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    A Cabinet of Centennial Medals (pg. 7)

    /2012 Medals Centennial

    Introduction Altogether there are 14 categories of National Commemoratives Declaration of Independence Exhibition Award medals Exhibition Medals Exhibition Visitors Exhibition Buildings Struck at the Exhibition U S Centennial medals They are The Centennial medals authorized by the February 12 1873 Act of Congress authorizing national commemorative medals Medals that commemorate the 100 birthday of the Declaration of Independence Medals awarded to exhibitors at the Exhibition Medals commemorating the Centennial E


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    The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 (Vol. 1) (pg. 560)

    1/1/1878 Medals United States Mint

    and much more lasting success Tlie book is the result of love s labor which in this case will not be lost for the historical importance of medals is now universally acknowledged They are silent witnesses of the great deeds of patriotic citizens Almost every country makes careful collections of national medals and publislies costly works reproducing them and describ ing the noble acts for which they were awarded In this country we have had till now neither a collection of national medals nor any work on them The work o


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    American Numismatic Auctions (pg. 697)

    11/17/2009 Auctions

    American Numismatic Auctions by Martin Gengerke Date Firm Firm Lots Pgs Detail Consignors 12 01 1985 WORLD ART medals 14 344 36 Np New York International Convention 03 07 1986 WORLD ART MEDALS 15 181 21 NpP 05 04 1986 WORLD ART MEDALS 16 270 29 Np 10 04 1986 WORLD ART MEDALS 18 246 26 Np 12 14 1986 WORLD ART MEDALS 19 276 31 Np New York International Convention 04 05 1987 WORLD ART MEDALS 10 268 32 Np 11 01 1987 WORLD ART MEDALS 22 365 43 Np 03 01 1988 WORLD ART MEDALS 23 246 51 06 01 1988 WORLD ART ME


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    Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Dealers 1900-1929, Volume II (pg. 273)

    1/1/1989 Numismatic Literature Fixed Price Lists

    Title Fixed Price List Sub Title Address 115 N 11th Street State St Louis MO Publisher St Louis Stamp Coin Co Vol No Month Year Lots Pgs Code General Description 23 108 NN Greek Roman S C Currency Continental Money Books U S Gold Coins Priv Gold Patterns Misc Colonial U S medals Foreian G S C Foreian War Medals 24 100 NN US Gold Coins Pm Gold Misc Colonial Foreign G S C Greek Roman S C U S Bronze ind Peace Medals U S Bronze War Medals Misc U S Medals Foreign S B Medals U S Currency 25 94 NN U S Gold Coins Misc Colonial Foreign G S C U S Currency Books War Badges Medals of U S Greek Roman S C Book 27 1 108 NN U S Gold


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    Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Ancient and Modern (pg. 358)

    /1697 Medals Ancient and Modern

    INDEX medals 8 10 Name 3 negleCled 10 15 Antiquity 43 248 Erudi tion and great Vfe 49 69 In Hi ltory Chronology r by learned Per fons cultivated 3 8 13 15 17 The moft Authentic Records 243 248 Monuments Surviving all Accidents and Revolutions 2 3 71 83 168 243 248 Acquaint us with the moftflgnal Per fons Families Attions and Exploits Wars Victories Triumphs Coun tries Co


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    Fixed Price Lists & Prices Paid for Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1940-1949, Volume IV (pg. 285)

    /1990 Numismatic Literature

    Title Stock Catalogue With Fixed Prices Sub Title Address 30 East 95th Street State New York NY Publisher Numismatic Fine Arts Vol No Month Year Lots Pgs Code General Description i 4 1942 43 NN Greek Roman Coins European Gold from Dr Hans Nussbaum Julio Metal Collections 2 1 1943 34 NN Greek Coll of Henry Walters Roman Coins Artistic medals 1 5th 20th Century 3 10 1943 48 NN Greek Roman Coins Arabic Glass Gold Coins of World 16th 20th Century 4 12 1944 52 NN Byzantine Mediaeval Renaissance Coins Artistic Medals Greek Roman Coins Modern Gold 1 246 12 NN Ancient Gold Greek Roman Coins Medals European Crowns 2 Fall 1950 249 12 Np Greek Roman Coins Gold Coins Latin Amer Coins Necess Coins Byzantine Gold Crowns


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    Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Ancient and Modern (pg. 367)

