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Medals and Badges of the American Numismatic AssociationLot 278Lot 276278. ANA OFFICIAL CONVENTION BADGE, BALTIMORE,1916. ANA 16.CB 9. A silvered bronze hanging badge. JudsonBrenner, Des. (Whitehead & Hoag) Choice About Uncirculated.The 10 x 38mm pinback header is inscribed BALTIMORE. Aloop and ring attachment suspends a 22mmm copper token – theIdler copy of the Baltimore Penny. A powder blue ribbon suspendsa 38mm silvered bronze medal bearing the ANA Seal. Thereverse is inscribed: 25 TH / ANNIVERSARY/ CONVENTION/BALTIMORE, MD./ SEPT. 23-27/ 1916. Approximately 50 ofthese badges were made. Only 38 members were registered for theconvention. (H)Lot 277277. ANA OFFICIAL CONVENTION BADGE, SPRINGFIELD,MA. 1914. ANA 14. CB 7. A two piece gilt bronze hangingbadge. (Whitehead & Hoag). Choice About Uncirculated. The 27x 46mm pinback header bears the ANA seal on a stars and stripesshield over a rectangular bar decorated with laurel. A bannerbelow is inscribed: SPRINGFIELD, MASS. AUG. 22-26, 1914.The 42mm drop bears a scene of the city’s municipal buildings, theMunicipal Auditorium, the “Campanile” and the City Hall. Harrisstates that approximately 75 of these badges were made. (G-H)H72Lot 279 (reduced)279. ANA OFFICIAL CONVENTION BADGE, ROCHESTER,N.Y., 1917. ANA 17. CB 10. A two piece bronze hanging badge