signed at bottom right, BARBER
The reverse bears three ships under steam on wide ocean expanse; at left, female figure holding chart with imprinted globe; nude child figure raising flag. in exergue at right, HAMPTON · ROADS · DEC · 16 · 1907 / DEPARTURE · OF · UNITED · STATES · ATLANTIC / FLEET · ON · CRUISE · AROUND · THE · WORLD; signed at bottom left, MORGAN
By 1907, tensions between Japan and the United States were increasing. Japan had just won the war with Russia and the U.S. had acquired new territory in the Pacific as a consequence of the Spanish-American War. Neither country was interested in a war with the other and Roosevelt decided to sailt the Atlantic Fleet around the world, both as a show of strength and as a symbol of American goodwill.
On December 16, 1907 a fleet of sixteen American battleships set sail on a world cruise of friendship, diplomacy and propaganda. The flagship was the USS Connecticut, which was commanded by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. The battleships were painted white save for gilded scrollwork on their bows. This color scheme would later be responsible for the name "The Great White Fleet."
The plaquette was a coproduction of the two senior engravers at the U.S.Mint: Charles E. Barber and George T. Morgan. Barber designed the obverse and Morgan the reverse.
The plaquette measures 83mm x 62mm and was struck in bronze by the U.S. Mint. The mintage is not known to me.
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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | |
dimensions | 83mm x 62mm |
weight | 146.8g |
mintage | unknown |

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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | |
mintage | unknown |


The medal's obverse bears view of Hotel Commodore in New York City. In exergue, HOTEL / COMMODORE / NEW YORK CITY
The reverse depicts an open door flanked by shrubbery. In exergue a quote by Emerson, "Happy is the house / that shelters a friend" / Emerson
The Commodore Hotel s located directly east of the Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It opened on January 28, 1919.
Herbert R. Stone, of the New York State Realty and Terminal Company, oversaw the decor of its 2,000 rooms. The lobby, called the "Most Beautiful Lobby in The World," was the single largest room in the hotel, with modern low ceilings and a waterfall designed by John B. Smeraldi. A group of conventioneers once told Bowman that "New York City was like a circus," so the next day Bowman, ever a showman, arranged to place a circus, complete with elephants, in the grand ballroom. Another popular spot was the Century Room, which boasted its own orchestra.
On May 11, 1977, the now-bankrupt railroad's asset manager, Victor Palmieri, told the city that the Commodore had lost $1.5 million in 1976 and might have to be shuttered. At that point, the Trump Organization, partnered with the Hyatt Corporation, bought the Commodore.
At a cost of $100 million, Donald Trump gutted and renovated the building. On September 25, 1980 the hotel reopened as the Grand Hyatt Hotel New York. The Trump-Hyatt partnership would last for another 13 years before it ended in legal suits and countersuits. In 1996 the Pritzker family finally bought the Trump share for $146 million.
The circular medal measures 76.2mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintage is reported.
References: MACo 1950-017
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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE |
diameter | 76.2mm |
weight | 197g |
mintage | unknown |
The medal's obverse bears
The reverse bears
This is the third annual membership medal issued by the Medal Collectors of America.
The circular medal measures 63.6mm in diameter and was struck in silver and bronze. The mintage is reported as 39 pieces in bronze and 17 pieces in silver.
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material | Bronze |
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diameter | 63.6mm |
mintage | 39 reported |
material | Silver |
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diameter | 63.6mm |
mintage | 17 reported |


The medal's obverse bears bearded man kneeling at suffering man's side, supporting him with one hand and holding a cup in the other. Around, ALLEVARE - SEDARE / SANARE
The reverse bears legend, THOS. LEEMING & CO., INC. / 75TH / ANNIVERSARY / 1881 - 1956 / PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALTIES
Thomas Lonsdale Leeming (1837-1902) was born in England and spent his childhood in Canada. He took charge of the family's Canadian business, Thomas Leeming & Co., and began a drug import business in New York with exclusive rights to a number of pharmaceutical products. Joseph Leeming (1869-1906) and Thomas Lonsdale Leeming, Jr.(1873-1925) together with their father constituted the firm of Thomas Leeming & Co and the Montreal house of Leeming Miles & Co. They were also managers of the American house of the Swiss Nestlé Company, around 1900. In 1961, the Thomas L. Leeming Company was sold to Pfizer.
This medal's obverse is based on figures from The Healers, an oaken bas relief Hardin created for the Stamford Hospital. Allevare Sedare Sanare roughly translates to "lighten slake cure," at least one of which every medical compound should be able to achieve.
References: MACo 1956-009
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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | |
mintage | unknown |

