Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and MedalsLot 412 (reduced)Nansen was an Arctic explorer, professor, statesman and recipient of the1922 Nobel Peace Prize. (G)Lot 414Lot 413413. EDWARD B. FULDE PORTRAIT GALVANO, 1900. Smedley35. 91.8.. Bronze. Victor D. Brenner, Sc. About Uncirculated with arim a little bit pinched at the bottom. Bus of Fulde to the left, datedMDCCC at right behind the shoulder and signed by Brenner in thelower left field. Legend reads: EDWARD B. FVLDE PEINTRE.Edward Bernard Fulde was an American expatriate who bothtaught and painted in Paris. He was a friend of Brenner’s whileBrenner studied there for three years, 1898-1901. (I)414. ABRAM HEWITT – RAPID TRANSIT MEDAL, 1900. Baxter38. 68.3mm. Bronze. Oscar Roty, Sc. (Tiffany). Obverse bust tothe right of Hewitt in his 78 th year. Legend: ABRAM STEVENSHEWITT INGENIO SVO. VRBIS BENEFACTOR ET RELPVBLICAE CONSERVATOR (“By his genius, benefactor of theCity, and conservator of the public property.) Reverse: View ofthe NYC elevated railroad with buildings in the background anddated MDCCCC surrounded by the legend: THE CHAMBEROF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RAPIDTRANSIT.Hewitt was a prominent industrialist and politician. He wasassociated with Peter Cooper in the iron business; was aCongressman and later Mayor of NYC and was one of thefounders of the Cooper Union. In their sale of 6/12, Stacks/Bowerssold a silver example of this medal struck by the Paris Mint withtheir Cornucopia--ARGENT edgemark. The last time we offered abronze example 20 years ago - it brought $192.50. (G)415. RARE TEXAS TRADE TOKEN, 1903. 24.6mm.; GermanSilver. VF/XF. Obverse: ANDRES SALIJNAS/ * / RANDADO,/TEXAS. Reverse: BUENO POR/ 12 ½¢/ 1903/ MEXICANOS.115H