    /1697 Medals Ancient and Modern

    a pencilled note to that effect on the front paatedown In the later 19th century library of the collector William Wrixon Leyceater with hi armorial bookplate and more recently in the library of Edward Theodore Newell Of Angel Carmey little information is readily available He appears to have been a coin dealer in Ranelagh Row Chelsea then a village on the Thames upstream of London His coins medals gems pictures clocks watches Dresden china c together with his books Most of which are curious and relate to coins medals also his prints and copper plates were all sold at auction by Langford in two sales in February 1766 16 CLARKE William The coinage of the Roman Saxon and Eng lish coins deduced from observations of the Saxon weights and money London William Bowyer 1767


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    A Cabinet of Centennial Medals (pg. 30)

    /2012 Medals Centennial

    The Centennial Commemorative medals The Commemorative Medals Die Trial Set Fred Berson tells an interesting tale about the Centennial Commemorative medals which he related in the June 1976 issue of the TAMS Tokens and Medals Society Journal In 1974 Fred was on the prowl searching for the same boxed four medal set of Commemorative medals that got me started into collect ing Centennials His information was that the Centennial


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    A Cabinet of Centennial Medals (pg. 577)

    /2012 Medals Centennial

    Alloys used in Centennial medals Medals are manufactured in a myriad of metallic alloys and other materials and Centennial medals are certainly no exception Webster defines alloy as a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten To avoid confusion I will always use the word alloy when referring to the material from wh


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    The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 (Vol. 1) (pg. 558)

    1/1/1878 Medals United States Mint

    the war of Independence only seventeen medals were decreed among which were those to Washington Gates and Anthony Wayne Lieutenant Colonel De Fleury Major John Stewart Major Henry Lee Paulding Williams and Van Wart who prevented the culmination of Arnold s treason Brigadier General Daniel Morgan Lieutenant Colonel William A Washington for the victory of Cowpens and Major General Nathaniel Greene for the overthrow of the Britis


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    A Cabinet of Centennial Medals (pg. 6)

    /2012 Medals Centennial

    Introduction The Cabinet Just as a book is made up of chapters that hold words a cabinet contains drawers that hold collectibles This is a cabinet of Centennial medals and each drawer holds a different category of medal Medal vs Token The distinction between medals and tokens is so blurred that they often appear to be synonymous A dealer once told me in response to my question that he couldn t define the difference but he knew which was which when he saw one Since this volume includes medals but excludes tokens it becomes important to know the difference


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    The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 (Vol. 1) (pg. 559)

    1/1/1878 Medals United States Mint

    rians and finally Grant s victories and Vanderbilt s generosity during the rebellion bringing the story down to our own days All this historical record which is of the most authentic character Dr Loubat contrives with commendable skill to weave into a charming narrative by the judicious arrangement of his documents It is interesting to notice that the designers and engravers of the earlier medals were European artists except of that voted to Major Henry Lee for the surprise of Paulus Hook the site of the present Jersey City The designer of the Lee medal was J Wright Dupre Duvi ier Holtzhey Reich and Fiirst were the designers of fifty six out of fifty seven medals and of these Moritz Fiirst a Hungarian artist designed and engraved thirty commencing with that commemorating the


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    Guide to the numismatic collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa (pg. 113)

    /1913 United States Mint Cabinet of Coins

    103 5 RUSSIAN Section 33 A splendid series of historical award and personal medals includ ing a number of the best medals of Catherine II by Gass and also that artist s Peter the Great memorial The war medals pertain chiefly to the wars between Russia and Turkey among the personal medals Sheneman s Canchrin is noteworthy 6 ENGLISH Section 34 The English medals in this section are chiefly of historical interest though the Waterloo medal by Pistrucci the medal of the


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    The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 (Vol. 1) (pg. 561)

    1/1/1878 Medals United States Mint

    until after the De Fleury and the Libertas Americana pieces were struck both of which were made in Paris under the direction of Franklin Not very famil iar with the chaste and simple design of medals nor conversant with the legends which accom 5any them it seems quite certain that in the wisest way the French Academy of Inscriptions and Beiles Lettres suggested to American statesmen appropriate forms for the medals and gave a helping hand to their Latin That such coaching was more or less necessary is made quite evident for in the first design of the medal intended to commemorate Gen


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    Guide to the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa. (pg. 109)

