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Description

The medal's obverse bears portrait of Reverend Noll facing left. Around, RT. REV. JOHN F. NOLL, D.D., L.L.D.; signed over right shoulder, KILENYI

The reverse bears view of Catholic community center in Wayne, Indiana; in exergue, round emblem with knight, cross, and shield. Around and across top, CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CENTER / DEDICATED / 1927; in exergue, streamer reading FT. WAYNE / INDIANA; at bottom, W.&H. CO. - NEWARK, N.J.

The Catholic Community Center of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, was dedicated in a ceremony held on April 21, 1927. Bishop Noll blessed the building on the morning of the 21st and Senator David I. Walsh from Massachusetts delivered the principal address of a celebratory program that lasted four days.

The circular medal measures 44.2mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Whitehead-Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey. No mintage is reported.

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material	Bronze
edge6	WHITEHEAD-HOAG
diameter	44.2mm
weight	45g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Jan 7, 2018 20:44

Bronze

Description

The medal's obverse bears nude female figure in supplicant pose, holding up medallic object before disc and stars. Around disc, FOR · EXCELLENCE · IN · THE - ART · OF - NUMISMATIC · EXHIBITING; at bottom, · HOWLAND WOOD · / · MEMORIAL · / · AWARD ·

The medal's reverse bears central disc behind ANA seal with oak and laurel underneath. Above, · AWARDED TO ·

As you can tell, I know very little about this medal and would appreciate more information about it,

Variant Details

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material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	64.4mm
weight	109.1g
mintage	unknown

material	Silver
edge6
diameter	64.4mm
weight	109.1g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 16:26

Description

This uniface medal bears portraits of George Washington and Gerald Ford; Liberty bell above, fasces below. Around, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / BI-CENTENNIAL; across, G. WASHINGTON - GERALD FORD / 1776 - 1976; signed under truncation of Washington bust, A. KOLB

The circular medal measures 50mm and was struck in bronze, probably by the Metalarts Company of Rochester, New York. No mintage is reported.

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material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	50.4mm
weight	49.5g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Dec 21, 2017 15:28

Description

The medal's obverse bears portrait of Archibald Ashley Welch, left, on raised center field. Around top, ARCHIBALD ASHLEY WELCH; in exergue, 1859-1935; signed at right shoulder, KILENYI

The reverse bears legend, FORTY FIVE YEARS / AN OFFICIAL OF THE / PHOENIX MUTUAL / LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY / PRESIDENT / 1924 - 1935

The circular medal measures 76.3mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts. No mintage is reported.

Medal Details

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material	Bronze
edge6	ROBBINS CO. / ATTLEBORO
diameter	76.3mm
weight	181g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 15:53

Description

The obverse bears perched American Eagle behind Catholic University's coat of arms. Around, THE · CATHOLIC · UNIVERSITY · OF · AMERICA; in coat of arms, DEUS - MEA / LUX - EST

The reverse bears cross. Around, · CORRIGAN · McCORMICK · McENTEGART · McDONALD · KEANE · CONATY · O'CONNELL · SHAHAN · RYAN ·; across, 1889 - 1964 / DIAMOND - JUBILEE; at top, seven papal names, at bottom, three U.S. cardinal names, GIBBONS / CURLEY / O'BOYLE

The medal's edge is marked MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y. BRONZE.

At the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1866, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops first discussed the need for a national Catholic university. After Mary Gwendoline Caldwell pledged $300,000 to establish it, Pope Leo XIII sent James Cardinal Gibbons a letter granting permission to establish the university on April 10, 1887. Finally, on March 7, 1889 the Pope issued the encyclical Magna Nobis, granting the university its charter and establishing its mission as the instruction of Catholicism and human nature together at the graduate level.

Today, the Catholic University of America is rated one of the best value colleges in America. To help keep it affordable, the American Cardinals Dinner is put on by the residential U.S. cardinals each year to raise scholarship funds.

The medal measures 70mm and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York.

