PARVA·NE·PEREANT / A·N·S: A nude woman, kneeling left beside a tree, holding a medal in her left hand and a sculptor's tool in her right; signed FE (AAW monogram) CIT
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· THE · J·SANFORD· SALTUS · / AWARD MEDAL · OF · THE · AMERICAN · / · NUMISMATIC · SOCIETY / ·FOR·SIGNAL·ACHIEVEMENT / IN·THE·ART·OF· THE·MEDAL: In a central medallion Pegasus, the sun and clouds in the background.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GAVE A NEW WORLD TO HUMANITY / ✠: Bust of Columbus left. wearing a cap; signed below bust, TIFFANY & CO. N.Y.
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AFTER / FOUR HUNDRED / YEARS OF PROGRESS / FREE AMERICA / HONORS ITS / DISCOVERER: Six-line inscription within a wreath; superimposed on the wreath at 4:30 is the seal of the Society.
FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, COMMEMORATIVE OF THE PART TAKEN BY HIM IN LAYING THE FIRST TELEGRAPHIC CABLE BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA, IN AUGUST, A.D. 1858.: ships laying cable
FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, COMMEMORATIVE OF THE PART TAKEN BY HIM IN LAYING THE FIRST TELEGRAPHIC CABLE BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA, IN AUGUST, A.D. 1858.: ships laying cable