Silver Medal, United States. 1940.100.64

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1940.100.64

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Length: 88
    • Length: 61

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: "EVERY MORN IS THE WORLD MADE NEW"/ E F
    • Type: figure holding torch between views of two hemispheres

  • Reverse

    • Legend: INTERCOLLEGIATE CURRENT EVENTS CONTEST AWARD BY THE NEW YORK TIMES TO [ ] FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE OF/ THE NEWS/ EF
    • Type: central place for legend and engraving, views to l. and r. of people working in countryside on l and city on r.

  • Edge

    • Description: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. SILVER

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1940.100.64
  • Lot: 1940.100
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Category: 19c

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined