Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Presidential and Politicalreverse is constructed in the same manner. At center is a bust of Gen.Logan. There is no inscription above his head.The listed varieties of mechanical calendars both have inscriptionsthat read: PAT. ALL’D (presumably, “Patent Allowed”). The varietyoffered here is thus the first of the type. From our 1998 Sale ofthe McSorley Collection, #229. (No lot envelope) where it brought$176.00 (G)CLINTON B. FISKLot 133133. FISK & BROOKS JUGATE. CBF 1888-1. 25.2mm. Gilt Brass.Bright holed About Uncirculated with some dark tarnish on theupper part of the reverse. Obverse with busts of Fisk & Brooks inconjoined ovals; their names above. Reverse legend: FOR GODFOR HOME FOR NATIVE LAND around THE/ SALOON/ MUST/GO. (F-G)H30BRYAN MONEY134. ANTI-EVERYTHING DIME, 1900. Schornstein 360. Zerbe 59.38mm. 50 grams. Alum. XF/AU. Obv: An old woman (Bryan) seatedon a kicking donkey, is dressed in temperance garb. She carries abanner insc. ANTI-expansion. Beneath the donkey’s rear legs is arubbing goose (the Populist party), the cause of the donkey’s fright.UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA around the upper rim. ANTI/EVERYTHING. Rx: FREE SILVER 1900 around 16 TO/ ONEDAM. A similar piece in our last sale brought $178.25THEODORE ROOSEVELTLot 135135. ANTHRACITE COAL BRAKER TOKEN, 1904. Fuld-Unlisted.Hake 3097. 35mm. Black hard Rubber. AU. Obv: THE TRUSTBREAKER 1904 around bust left of TR within a depressed innercircle. Rx: ANTHRACITE COAL BREAKER 1904 around a viewof a coal breaker within a depressed inner circle. Scarce and popular.(D)This no doubt refers to the Great Anthracite Coal Strikes of 1902when President Roosevelt personally tried to intervene and end thestrike on behalf of the American public. (F-G)Lot 136 (reduced)136. RARE THEODORE ROOSEVELT PORTRAIT PLAQUE,‘ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AMERICAN’ 1919. 9 x 13 ¾”.Foundry Cast Bronze. Allen G. Newman, Sc. Uniface. ExtremelyFine with an integral hanger on the reverse for suspension. Theplaque features a handsome full-face portrait of TR wearinghis trademark pince-nez glasses. At bottom is inscribed, ONEHUNDRED PER CENT AMERICANAllen G. Newman was a talented sculptor who studied under JohnQuincy Adams Ward. His best known medallic works are theIndependence Day Medal for the ANS and his Joan of Arc medalfor the Circle of the Friends of the Medallion. In 1919, Newmanproduced a series of four bas reliefs with portraits of WoodrowWilson, Theodore Roosevelt; General Pershing and Marshall Foch.They were apparently issued in three sizes – this being the mediumsize. All were cast by the John Polachek Foundry, whose signatureis faintly visible at the bottom right edge. This particular plaque isunsigned and is attributed to Newman on the basis of his signatureappearing on the identical, but smaller plaque in this series. (I+)137. GALVANO OF AN EARLY STAGE OF ANNA HYATT’STHEODORE ROOSEVELT PORTRAIT FOR HER WOMAN’SROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION SERVICEMEDAL, 1920. 8 ½ x 7 3/8” Cast Bronze. Polished Extremely Finewith two noticeable dents on the cheek. Integral suspension loop onthe reverse. The galvano features a handsome portrait of TheodoreRoosevelt to the left wearing his signature pince nez glasses. Thisis the identical portrait used on Woman’s Roosevelt MemorialAssociation service medal. It lacks Ms. Hyatt’s signature below thetruncation of the bust and the legend, WOMAN’S ROOSEVELTMEMORIAL ASSOCIATION SERVICE that appears on thefinished medal.Several 9 ½” round galvanos of the finished medal are known. Inaddition one 9 1/2” round galvano with the early stage TR portrait asabove is also known. (It sold in our last catalog auction for $891.25.)