Bronze Medal of Yunus, Muhammad, Philadelphia, PA. 2013.53.13

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 25.563
  • Diameter (in mm): 38

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Issuer: United States Congress
  • Maker: United States Mint

• Geographic

  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States
  • Place of Production: Philadelphia (Pa.)

• Obverse

  • Legend: PROFESSOR/ MUHAMMAD/ YUNUS/ ACT OF CONGRESS 2010
  • Type: Bust of Yunus, facing; with traditional Bengali jamdani fabric design.
  • Symbol: DW --PH
  • Portrait: Yunus, Muhammad
  • Artist: Weaver, Donna
  • Artist: Hemphill, Phebe

• Reverse

  • Legend: BANK TO THE POOR/ in field, on globe, Bengali inscription ["Let us send poverty to the museum"]
  • Type: A lotus in full bloom rising above the water; carrying the globe within its petals.
  • Symbol: RM -- JL
  • Artist: Masters, Richard
  • Artist: Licaretz, James Charles

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2013.53.13
• Lot: 2013.53
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Struck under authority of Public Law 111-253. This is the miniature bronze duplicate of the Congressional Gold Medal, which was awarded to Professor Muhammad Yunus on April 17, 2013, at the Capitol Building. He was honored and recognized for his contributions to help fight global poverty. One of his must known concepts are the "micro credits."

Subjects

• Event: To recognize and honor the work of Muhammad Yunus to fight global poverty.

Rights

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