103641 | UNITED STATES. New Netherlands Tercentenary bronze Medal.

103641  |  UNITED STATES. New Netherlands Tercentenary bronze Medal. Issued 1914 for the 300th anniversary of the founding of New York City (69mm, 128.44 g, 12h). By Paul Manship for the Circle of Friends, and struck by Joseph K. Davison & Sons in Philadelphia.

 

TERCENTENARY NEW YORK / 1914, armored, draped, and mural-crowned civic personification of New York City seated facing on throne, holding torch and building model; to left and right, respectively, shields bearing serpent-entwined caduceus and anchor (representing commerce and shipping), each surmounted by Phrygian cap; cornucopiae in garlanded cartouche in exergue // NEW NETHERLAND FOUNDED / 1614, Dutchman, holding musket set upon ground, and Native American, holding pipe and longbow, standing facing one another, in background between, ship under sail right, with small windmill to upper left; in exergue, beaver right in garlanded cartouche. Edge: CIRCLE OF FRIENDS / DAVISON PHILA.

 

Alexander COF-11.1; Marqusee 253; 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens 162. Choice Mint State. Tan-brown surfaces, with a mostly matte aspect. A very rare and sublime issue from one of the more popular American medalists of the early 20th century.

 

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