GI Medal, United States, 1876–1876. 1940.100.87

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1940.100.87

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 105
    • Diameter (in mm): 58

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal
  • Date: 1876
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: GI

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.|1776
    • Type: female figure typifying united colonies, holding sword in r. hand

  • Reverse

    • Legend: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.|ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 1874|1876
    • Type: Columbia crowning Manufacture and Art

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1940.100.87
  • Lot: 1940.100
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Eidlitz, Robert J.

Subjects

  • Event: U.S. Independence Centennial

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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