    /1913 United States Mint Numismatic Collection

    103 5 RUSSIAN Section 33 A splendid series of historical award and personal medals inclnd ii luuuber of the best luedals of Ciitheriue II by Gd s and al that artist s Peter the Great memorial The war medals pertaiii chiefly to the wars between Russia and Turkey among the personal medals Shenemau s Canchrin is noteworthy 6 ENGLISH Section 34 The English medals in this section are chiefly of historical interest though the Waterloo medal by Pistrucci the medal of the


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    A Cabinet of Centennial Medals (pg. 12)

    /2012 Medals Centennial

    Preface I told Bill what Fd found out and with my fingers crossed in my pocket 1 asked him what he would sell them for His reply took me aback 1 expected a higher price one that 1 truly could not afford because 1 had learned that these medals were far scarcer than any coin 1 had ever owned rarer than any dollar or half dollar I could ever hope to afford 1 bought those medals on the spot and they launched me on the most exciting interesting and enjoyable experience of my collecting career Overnight 1 had become an exonumist 1 had discovered the beauty the rarity and the relative affordability of medals At first new acquisit


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    The American Numismatic Society, 1858-1958 (pg. 449)

    /1958 Club History American Numismatic Society

    Roman coins 261 Miss Frances Reilly Reilly Coll 262 George H Clapp E P Robinson Co 263 269 Scoville bequest 263 Mrs R J Eidlitz Eidlitz Coll 264 G W Husker 264 Mrs E T Newell Mrs G P Cammann John F Jones CoU 264 E T Newell Coll 268 Beatty bequest Greek coins 268 Robinson Becker forgeries 269 J J Rorimer 269 Barnes 269 Kohn medals 269 Gillingham 270 Fecht 277 Field 277 Schroeder Strauss Coll 278 Huntington Maurice Gau tier Coll 280 Ives 282 Cammann CoU 282 Boyd 283 C W Betts 283 Committees American Archaeology 66 American Medals 159 Ancient Coins 159 Building 146 148 233 Buildings and Grounds 159 By Laws 12 17 19 20 21 35 Coins 19 Finance 49 50 204 205 2


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    Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid for Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1822-1900, Volume I (pg. 247)

    1/1/1988 Numismatic Literature Fixed Price Lists

    Title Catalogue Sub Title Coins Paper Money medals Stamps Address 31 Exchange Street State Boston Mass Publisher H E Morey Vol No Month Year Lots Pgs Code General Description 1 4 1891 16 NN U S Coins Tokens Foreign Gold Silver Copper Greek Roman Paper Money U S 2 10 1891 20 NN U S Coins Books Colonial Continental Copper H T Tokens Foreign Ancient Medals Currency 3 1 1892 16 NN U S Coins Books Colonial Continental


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    Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (pg. 10)

    /1927 Indian Peace Medals Fur Trade Medals

    8 Indian Peace medals Issued in the United States fection You will point out the two great chiefs who are to receive these marks of distinction These medals were later delivered through Governor Blount Vide letter p 266 Message from the Secretary of War to the Chickasaw Nation Feb 17 1792 The President of the United States is very desirous to reward the attachment of Piamingo and the warriors who were


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    American Numismatic Auctions (pg. 696)

    11/17/2009 Auctions

    Vicksburg 12 27 1888 W E WOODWARD BANGS 103 1 708 84 DN Norman Spang 01 21 1889 W E WOODWARD BANGS 104 1 123 62 DNH Charles Stetson 02 04 1889 W E WOODWARD BANGS 105 860 54 DpH Vicksburg 06 03 1889 W E WOODWARD BANGS 106 855 43 DNH Bachman Barker 01 17 1890 W E WOODWARD BANGS 107 582 30 DN Norman Spang 04 16 1890 W E WOODWARD BANGS 108 1 780 90 DN A Forbes John H Day WORLD ART medals Philadelphia PA Sales 1 7 Levin Shazeer Sales 8 on Robert Shiela Levin 06 15 1982 11 01 1982 WORLD ART MEDALS WORLD ART MEDALS 1 2 199 153 5 6 01 01 1983 WORLD ART MEDALS 3 308 13 05 21 1983 WORLD ART MEDALS 4 284 26 10 16 1983 WORLD ART MEDALS 5 382 35 01 08 1984 WORLD ART MEDALS 6 109 12 05 20 1984 WORLD ART MEDALS 7 339 30 Np Delaware Valley Token Medal Con


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    Dialogues Upon The Usefullness of Ancient Medals; Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets (pg. 34)

    /1845 Medals Ancient

    306 DIALOGUES ON medals have given birth to ancient and modem medals Before we enter on this particular says Philander I must tell you oy way of pre liminary that formerly there was no diffe rence between money and medals An old Roman had his purse full of the same pieces that we now preserv e in cabinets As soon as an emperor had done any thine remarka ble it was immediately stamped on a coin and became cu


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    Confederate currency and stamps 1861-1865 : official acts of Congress authorizing their issue, historical data and official correspondence on the Confederate financial system, including sketches on the coins, stamps, medals, seals, and flags. (pg. 189)

    /1949 Confederate Currency

    There is no record of any medals or badges of dis tinction having been conferred by the Confederate au thorities and in view of the keen interest taken in the design and adoption of their numerous flags the elabo rate specifications covering the uniforms buttons and accouterments at the commencement of the war this omission can only be explained by the fact that after the medals were finally authorized they were too busv


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    Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (pg. 8)

    /1927 Indian Peace Medals Fur Trade Medals

    G Indian Peace medals Issued in the United States The second group consists of the medals issued for presentation to Indians in the United States and covers a period of just one hundred years the earliest bearing the date 1789 and the latest 1889 The medals belonging to this group which are the ones described in the following pages constitute two series First Medals issued by the United States Government in the


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    Official Misconduct of Franklin Peale, Esq., Chief Coiner of the Mint (pg. 50)

    /1853 Charges Against Franklin Peale

    an when in the employ and pay of the United States has done plasterers work in or upon the dwelling house of said Peale and that he the said Rowan and other workmen of the Mint have been required by said Peale to do other work for the benefit of said Peale in the Mint or elsewhere 12 That Jacob Lower another workman of the Mint does I believe know that he has helped to make numerous medals in the Mint by the order and for the benefit or gain of said Franklin Peale that many of said medals jjj by their devices and inscriptions purport to be for the Franklin Insti tute and other industrial associations and that at the request or by the order of said Peale he the said Lower did collect from a certain Mr Dorigo teaeher of a singing school in Philadelphia money for medals m


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    Books from Seaby: 17th Edition, 1980 (pg. 71)

    /1980 Numismatic Literature

    COMMEMORATIVE medals Jones M Medals of the Sun King 32 pages 68 medals illustrated and described laminated cardco ers 1 50 Jones M The Dance of Death Medallic Art of the First World War 32 pages illustrating and describing 54 medals laminated card covers 1 50 Kent J 2000 Years of British Coins and Medals 78 pages 28 plates cloth 3 50 paper 2 50 La Medaglia d arte alti del primo convegno internaziona


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    The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 (Vol. 1) (pg. 515)

    1/1/1878 Medals United States Mint

    CENTENNIAL MEDAL 439 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS Act of Congress AutJwrizing Centennial medals Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled That medals with appropriate devices emblems and inscriptions commemorative of the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence be prepared at the mint at Philadelphia for the Centennial Board of Finance subject to the provisions of the fifty second section of the coinage act of


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    Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals (pg. 18)

    /1911 Exhibitions

    The inventory 1 of the Due de Berry also furnishes us the means of dating two medals which had long been known but had been incorrectly dated These are the medals of Constantine the Great and of Heraclius the Byzantine emperor Several copies of these medals are extant in one or more varieties which previous to the publication of the inventory in 1890 had been supposed to go back to originals belonging to the XVIth century The date of the originals of these medals is now


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    Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, vol. 4 [MB-Q] (pg. 343)

    /1909 Medalists

    332 foundations of the fortress of Basso at Faenza the other depicts Clement VII on obv and has on IJi a figure of Christ standing leaning against a column accompanied by the legend post mvlta plvrvma restant it commemorates the imprisonment of the Pope in the Castle of St Angelo during the siege of 1526 None of the medals of Duke Alexander said to have been made by Ortensi are now extant His paintings are not of great artistic merit one representing the Conversion of Paul of Tarsus is signed FRANCESCO DAL PRATO FIORENTINO DI QVESTI INVENTOR MDXLIIII Bibliography A Heiss Les Medailleurs de Florence II p 6 pi I i Armand op cit y I 140 III 55 I B Supino op cit Bolzenthal op


