2020

UNITED STATES:, 1914, bronze medal. NGC MS65

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UNITED STATES:, 1914, bronze medal. NGC MS65
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UNITED STATES:1914, bronze medal, H&K-398, NGC graded MS65, "So-Called Dollar", Completion of the Panama Canal, ornate design depicting boat passing through Canal, full female figure standing on prow, long rays from head and shoulders, arms outstretched; each hand rests on a world globe (eastern and western hemispheres); on ribbon, across body, connecting globes OCEANI INTER SE COLUMBID CONIUNGUNTUR "Columbia Unites the Oceans"); above on ribbons, at head of figure, to left PROSPERITY, to right TO ALL NATIONS; at lower right edge, microscopic ©; J. F. N. // at top Seal of Canal Zone; around top COMMEMORATING THE OPENING / OF THE / PANAMA CANAL, at center TO THE / COMMERCE OF THE WORLD, below center in smaller letters, THIS MEDAL COPYRIGHTED AND BEARING / A SERIAL NUMBER IS ONE OF 50000 CAR / -RIED ON THE VESSEL MAKING THE FIRST / PASSAGE THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL / AS AUTHENTICATED IN CERTIFICATE / SIGNED BY / GEO. W. GOETHALS (in cursive script) / CHIEF ENGINEER / AND CHAIRMAN / ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION; serial number below in oval (19513), in tiny letters at lower rim, COPYRIGHTED 1913 J. F. NEWMAN, S, ex Jeff Shevlin, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Ostheimer Collection.