Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Medals of the American Numismatic SocietyLincoln cent symbolizes the role of the Society in coin and medaldesign. Its sculptor, Victor D. Brenner, was an active member ofthe ANS and had the support of the Society in getting his designadopted. Also on the reverse is a screw press which replacedhammer striking in the early modern period and remains as thebasis for contemporary methods of coin production. An absolutelyspectacular looking medal - undoubtedly the centerpiece of anANS display. An example in our last sale brought (H)Lot 270Lot 269The medal was produced using casts of actual specimens, whichwere then set in the model and reduced using the Janvier latheprocess illustrated on the reverse of the medal. The choice of the270. REJECTED DESIGN OF THE 125TH ANNIVERSARYMEDAL, 1983. A set of two uniface casts, each 72.8mm.Bronze. Marcel Jovine, Sc. Cast and patinated by Greco Industries.Uncirculated. Alan Stahl has described these as follows: “Thetwo sides of the medal proposed by Jovine depict two stages inthe production of a medal or of a coin, the engraving of the dieand the striking of the blank. In the presentation of the obverse,the surface of the medal becomes the actual die and the viewerbecomes the engraver, looking down at his own hand raised inhigh relief carving into the die the oak leaf cluster that is thesymbol of the American Numismatic Society. On the reverse, thebody of the striker follows the curve of the medal’s edge, whileone arm of the screw press projects at an oblique angle.”69H