Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Obv: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/ 1754 1954 above a seated femalefigure with a book in her lap and holding a sceptre in her right hand.In exergue: MAN’S RIGHT TO/ KNOWLEDGE AND/ THE FREEUSE/ THEREOF. Lion’s head below. Rx: Open wreath aroundcrown above, KING’S COLLEGE/ 1754/ COLUMBIA COLLEGE/1784/ COLUMBIA/ UNIVERSITY/ IN THE/ CITY OF NEW YORK/1912/ BICENTENNIAL YEAR/ 1954. 4 small “feet” on the cornersto facilitate use as a paperweight. (D)1510. NJ: FIREMEN’S INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEYCENTENNIAL, 1955. 75.3mm. Bronze. (MACO). Unsigned,but MACO records show that the medal was executed by CarlSchmitz. AU. Obv: View of the company’s high rise headquartersbuilding. FOUNDED/ 1855/ FIREMEN’S INSURANCE/ COMPANYOF NEWARK/ NEW JERSEY. Rx: Arms of the company flankedby dates 1855 1955. In exergue: COMMEMORATING OUR/ ONEHUNDREDTH/ ANNIVERSARY. (B-C)1511. CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK GEORGE WILLIAM EGGERSMEDAL, 1958. 76mm. Bronze. Albert d’Andrea, Sc. (MACO.)Unc. Obv: GEORGE WILLIAM EGGERS AWARD on a raisedband around a front facing portrait of Rx: COLLEGII URBIS NOVEBORAC SIGILLUM MDCCCXLVII around a three headed symbolrepresenting the Past, the Present and the Future. Eggers was theChairman of the Department of Art at CCNY from 1930 to 1948.The reverse of this medal first appeared as the obverse of theschool’s 1947 Centennial medal. (C)1512. OFFICIAL ALASKA STATEHOOD MEDAL, 1959. 63mm. .999Silver. (4.43 oz.) Ralph Menconi, Sc., Edge numbered “376”(MACO). Choice Unc. The obverse shows a map of Alaskasuperimposed over the forty eight continental states and thesurrounding legend: ALASKA JANUARY 3, 1959. The reverseportraits the Alaskan State Seal which depicts scenes of mining,timber, fishery and fur raising. (F)1513. LOUIS C. WEST MEDAL, 1960. 70mm. Bronze. Gilroy Roberts,Sc. (MACO). Unc. Obv: Front facing bust of then ANS PresidentWest, his name to either side. Rx: PRESIDENT OF THEAMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1949 - 1959 around the ANSSeal. 175 of these medals were struck in bronze. (C-D)1514. CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK GRADUATE DIVISION, ND.62.5mm. Bronze. Unsigned. (MACO-NY) Uniface. Unc. Obv:THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK GRADUATE DIVISIONaround a raised pentagram contained the stylized raised letters ofCCGD (B)1515. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 50 TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL,1961. 63.4mm. Bronze. Leonard Baskin Sc. Unmarked, but struckby Medallic Art Company. Choice Uncirculated with an attractivedark brown patina. Obv: EX SCIENTIA SPES (from knowledge,hope) above a Janus head; an old man to the left, a youth to theright. Rx: A sun between two classical columns through which areseen the rays of light or pure learning, and rays of heat or appliedlearning. Below: THE/ NEW YORK/ PVBLIC LIBRARY/ 1961. Themedal was struck to celebrate the Library’s 50 th anniversary. (E)1516. FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK 150 TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL,1962. 76.mm. Bronze. Enrique Manjo, Sc. (MACO.) Unc. Obv:Heroic central figure representing the spirit of American people.The figure has his arms spread offering help, services & protectionto the major elements of American life represented around him;family, culture, commerce, transportation, industry and agriculture.Rx: Tree of Services, bearing the Bank’s seal in its branches. Aband, through its trunk, is inscribed: 150 YEARS OF SRVICE.The tree’s roots are set in the two dates of 1812 - 1962, whichrepresent the span of life of the bank. A bold and impressive highrelief medal! (C)1517. ANOTHER, of the same. Equally as nice. (C)1518. DETROIT MAYOR’S MEDAL, CA. 1962-70. 63.4mm. Bronze.Marshall Fredericks, Sc. (MACO). Uncirculated. Housed in itsoriginal blue plush presentation box. The obverse is a depictionof the seal of the city containing a representation of the Detroit firein which the entire city burned with only one building saved fromthe flames. The figure of the left weeps over the destruction whilethe figure on the right gestures to the new city that will rise in itsplace. The two line Latin inscription at center reads: SPERAMVSRESVRGET/ MELIORA CINERIBVS (“We Hope For BetterThings; It Shall Rise From the Ashes”) The reverse is inscribedSPIRIT OF DETROIT above a replication of Frederick’s statueof the same name; a 26 foot figure holding a globe which is oneLot 1518of the most recognized monuments in the city. Inscribed below is:PRESENTED BY/ MAYOR/ JEROME P. CAVANAGH. Cavanaghwas Mayor of Detroit 1962-1970. (F)1519. DODGER STADIUM MEDAL, 1962. 63.2mm. .999 Silver.(4.18oz.). Frederick Hammargren, Sc. (MACO). Edge numbered“313.” Choice Unc. Obv: Player swinging a bar. DODGER above,ANGELS, below. Rx: Aerial view of DODGER STADIUM LOSANGELES. Struck to commemorate the opening of the stadium onApril 10, 1962. (F)1520. COLLECTION OF 41 DIFFERENT NEW YORK UNIVERSITYHALL OF FAME MEDALS, 1963-1975. Each medal is 44mm.Bronze. & Uncirculated. Each is housed in its original cardboardbox and is accompanied by its descriptive pamphlet. Included arethe following medals:J.Q. Adams (Frudakis); Agassiz (Lathrop); Susan B. Anthony(Fjelde); John Audubon (Lathrop); Bancroft (Hardin); WardBeecher (Kiselewski); Alexander G. Bell (Martineau); Edwin Booth(Agopoff); Wm. E. Channing (Wein); Henry Clay (Terken); GroverCleveland (d’Andrea); Peter Cooper (de Francisci); Cushman(Weinman); Jonathan Edwards (Chandler); Ralph W. Emerson(Jones); Stephen C. Foster (Hancock); Josiah Gibbs(Martineau); Wm. Gorgas (Belskie); U.S. Grant (Jones); AlexanderHamilton (Grigor); Oliver W. Holmes,Jr. (Kiselewski); Mark Hopkins(Renier); Elias Howe (Gasparro); Thomas Jefferson (Waugh); PaulJones (Lantz); Henry W. Longfellow (Notaro); James Lowell (Mose);James Madison (Weinman); Albert Michelson (Chandler); MariaMitchell (Platt); Thomas Paine (Lantz); Alice Palmer (LoMedico);Parkman (Grove); William Penn (Grove); Wm. T. Sherman(Lantz); Harriet B. Stowe (Lantz); Lillian Wald (Frudakis); BookerT. Washington (Menconi); George Westinghouse (Quattrocchi);James M. Whistler (Martineau); Emma Willard (Weinman) (G)207H