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    Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (pg. 26)

    /1927 Indian Peace Medals Fur Trade Medals

    24 Indian Peace medals Issued in the United States Reverse as last the same reverse die being used for all three medals Silver and Copper 45 mm Plate 12 14 Obverse described as No 3 in Col Trumbull s letter In small letters as on No 12 c h k fc Exergue as last Reverse as last Silver and Copper size 45 mm Plate 12 The original order was for seven hundred medals five hundred to be in silver and two hu


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    Dialogues Upon The Usefullness of Ancient Medals; Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets (pg. 3)

    /1845 Medals Ancient

    DIALOGUES ON medals 275 now rated at fifty crowns or perhaps a iiundred guineas 1 find says Cynthio that to have a relish for ancient coins it is neces sary to have a contempt of the modern But I am afraid you will never be able with all your medallic eloquence to pei suade Eugenius and myself that it is better to have a pocket full of Othos and Gordians than of Jacobuses or Louis d ors This however we s


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    Seaby Numismatic Books and Accessories (pg. 55)

    /1977 Numismatic Literature

    NUMISMATIC BOOKS COMMEMORATIVE medals Adani E Le Mcdaglie Napoleoniche Riguardanti L ltalia 1796 1816 146 pages illustrations throughout text card covers 5 00 Amstell M A Start to Collecting Commemorative Medals 96 pages illustrations in text cloth 1 40 Armand A Les Medailleurs Italiens des Quinzieme et Seizieme Siecles Reprint 1 032 pages no illustrations paper covers in 3 volumes 35 00 Baker W S Medallic P


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    Books from Seaby: 17th Edition, 1980 (pg. 69)

    /1980 Numismatic Literature

    uese Money 560 pages illustrations in text in Portuguese and English 9 00 White R B and M A Comprehensive Finding List of Chinese Cash 618 AD to 1912 AD with Lockhart s Listing of the Chinese Dynasties updated from the original 1898 listing 48 pages paper covers 3 00 Woodward A M T The Minted Ten cash Coins of China Reprint 151 pages 42 plates paper cov ers 3 75 COMMEMORATIVE medals Adani E Le Medaglie Napoleoniche riguardanti L ltalia 1796 1816 145 pages illustrations throughout text card covers 6 00 Vlmanzar A and Seppa D The Medals of Ecuador 55 pages illustrations in text paper covers 1 25 Armand A Les Medailleurs Italiens des Quinzieme et Seizieme Siecles Reprint 1032 pages no illustrations paper covers in 3 volumes 30 00 Baker VV S Medallic P


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    A Catalogue of Coins and Medals in the Library of Harvard College (pg. 9)

    /1859 Coins and Medals Harvard College

    to the war In course of time there will be many new European coins to interest American numismatists especially from the newly created countries but that still seems like a far look into the future At present they are all so busy printing more paper money that it is questionable whether we shall be able to see any of their real money for some time to come THE HARVARD COLLECTION OF COINS AND medals The Harvard Alumni Bulletin for January 12 1922 contains an article on the Harvard Collection of Coins and Medals by Dr Malcolm Storer from which we take the following extracts Hidden away in the recesses of the Widener Library and quite inacces sible for the most part to those who might be interested except by appoint ment with the curator is a large collection of coins and medals of


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    Medals, Coins, and Numismatical Works in the United States (pg. 1)

    /1855 General Guide

    i CATALOGUE OF medals AND COINS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE BEST COLLECTION OF MEDALS COINS AND NUMISMATICAL WORKS IN THE UNITED STATES W O F A G RAND COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS Including extremely valuable collections of rare ISwian anb Ionian Sitter Irem t HJekls Series of valuable Historical Medals in Silver and Brvuze Including American Medals and Coins French Medals and Coins the 5 celebra


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    The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 (Vol. 1) (pg. 562)

    1/1/1878 Medals United States Mint

    designed to illustrate the actions of their compatriots or to immortalize some glorious events in the annals of their own nation Augustin Dupr Pierre Simon Duvivier Nicholas Marie Uatteaux Ber trand Andrieu and Raymond Gayrard were the designers of those medals wiiich Iiave chief historical interest and are of the highest artistic excellence The correspondence connected with the making of these medals which Dr Loubat has incorporated in his worli is of the highest interest not only be cause of the light it throws upon the history of the medals themselves but also because of its incidental references to matters of other kinds and its revelation of


