Medal of Philadelphia International Exhibition - Independence Hall

1876

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 21.45 g, 6:00, 62.3 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.29766
Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: 1776 INDEPENDENCE HALL 1876, BIRTHPLACE OF LIBERTY, COMMENCED 1729 FINISHED 1734, image of Independence Hall

Reverse Description: THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA 4th OF JULY 1876

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

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