The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 17, April 24, 2005, Article 8

CONSTANTE ROSSI MEDAL

Roger deWardt Lane writes: "Last week, at one of our local
club meetings, the Ft Lauderdale Coin Club, a friend dealer
was selling a few odd and ends from recent collections he had
purchased. The better items he sells on e-Bay and puts the less
popular items in the club auction. In the back at a table he
sometimes has bullion grade foreign silver and today he had a
box of odd medals. I picked out 8. I like to spend hours
researching the medals and if the American Numismatic Society
collection does not have the item and they would like it, I
donate them.

The first one I looked at was a Medallic Art Co - Happy Birthday
U.S.A. July 4, 1976. the ANS database quickly identified the
medal which they have in their collection.

The next one they do not have from my checking with their
database. But sometimes I am wrong and they still locate the item
in their vast collection. The search I did was based on the
engraver - Constante Rossi.

Interesting enough the only medal that came up was one I gave
them a couple of years ago from Argentina designed by Rossi.

Next I did a Google search on Constante Rossi and found a
most interesting non-commercial site on European and
South American Medals - finemedals.com

I see no name of the author, but who ever it is, the site is
worth visiting.

Anyone who would like to see the items I have donated
to the ANS, just go to: ANS Donation "

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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