The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 39, September 28, 2003, Article 14

COMITIA AMERICANA MEDAL CENSUS

   According to an item in the October 6, 2003 issue of
   Coin World, the Massachusetts Historical Society is seeking
   collector assistance "to establish a population count of gold,
   silver, bronze and tin pieces for a series of 12 Comitia
   Americana medals Congress awarded to Revolutionary
   War heroes."

   Contact the society through curator Anne E. Bentley at
   abentley at masshist.org.  Email can also be addressed to
   NBS Vice President John W. Adams at jadams at ahh.com.
   John is also a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

   Coincidentally, the "Object of the Month" from the Society's
   collections, as featured on their web site, is the John Paul
   Jones Comitas Americana medal by Augustin Dupre, circa
   1787 (the Paris Mint restrike).  See
   http://www.masshist.org/objects/

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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