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Just Sealed The Deal On This Beauty ( Grin )

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 Posted 07/04/2007  3:31 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add CCya to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Baker 361A

Info from Washington medals website;
New York City's Crystal Palace opened as the sight of 1853 exposition. This spectacular exhibition hall was one of several modeled after the remarkable iron and glass Crystal Palace exhibition hall constructed in London as part of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Whereas the London palace survived until 1936, New York City's Crystal Palace burned to the ground in October of 1859. Similar halls were construced as the centerpiece for exhibitions in Cork (1852), Dublin (1853), Munich (1854) and Paris (1855).

The medal commemorating the opening of the New York City palace has an obverse designed by Anthony C. Morin with a bust left portrait of Washington surrounded with an elaborate wreath border design symbolizing peace and war. Below is a rosette with a caduceus to the left from which comes an olive branch, on the right side of the rosette is a trident from which comes oak leaves and acorns. The caduceus represents healing and the olive branch is a traditional symbol of peace; the trident was a weapon of gladiatorial combats representing war and the oak leaves and acorns represent the military (they are is used in various military decorations as the Oak Leaf Cluster). Above Washington is a american eagle with rays perched on a flag having arrows to the left and olive leaves to the right. The reverse, designed by Anthony Paquet, has a highly detailed three dimensional view of the palace with the walkway jutting out so that it creates a ridge on the surface of the coin.

Provenance: Part of an anonymous donation consisting of 1100 tokens and medals covering the Nineteenth century, primarily up through the Civil War era.

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 Posted 07/04/2007  10:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrycopaul to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is a very good looking medal with terrific colour
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 Posted 07/04/2007  11:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, Great looking medal. Beautiful detail and tone.

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As mentioned , the color of 19th century bronze/copper really trips my trigger.

This Gilbert Stuart Medal ( He is the artist that painted the portrait of Georg Washington that resides in the Whitehouse to this day )By the way, he complained about George's wooden teeth made his profile look un-natural. Love the cherry color;

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CCYA does it again! There was a thread asking if there was any members coins posted that you would like to own. My answer was pretty much anything CCya puts up a picture of! Outstanding Medal! Simply stunning. Mike
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Another beauty. Where do you find these?
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<<Another beauty. Where do you find these?>>

The Crystal Palace Washingtion medal is coming from a fellow collector who I met from a forum like this one.

The Gilbert Stuart medal was found on ebay.

This American Institute 1857 award medal was found at Heritage

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Union case it resides in

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Those are beautiful medals with beautiful color.
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<<CCYA does it again! There was a thread asking if there was any members coins posted that you would like to own. My answer was pretty much anything CCya puts up a picture of! Outstanding Medal! Simply stunning. Mike >>


Mike , I also long to be able to own other collectors pieces.
I'v found that as collectors, we sometimes fail to see the achievment and beauty in our own collection when compared to someone else's collection. The truth is, each collection reflects the personality of the person collecting them. Each is unique in its own way. It matters little if its a $9.00 piece or a $9,000.00 piece. To the collector collecting, it is a significant piece of history to them and possibly others.

Edited to add this Washington mint cabinet medal.

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