TERRA MARIQUE DUCTOR INDAGATIONE NATURAE / NA 1807/ OB 1873: within wreath: lamp top, crossed rifles ctr. and dates above and below / text outer margin round
HONOR AND FAME ARE THE REWARD/ INDOMITABLE PERSEVERANCE/ AND ENDURING FAITH ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS/ BARBER F.: bust to left with hand descending from the heavens to lay wreath of laurel upon it, to ships on an ocean on either side, half globes and chain border
Reverse
BY RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES / MARCH 2 / 1867/ TO/ CYPRUS W. FIELD/ OF/ NEW YORK/ FOR THE FORESIGHT, FAITH, AND PERSISTENCY/ IN ESTABLISHING/ TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION,/ BY MEANS OF THE/ ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH/ CONNECTING THE OLD WITH THE NEW WORLD.: inscription, globe below, shield at top l.