Medal for Philadelphia Exposition | Yale University Art Gallery

1876

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: White Metal, silk
Dimensions: 23.10 g, 12:00, 37.8 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Mrs. Henry B. Loomis
Accession Number: 2001.87.29201
Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF, 1776 1876, LEV.XXV. VX. liberty bell at center

Reverse Description: 1776 INDEPENDENCE HALL 1876, COMMENCED 1729 / FINISHED 1784

Provenance

Henry B. Loomis, to February 12, 1941; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1941–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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