CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GAVE A NEW WORLD TO HUMANITY / ✠: Bust of Columbus left. wearing a cap; signed below bust, TIFFANY & CO. N.Y.
Reverse
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.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GAVE A NEW WORLD TO HUMANITY / ✠: Bust of Columbus left. wearing a cap; signed below bust, TIFFANY & CO. N.Y.
Reverse
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.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GAVE A NEW WORLD TO HUMANITY / ✠: Bust of Columbus left. wearing a cap; signed below bust, TIFFANY & CO. N.Y.
Reverse
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.
Mute.: Nude female figure to l. seemingly suspended in mid air.
Reverse
DAVID LIVINGSTONE CENTENARY (two stars)/ FRANK WILD . 1924/ in field: FOUNDED . 1913/ BY/ THE . HISPANIC . SOCIETY . OF . AMERICA/ UPON . THE . OCCASION . OF/ THE . ONE . HUNDREDTH . ANNIVERSARY/ OF . THE . BIRTH . OF/ DAVID LIVINGSTONE/ TO . BE . AWARDED . BY/ THE . AMERICAN . GEOGRAPHICAL . SOCIETY/ OF . NEW . YORK/ FOR . SCIENTIFIC . ACHIEVEMENT . IN . THE . FIELD . OF/ GEOGRAPHY. IN THE / SOUTHERN . HEMISPHERE: Legend.
BENJAMIN . FRANKLIN/ . PRINTER . PHILOSOPHER./ . SCIENTIST. STATESMAN./ (rosette) DIPLOMATIST (rosette)/ in field, 1706/ 1790: Bust of Benjamin Franklin to l. within wreath.
Reverse
. STRVCK . BY. ACT. OF . THE . CONGRESS ./ . OF . THE . VNITED . STATES ./ . HISTORY . -- . LITERATVRE ./ . SCIENCE . PHILO./ SOPHY ./ in exergue, . TO . COMMEMORATE . THE . TWO.HUNDREDTH./ . ANNIVERSARY . OF . THE . BIRTH . OF ./ . BENJAMIN . FRANKLIN ./ . M.C.M.V.I.: Seated allegorical figure of history to r. writing on shield with standing allegorical figures of literature, science and philosophy facing her.
THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: man in prow of ship, facing
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THE CULLUM GEOGRAPHICAL MEDAL/ AWARDED TO/ FRIDTJOF NANSEN/ FOR HIS VOYAGE IN/ THE FRAM AND HIS/ SLEDGE JOURNEY IN/ THE UNKNOWN POLAR/ SEA TO 86' 14' N/ MDCCCXCIII-MDCCCXCVI/ LF EMMER INV/ VD BRENNER FEC: draped woman with globe and branch
Diameter (in mm)
70.0
Reference
Grolier,1907.5, Hahlo,1912.124, Jaspon Coll.,1953., Smedley.23, Urbana Exhib,1971.1
THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: Draped man standing in the prow of boat, facing
Reverse
THE CULLUM GEOGRAPHICAL MEDALAWARDED TO/ ROBERT E PEARY/ FOR HIS EXPEDI/ TION OF MDCCCXCII/ WHICH DETERMINED/ THE INSULARITY/ OF GREENLAND/ LF EMMER INV/ VD BRENNER FEC: Draped woman standing to left with globe and branch
Diameter (in mm)
70.0
Reference
Grolier,1907.5, Hahlo,1912.124, Jaspon Coll.,1953., Smedley.23, Urbana Exhib,1971.1
FOVNDED / IN / NEW YORK / MDCCCLVIII: Nude male, standing with his back to the spectator, examining a portrait medallion which he is holding. In right field; in left field, signed .G.B.
Reverse
THE / AMERICAN / NVMISMATIC / SOCIETY / PARVA-NE-PEREANT / MEMBER'S MEDAL / 1910 / engraved VICTOR D. BRENNER / 1894: A wreath of oak branches above and one of laurel below. A space is left below the laurel wreath for engraving the name and year of election of the member. In the center, a six-line inscription.
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT: Bust of Grant, right; below is the seal of the Society. Four stars, denoting his rank, are between the bust and seal; on truncation, signed TIFFANY.
Reverse
DEDICATED NEW YORK APRIL 27 1897; in exergue, ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC / AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY: A view of Grant's tomb.
