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World’s Fairs and Expositions
holding an oblong uninscribed cartouche. (F-G)
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION, 1935-6
305.
RARE
1936
DATED
CALIFORNIA
PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AWARD MEDAL.
Lot 304 (reduced)
Lot 305 (reduced)
70mm. Gilt Bronze. Unsigned. (MACO). Uncirculated, with
someminor spots, as shown. The obverse legend: CALIFORNIA
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 1936 surrounds
a view of the California Building at Balboa Park. Ribbon
inscribed: SAN DIEGO below. The reverse features nude male
and female figures, she carrying a cornucopia flying above
the clouds. An elaborate cartouche below is blank – waiting
for inscription. Struck from unsigned hand cut dies, The usual
medal for this exposition is dated 1935. This is first we have
offered with this 1936 date. (I)
U. S. MINT MEDALS
ASSAY COMMISSION MEDALS
306.
1890 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-AC-33. 33mm. Bronze. Choice
Uncirculated. NGC MS-66. The obverse bears the bust left
of Benjamin Harrison, a depiction which is a reduction of the
portrait used on the Mint’s Presidential Series medal (PR-24).
The reverse is almost identical to that appearing on the 1884
medal described above. (I)
306A. 1903 ASSAY MEDAL.
JK-AC-47. 39.7 x 56.2mm. Silver.
George Morgan, Sc. Uncirculated. Obverse with a facing bust,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT above. In exergue: PRESIDENT
OF THE/ STATES. The reverse depicts an assayer at work, a
motif copied from the reverse of the 1891 issue and repeated in
this format in 1901. This reverse is, of course, dated 1903.
Of the six Theodore Roosevelt portrait Assay Commission
medals, this is the only one with a front facing bust; the other
all use a left profile. We expect this piece to bring in the $1000-
1500 range, but we would be remiss in not noting Stacks sale
Lot 306A
Lot 306