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    Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, vol. 3 [I-MA] (pg. 172)

    /1907 Medalists

    Digitized by 165 1761 To the Immortality of the Order of Free Masons Lon don 17 66 William Beckford Frederick Baron North First Lord ofthe Treasury 1776 after Gosset Various Prize medals c Medical Society of London 1773 Linnaeus c The Grafton Medal 1788 Hugh Percy Duke of Nor thumberland 1766 2 var Church and State Medal 1774 Gems Copy of Marchant s bust of Susanna after the statue by Fiamingo Bust of George II Bust of George III Prince Ernest of Mecklenburg Mrs Claypole Gosset the famous modeller in wax Sir Joshua R


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    Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, vol. 5 [R-S] (pg. 582)

    /1912 Medalists

    Generated on 2016 04 06 14 21 GMT http hdI handle net 2027 uc2 ark 13960 t6sx66c31 Public Domain in the United States http www hathitmst 0 rg access_use pd us 5 7 was so pleased with his work that she wrote to Cosmo III request ing him to allow Soldani to undertake a series of medals for her The Grand Duke gave his consent and the sculptor was com missioned a series of Portrait medals of the Queen of a diameter of 63 mill and two medals of her friend Cardinal Azzolino These medals will be found described below During his residence in Rome Soldani further modelled Portrait medals of Cardinal Flavio Chigi Francesco Redi the poet Vincenzo Filicaia and a medallion wi


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    Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (pg. 11)

    /1927 Indian Peace Medals Fur Trade Medals

    Indian Peace medals Issued in the United States 9 In letters of the Special Indian Commissioners to the Southern Indians Benjamin Hawkins Pickens and Martin Dated Hopewell January 4 1786 The Chiefs of the Choctaws produced their Medals and Commissions and were very desirous of exchanging for those under the United States 6 In a conference of the Chiefs of the Cherokee nation with the Secretary of War Jan


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    Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (pg. 29)

    /1927 Indian Peace Medals Fur Trade Medals

    Indian Peace medals Issued in the United States 27 at the U S Mint These medals of all the presidents including William Henry Harrison may still be obtained at the Mint without holes in the present style of finish with a mat surface The following letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War dated May 5 1825 is of interest as showing the customs attending the presentation of medal


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    Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, vol. 6 [T-Z] (pg. 725)

    /1916 Medalists

    yi 4 belong entirely to the manner of the Cinquecento C von Fabriczy Italian medals Engl transl by Mrs Hamilton p 95 The late H de la Tour in his review of von Fabriczy s work remarks that as seven or eight medals are said to be known by the same hand as the Andrea Gritti it is a pity that these medals were not enumerated by the author M de Foville in Bulletin de V Art ancien el moderne 14 Febr 1914 p 5 5 has shown that some medals hitherto ascribed to the fam


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    Dialogues Upon The Usefullness of Ancient Medals; Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets (pg. 6)

    /1845 Medals Ancient

    278 DIALOGUES ON medals tion on the nature of rusts I shall only tell you there ai e two or three sorts of them which are extremely beautiful in the eye of an antiquar and preserve a coin better than the best artificial varnish As for other kinds a skilful medallist kno ys very well how to deal with them He wUl recover you a temple or a triumphal arch out of its itibbish if I may so call it and with a few re


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    History of the National Numismatic Collections (pg. 100)

    /1968 National Numismatic Collection

    Box Section Kinds No Taken out Case 30 Upper CC 29 Lower CC 13 Case 31 Upper cc 34 Lower cc 7 No 13 Case 28 Upper cc 104 Lower cc 13 Case 29 Upper cc 57 Lower cc 19 Wall Frame 1 Benjamin Franklin etc 4 No 14 Wall Frame 2 Decorations 22 1 3 French Decorations 12 4 U S Decorations 37 No 15 Small Cabinet medals 321 11 No 16 Small Cabinet Medals 406 No 17 Large Cabinet A Medals 346 B CC 318 cc cc cc CC 437 1st Target medals 14 Decorations 4 Medals 5 Oak Leaves 2 Ribbons 8 No 18 Large Cabinet Medals 146 1 Frame Jap Gold silver coins 37 No 19 Large Cabinet 2d l 2 A Medals 765 cc cc cc cc CC 287 cc cc cc CC g CC 171 No 20 Large Cabinet 2d B Medals 1026 CC CC CC CC CC CC 365 No 21 Large C


