White Metal Medal, United States. 1987.147.193

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 31

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Material: White Metal

• Authority

  • Issuer: Elder, Thomas Lindsay

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
  • Place of Issue: New York City (N.Y.)
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: New York

• Obverse

  • Legend: 1789 1889/ GEORGE WASHINGTON/ INAUGURAL CENTENNIAL IN NEW YORK
  • Type: Bust, r.

• Reverse

  • Legend: MORE ENDURING THAN BOOKS/ OR/ CUSTOMS/ OR NATIONS/-A COIN.-/ THOMAS L. ELDER./ COIN DEALER./ 32 EAST 23RD ST./ NEW YORK CITY.
  • Type: Legend.

References

• Reference: DeLorey-5

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1987.147.193
• Lot: 1987.147
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Brenner, Victor D.

Description

Rights

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