Token of Herbert Hoover Artist: Unknown

ca. 1950

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

6.93 g, 12:00, 25.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.27117

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: HERBERT C. HOOVER 1929 31ST PRESIDENT, U.S.A. 1933, bust r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: "THE GREAT HUMAN ENGINEER" "SPONSORED NAVY TREATY CONTROL" / HEAD OF / COMMISSION / FOR / RELIEF IN BELGIUM / FOOD ADMINISTRATOR / DURING WORLD WAR / SECRETARY OF COMMERCE / HANDICAPPED / AS PRESIDENT / BECAUSE OF / DEPRESSION
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

tokens

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