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    Grand Enterprise for the Disposal of the Best Collection of Medals and Coins in the United States (pg. 1)

    /1855 Numismatics Periodicals

    CATALOGUE OF medals AND COINS FOR THE DISPOSAL OP THE BEST COLLECTION OP MEDALS COINS NUMISMATICAL WOBKS IN THE UNITED STATES CATALOGUE OF A GRAND COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS Including extremely valuable collections of rare irernu anir Homan pilfer grange Utoafa Series of valuable Historical Medals in Silver and Bronze Includin A Mr Iran Medals and Chins French Medals and Coins the celebrated Can ana


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    Fixed Price Lists & Prices Paid for Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1940-1949, Volume IV (pg. 183)

    /1990 Numismatic Literature

    Title Coins and medals Sub Title Address 215 Fort Washington Ave State New York NY Publisher Henry Grunthal Vol No Month Year Lots Pgs Code General Description 1 May 1941 422 16 NN Greek Roman Byzantium Modern Foreign Coins Medals Books 2 12 1941 486 26 NN Greek Roman Byzantium Modern Foreign Coins Medals from Max Coll 3 5 1942 650 30 NN U S Gold U S Coins Ancient Foreign Gold Greek Roman M


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    American Numismatic Periodicals 1860-1960, Book II: An Illustrated Collectors Guide (pg. 549)

    /1990 Numismatic Literature Periodicals

    MEDALLIC MONTHLY A PUBLICATION OiVOTtO TO TMt COUICTOA 0 TOAIN medals NOOOEN NlC ElS n AIIATIO IT IMS BEST OF 67 story behind the award winning Poseidon medal Th MatcII ras OlMniM in I N w Orleans this year was ever I more a spectacle chan In pro 1 rioas years 1 one can Imagine such a thing It seemed that there I were more parading groups and I maskers than ever before the see I son was longer extending from I New Year s t ay right up to the I actual t


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    Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Dealers 1900-1929, Volume II (pg. 139)

    1/1/1989 Numismatic Literature Fixed Price Lists

    Title Fixed Price Catalogue Sub Title Address Paddock Bldg State Boston Mass Publisher William Hesslein 1 2 2 3 4 Vol No Month Year Lots Pgs Code General Description 22 2290 75 NN U S Gold Coins Foreign G S C Colonials Patterns Freaks Canadian medals Etc H T Tokens Currency 23 2027 64 NN U S Gold Coins Foreign G S C Colonials H T Tokens Currency Canadian 24 2637 84 NN U S Gold Coins Foreign G S C Colonials Patterns Enc Postage Errors Canadian Medals Currency 25 1 1572 48 NN U S Gold Coins Foreign Gold 26 10 1920 2058 72 NN U S Gold Coins Foreign G S C Colonials Patterns Enc Postage Canadian Coins


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    Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid for Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1822-1900, Volume I (pg. 345)

    1/1/1988 Numismatic Literature Fixed Price Lists

    Title Fixed Price List Sub Title Address 130 E King Street State Lancaster PA Publisher Charles Steigerwalt Vol No Month Year Lots Pgs Code General Description 1 3 1885 549 8 NL U S Coins Gold Colonials Washington Proof Sets Patterns Foreign 2 9 1885 1015 32 NL U S Coins medals Paper Money Books 3 12 1885 1015 30 NL U S Gold Coins Colonials Washington Patterns Ancient Foreign Currency Books 4 2 1886 994 24 NL U S Gold Coins Colonials Washington Patterns Ancient Foreign Currency Books 5 4 1886 994 24 NL U S Gold Coins Colonials Washington Patterns Ancient Foreign Currency Books 6 6 1886 1210 24 NL U S Gold Coins Colonials Wash


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    Indian Peace Medals Issued in the United States (pg. 16)

    /1927 Indian Peace Medals Fur Trade Medals

    14 Indian Peace medals Issued in the United States through the Civil War on the staff of Gen Grant He was brevetted Brigadier General in 1867 He was appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1869 and resigned in 1871 to practice his profession of civil engineer He made his home in New York City and for a number of years spent his summers in Fairfield Con necticut where he died on the 30th of August 1895


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