American Numismatic Society: Medal, United States, 1876

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

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

Physical Description

Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 87
- Diameter (in mm): 58

Typological Description

Object Type: Medal
Date: 1876
Date on Object
- Date: 1876
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Uncertain
Authority
- Issuer: United States Congress
- Maker: United States Mint
Geographic
- Place of Production: United States
- Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
- Place of Issue: Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Place of Cataloging Relevance: Pennsylvania

References

Reference: Holland.9-A

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.168.52
Lot: 1956.168
Department: Medals and Decorations
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

unlisted

Rights

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

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Medal, United States, 1876–1876. 1956.168.52

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