100643 | UNITED STATES. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary silver Medal.

100643  |  UNITED STATES. Philadelphia. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary silver Medal. Issued circa 1875. Commemorating a priest's graduation from the seminary (38mm, 31.03 g, 12h).

 

ALUMNORUM SEM: ECCL: S CAROLI BORR PHILAD: (graduate of the church of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia), DOCTRINÆ ET PIETATI (for learning and piety) within oak wreath / ESTO FIDELIS USQ AD MORTEM ET DABO TIBI CORONAM VITÆ (be faithful unto death and I shall give to thee the crown of life), PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT (let he who hath deserved it bear the palm) within palm and olive wreath. Edge: Plain.

 

Mint State. Exceptionally lustrous, with a light golden tone throughout and a darker cobalt and magenta nature scattered throughout.

 

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