References: MACo 1963-054

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material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	70mm
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 16:08

Bronze

Description

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

Variant Details

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material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	72mm
mintage	unknown

material	Silver
edge6
diameter	72mm
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Dec 21, 2017 15:18

Description

This uniface medal's obverse bears bust of Brinton, left. Around top, (flower) DANIEL · GARRISON · BRINTON (flower); on left and right of bust, M·D·C· - C·C· / XCV - III·; signed at lower left, PARIS / (decoration) / (indecipherable) FLANAGAN

Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899) was a doctor, archaeologist, and ethnologist. He studied at Yale, Jefferson Medical College, Heidelberg and Paris and served as a surgeon in the Union army dring the Civil War. He suffered a severe sun-stroke from which he never totally recovered during the Third Battle of Chattanooga. Among the many society's he belonged to was the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, which commissioned this medal.

Ideologically he was a complicated man. Like many educated people of his time he advocated theories of scientific racism. Later in life he became an anarchist and outspoken critic of the society he lived in.

The medal is most commonly known to have a reverse that bears the Society's seal. As a two-sided medal it is part of the Marqusee collection and referenced under Marqusee 142. This uniface variant might be an artist's proof.

The circular medal measures 64mm in diameter and was struck in bronze.

References: Baxter 144, Marqusee 142

Medal Details

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material	Bronze
edge6
diameter	64mm
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 16:12

Description

The obverse bears flying figure, with stretched out arms strapped to stylized wings, trailing shock waves as in illustrations of supersonic flight; stylized sun at left. Across bottom, MILLENIUM / 2000; signed at bottom, KAREN WORTH © 2000

The reverse bears male, female, child and baby set into elliptical electron orbits of nuclear model. Background covered by incuse legend consisting of language names followed by that language's word for 2,000.

The edge is marked at 6:00, CRECO IND. DANBURY CT

The figure on the obverse might well be a jet-age Icarus who is about to have his wings stripped by pushing through the sound barrier.

The medal measures 75.6mm in diameter and is struck in bronze. No mintage is reported.

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material	Bronze
edge6	CRECO IND. DANBURY CT.
diameter	75.6mm
weight	240.6g
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 16:38

Description

The medal's obverse bears old-fashioned, horse-drawn petroleum tanker in front of shell; below fleet of tanker trucks driving towards left; wreath around lower half. Around top, SHELL · AMERICAN · PETROLEUM · COMPANY; to left and right, 1921 - 1946; signed at center bottom (RC monogram)

The medal's reverse bears outline of state of Indiana with north-western corner raised above; five stars across center. Around top, A QUARTER CENTURY OF SERVICE; in five lines across lower half, FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS SHELL / AMERICAN PETROLEUM COMPANY / HAS MARKETED QUALITY PRODUCTS / IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF / THE STATE OF INDIANA

References: MACo 1945-002

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material	Bronze
edge6
mintage	unknown

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 16:52

Description

The medal's obverse bears bust of Calvin Coolidge, right. Around, AMOR PATRIAE DUCIT

The reverse bears Presidential seal over wreath of oak leaves. Above, PRESIDENT / CALVIN COOLIDGE / HONORARY MEMBER / THE UNION LEAGUE / OF PHILADELPHIA; to left and right, 1862 - 1927

The Union League of Philadelphia was founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln. The Union League of Philadelphia laid the philosophical foundation of other Union Leagues across a nation torn by civil war. The League has hosted US presidents, heads of state, industrialists, entertainers and dignitaries from around the globe and has proudly supported the American military in each conflict since the Civil War. The Union League continues to be driven by its founding motto, "Amor Patriae Ducit" or "Love of Country Leads."

The bust on the obverse is from the 1925 Presidential inaugural medal. The medal actually commemorates three events: first, Coolidge's Honorary Membership in the Union League of Philadelphia; second, Coolidge's attendance at the Founder's Day observance of the Union League of Philadelphia on November 17, 1927; third, it also recognized the 65th Anniversary of the Union League of Philadelphia.

The circular medal measures 63.7mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. The mintage is reported to be above 3,000.

References: MACo 1927-041

Medal Details

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material	Bronze
edge6	MEDALLIC ART CO. N. Y.
diameter	63.4mm
mintage	3000+ reported

Last modified: Oct 26, 2017 17:08