NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: JUNE 4, 2023

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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 23, June 4, 2023, Article 17

Jeremy Bostwick at Numismagram forwarded these four highlights from his most recent addition of new material. This upload has a particular focus upon award medals and medallic issues related to World War I. For all of this upload's new additions, please visit https://www.numismagram.com/inventory -Editor

102197 | UNITED STATES & NETHERLANDS. Treaty of Commerce silver Medal. Issued 1782 (34mm, 13.90 g, 12h). By J. G. Holtzhey. FAVTISSIMO FOEDERE JVNCTÆ / DIE VII OCTOB MDCCLXXXII (by a most auspicious treaty), Fama (Rumor) seated right upon a cloud, trumpeting and cradling crowned coats-of-arms representing the Dutch Republic and the United States; club and lion skin of Hercules to left // JVSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS (learn justice and not to despise the gods), garlanded pyramidal statue with shield and crossed fasces, which a flying Mercury crowns to upper right; to lower right, basket of fruit set upon anchor; in background, French cock standing right, head left, crowing over the treaty; in two lines in exergue, S. P. Q. AMST. / SACRVM. Edge: Plain. Betts 605. PCGS SP-62. Attractively toned, with some hues of olive-argent and cobalt, along with a great deal of brilliance. Undoubtedly one of the finest examples of the type extant, and extremely rare as such. Far superior to the specimens in the Ford and LaRiviere collections, and much more difficult to find than the similar larger module of the design. $1,985.

John Adams, the future first Vice President of the United States and second President, served as America's first ambassador to the Dutch Republic at a location in The Hague that became one of America's first embassies in the world. In 1782, he signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, which strengthened economic ties between the two nations, as well as served as a way to cement America's status as a nascent yet burgeoning nation.

102414 | UNITED STATES. Philadelphia/Centennial Exposition bronze award Medal. Issued 1877 (76mm, 260.46 g, 12h). By H. Mitchell. Victory seated left on bricks, resting hand upon shield and extending wreath over implements of science, commerce, and learning; in border, thirty-eight stars and four medallions containing representations of the four quarters of the globe // INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / PHILADELPHIA, MDCCCLXXVI, AWARDED BY / UNITED STATES / CENTENNIAL / COMMISSION in four lines within wreath. Edge: Plain. Julian AM-10; Harkness Nat-300. Gem Mint State. Deep red-brown surfaces, with intense luster in the fields; no rim bruises or scuffs that commonly plague the type. A charming and impressive issue, with a mintage of 12,000 pieces, though few survived this attractive and problem free. $325.

The Centennial International Exposition of 1876 had the distinction of being the first such expo to take place within the United States, all while being held during the nation's 100th anniversary of independence. Nearly 10 million visitors viewed such novel inventions as the typewriter, the sewing machine, and the telephone.

102403 | UNITED STATES & SWITZERLAND. Carnegie Hero Fund (Switzerland) bronze award Medal. Instituted 1911. Presented by the Swiss chapter (70mm, 186.78 g, 12h). By H. Frei. ANDREAS CARNEGIE DIE XXII MART MDCCCCXII, female figure advancing right, holding overturned cornucopia // VIRTVTI / DE VITIS HVMANIS / SERVANDIS / OPTIME MERITAE, male rescuing female from drowning in the ocean. Edge: Plain. Gem Mint State. Even brown surfaces, with a delightful matte nature. Includes original case of issue. $395.

The Scottish-American steel magnate and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, created the Carnegie Hero Fund in 1904 to honor and recognize citizens who performed acts of heroism and bravery in the United States. A few years later, he created a similar fund for other countries in Europe to serve a similar purpose. This piece, designed by Hans Frei, displays the elegant and soft beauty more commonly encountered in his numerous Swiss shooting medals.

102419 | UNITED STATES & SWITZERLAND. Swiss Gratitude to America bronze Medal. Issued 1918 (39mm, 26.72 g, 12h). By H. Frei. Eagle, holding grain ears in talons, flying right over shoreline; above, clouds in the form of the American flag // TO THE PRESIDENT / AND PEOPLE / OF THE VNITED STATES / OF AMERICA / THE GRATITVDE / OF THE SWISS / FAMILIES / 1918 in eight lines; above, Swiss coat-of-arms between bundles of edelweiss. Edge: Plain. SM 215. Gem Mint State. Olive-bronze surfaces, with a great matte nature. $145.