Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and MedalsAmerican Philosophical Society was made by the U.S. Mint in1907. These medals have no edge mark.Our most recent sale of one of these medals was in our 2011Auction Eighty One where a similar example with the Tiffanyedge (#513) brought $3565.00.Lot 422422. MME. HAMBUCHEN GALVANO, 1906. Smedley 70.99.6mm. Deeply toned silvered galvano. Victor D. Brenner, Sc.About Uncirculated. A handsome portrait of the well-rounded FrauHambuchen in her middle age, whom Smedley identifies as beingfrom Jena, Germany. Other than this tiny scrap of information,virtually nothing else is known about this rarity. Smedley wasunable to find an example to illustrate and we have been unable tofind a single appearance at auction or in a fixed price list. (I)Lot 421 (reduced)Even though this medal was authorized by Act of Congress, thefirst striking was not done by the U. S. Mint. The contract instead,was given to Tiffany & Company. According to their records,two were struck in 18k gold and one hundred fifty five in bronze.One of the gold medals was struck and presented to the nationof France by Secretary of State Elihu Root. One hundred of thebronze specimens were distributed at the direction of the Presidentof the United States, while the remainder were for the use of theAmerican Philosophical Society. Each of these medals bear theTiffany & Co. edgemark. According to Saint-Gaudens scholar,Michael Moran, a second striking of 200 bronze medals for the423. COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ADOLPHWERNER PLAQUETTE BY BRENNER, 1907. Smedley 77;Marqusee 63. 64 x77mm. Bronze. Victor D. Brenner, Sc. Uniface.Uncirculated, with several small verdigris stains on the rim atupper left. (U.S. Mint.) Obverse with a half length bust of Prof.Werner to the left. On the reverse, laurel and palm branches areplaced diagonally dividing a view of college buildings at upperleft. Commemorative inscription celebrating Werner’s 50 years atthe College at lower right. The Mint struck 500 of these medals inH118