Medal of William Henry Harrison | Yale University Art Gallery

1840

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 4.67 g, 1:00, 22.7 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.14655
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bust of William Henry Harrison in military garb, facing left, with legend: MAJ. GEN. W.H. HARRISON, BORN FEB. 9, 1773

Reverse Description: Ornamental scales weighing "Democrats" and "Whigs" and the year 1840, and legend: WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE AND FOUND WANTING

Provenance

Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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