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Medals of the American Numismatic SocietyLot 230Lincoln’s birth. These medals bear their edgemark and are notnumbered. It has been 16 years since one of the original strikingsin silver has appeared at auction. ($1500+)231. LINCOLN PLAQUETTE, 1916. Bronze. Edge marked:WHITEHEAD-HOAG 47. Choice About Uncirculated. Design,as above. (I)H60Lot 229and Colonial Coins, January 17 to February 18, 1914, and theExhibition of March 26 to May 15, 1914. Among the items thatZerbe loaned the exhibition was an 1860 Clark Gruber $20 goldpiece.In addition, since 1918, a silver specimen has been awardedto individuals in recognition of outstanding achievement innumismatic scholarship. Later medals were struck by the MedallicArt Company.” (F)230. LINCOLN PLAQUETTE, 1916. Baxter 300; Marqusee 333;King 302. 73 x 101.9mm. Silver. (8.64 oz.) Jules EdouardRoine, Sc. W&H. Uniface. Edge marked: STERLING 7WHITEHEAD-HOAG. Lightly tarnished About Uncirculated.The obverse depicts a seated portrait of Lincoln to left, signing theEmancipation Proclamation with a quill pen on a desk. A wingedfigure of Fame is before him about to place a wreath on his head.The ANS seal is in the upper left corner.2 gold, 75 silver and 100 bronze medals were originally struck byWhitehead and Hoag. Each of these medals were numbered. Laterstrikings in bronze were authorized by the Society and were struckby the Medallic Art Company in 1959, the 150 th anniversary of232. LINCOLN PLAQUETTE, 1916. – SAMPLE STRIKING.Design as above but the edge marking on this medal reads:SAMPLE WHITEHEAD-HOAG. The medal grades XF/AU. (I)233. LINCOLN PLAQUETTE – MEDALLIC ART COMPANYRESTRIKE, (1959). Design and size as above, but edgemarked: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. FINE SILVER. ChoiceUncirculated. It is not known how many of these restrikes werestruck in silver. This is, however, the only one we have seen, Arestrike in bronze brought $563.50 in our last sale. ($1000+)234. NEW THEATRE MEDAL, 1916. Baxter 220 var. 76.6mm.Sterling Silver. Bela Lyon Pratt, Sc. Nice About Uncirculated.Edge inscribed: 7 MED ART CO. STERLING. Obverse witha nude female seated, holding a mirror. To the right, in six lines,is inscribed: THE/ NEW/ THEATRE/ OF/ NEW/ YORK. To theleft, the date 1909 is perpendicular. On the reverse is a full lengthfemale figure standing, holding a tablet from which is suspended agarland. A curtain at each side is drawn back by a nude child; twoRoman lamps below.Although dated 1909, the medal was not actually available tomembers until 1916. Barbara Baxter comments that “...the medalcommemorating the opening of the New Theatre in New York,with its highly decorative figural compositions and sinuous lines,perfectly captures the spirit of the Gilded Age. A scant 50 medals