References: MACo 1967-151-003
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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE |
diameter | 69.8mm |
weight | 181.9g |
mintage | unknown |


References: HSoNY 1905
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material | Bronze |
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patina | Reddish brown patina |
edge6 | |
diameter | 44.5mm |
weight | 47g |
mintage | unknown |




The medal's obverse bears likeness of George Washington, three quarters left. At upper right, GEORGE WASHINGTON; over right shoulder, BORN 1732 / DIED 1799; signed below, A Scharff.
The reverse depicts the newly erected Hall of Fame for Great Americans building at the University of New York. Above, HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS / ERECTED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1900; in cartouche, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHARTERED - MDCCCXXXI / UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PURCHASED - MDCCCXCI / UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REMOVED MDCCCXCIV / THIS HALL OF FAME WAS COMPLETED MCM / IN HONOR OF GREAT AMERICANS
This medal by famous Austrian medalist Anton Scharff can be regarded as the inaugural medal for the Hall of Fame of Great Americans medal series (which came much later) and is also a very beautiful George Washington medal by itself.
George Washington was immortalized on innumerable medals and coins but I like this one in particular as it shows him out of uniform and frontal rather than in profile. He looks like a regular man who just happened to become the father of a nation.
This medal is a part of most famous American Museum collections. It measures 72mm in diameter and was struck in both bronze and silver in unknown quantities.
References: Baxter 273
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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | |
diameter | 72mm |
mintage | unknown |
material | Silver |
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edge6 | |
diameter | 72mm |
mintage | unknown |

This uniface medal's obverse bears standing Columbia holding laurel branch in left hand, magnifying glass in right; Sun's rays emerging enhanced through magnifier; to left, winding banner reading LIGHT / UNITES / SCIENCE / & / ART; to right, artist's palette and chemical vessel; below, likeness of Louis Daguerre. Around, PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; to right of figure, 1897; below, to left and right of Daguerre, LOUIS - DAGUERRE; at end of winding banner, crudely incused, R.STOLL NY.; below, in tiny letters, .D.BRENNER NY.
The otherwise blank reverse bears issuer's mark ROBERT STOLL / N.Y. / 19 JOHN ST.
The medal celebrates the father of photography, Louis Daguerre, as well as photography itself as a union of science and art. Louis Daguerre, building on work by countryman Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce had developed a process that allowed the relatively reliable and inexpensive creation of "daguerrotypes". In 1839 the French government awarded pensions to both Daguerre and Niépce's son and they published the process to make it available almost free of restrictions. Thus, the field of photography was born.
By 1897 the old Daguerrotype had already been defeated by newer, less expensive technologies. The 1850's saw the arrival of inexpensive ambrotypes, quick tintypes, and paper prints from glass negatives. In the late 1860's, inventors Louis Ducos du Hauron and Charles Cros unveiled their nearly identical ideas for making full-color prints on paper. Yet the field was still young and certainly not easily accessible to the wider public. In the late 19th century, photography was still a developing field, both artistically and in terms of science and engineering, and the medal acknowledges this perfectly.
This medal is somewhat crowded but nevertheless attractive due to its heavy ornamentation and whimsical lettering. In 1897 Victor David Brenner worked as a die cutter for the New York seal and die maker, Robert Stoll. Under Stoll's employment, he produced dozens of medals, including the Society of Cincinnati Medal, the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer Jubilee Medal, a Beethoven Medal, and at least six athletic, award medals.
The medal measures 54mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by Robert Stoll of New York.
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material | Bronze |
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edge6 | |
diameter | 54mm |
mintage | unknown |