Silver Medal of Russwurm, John B., United States. 1970.39.1

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1970.39.1

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Obverse: JOHN B. RUSSWURM | 1799 1851 - Russwurm bust 3/4 to right
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Reverse: FREEDOM'S JOURNAL | FIRST NEGRO NEWSPAPER | 1827 | EXALTETH A NATION - A black man in broken shackles reading the Freedom's Journal

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 26.256
    • Diameter (in mm): 38

Typological Description

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1970.39.1
  • Lot: 1970.39
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • The American Negro Commemorative Society

Rights

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