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT: Bust of Grant, right; below is the seal of the Society. Four stars, denoting his rank, are between the bust and seal; on truncation, signed TIFFANY.
Reverse
DEDICATED NEW YORK APRIL 27 1897; in exergue, ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC / AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY: A view of Grant's tomb.
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT: Bust of Grant, right; below is the seal of the Society. Four stars, denoting his rank, are between the bust and seal; on truncation, signed TIFFANY.
Reverse
DEDICATED NEW YORK APRIL 27 1897; in exergue, ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC / AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY: A view of Grant's tomb.
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT: Bust of Grant, right; below is the seal of the Society. Four stars, denoting his rank, are between the bust and seal; on truncation, signed TIFFANY.
Reverse
DEDICATED NEW YORK APRIL 27 1897; in exergue, ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC / AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY: A view of Grant's tomb.
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT: Bust of Grant, right; below is the seal of the Society. Four stars, denoting his rank, are between the bust and seal; on truncation, signed TIFFANY.
Reverse
DEDICATED NEW YORK APRIL 27 1897; in exergue, ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC / AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY: A view of Grant's tomb.
COMMEMORATING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT THE PORT OF NEW YORK: Five seated female figures representing the five boroughs; below each is the name of the borough represented. Behind the figures, within an ornamented pediment supported by two columns, is a tablet inscribed NEW YORK / JANUARY 1 / MDCCCXCVIII; in the background is a view of New York harbor, and below is the seal of the Society.
Reverse
(tulip) MAY 4 1626 (scallop shell) SEPT. 2 1609 (crown) SEPT. 8 1664 / JULY 9 1776 (eagle): The arms of a Dutch windmill; within the arms are four vignettes depicting (left) Peter Minuit purchasing Manhattan Island from the Indians, (top) Henry Hudson's ship the Halve Maen, (right) the Dutch, led by Peter Stuyvesant, evacuating Fort Amsterdam, and (bottom) a Continental officer reading the Declaration of Independence to American troops. Along the rim, separated by symbols appropriate to the events, are the dates reflected in the vignettes.
COMMEMORATING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT THE PORT OF NEW YORK: Five seated female figures representing the five boroughs; below each is the name of the borough represented. Behind the figures, within an ornamented pediment supported by two columns, is a tablet inscribed NEW YORK / JANUARY 1 / MDCCCXCVIII; in the background is a view of New York harbor, and below is the seal of the Society.
Reverse
(tulip) MAY 4 1626 (scallop shell) SEPT. 2 1609 (crown) SEPT. 8 1664 / JULY 9 1776 (eagle): The arms of a Dutch windmill; within the arms are four vignettes depicting (left) Peter Minuit purchasing Manhattan Island from the Indians, (top) Henry Hudson's ship the Halve Maen, (right) the Dutch, led by Peter Stuyvesant, evacuating Fort Amsterdam, and (bottom) a Continental officer reading the Declaration of Independence to American troops. Along the rim, separated by symbols appropriate to the events, are the dates reflected in the vignettes.
Around top, DISCOVERY OF HUDSON RIVER BY HENRY HUDSON A·D·MDCIX; at lower left, THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY; at lower right, HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION COMM:; in exergue, HALVE MAENE: Henry Hudson and sailors on the Halve Maen watch the hoisting of a heavy article from outside the ship; in lower right corner, signed E·FUCHS.
Reverse
Below portrait, ROBERT FULTON / 1765 1815; in exergue, FIRST USE OF STEAM NAVIGATION / ON THE HUDSON RIVER / 1807: Three seated female figures representing Steam Navigation, History, and Commerce; above is a portrait of Robert Fulton. In the background are views of New York in 1807 and 1909; in lower right corner, signed E. FUCHS.
FOVNDED / IN / NEW YORK / MDCCCLVIII: Nude male, standing with his back to the spectator, examining a portrait medallion which he is holding. In right field; in left field, signed .G.B.
Reverse
THE / AMERICAN / NVMISMATIC / SOCIETY / PARVA-NE-PEREANT / MEMBER'S MEDAL / 1910: A wreath of oak branches above and one of laurel below. A space is left below the laurel wreath for engraving the name and year of election of the member. In the center, a six-line inscription.
