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Medal - Centenary of Death of Nathan B. Palmer

Medal - Centenary of Death of Nathan B. Palmer - obverseMedal - Centenary of Death of Nathan B. Palmer - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Type Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year 1977
Composition Silver
Weight 16.02 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
186144

Commemorative issue

100 years of death of the explorer Nathan B. Palmer

Obverse

Bust facing right, ship to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NATHAN B. PALMER
Houqua - 1844 // FIRST CHINA // CLIPPER
1799 - 1877

Reverse

Ship in Arctic landscape with penguins.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTARCTIC PIONEER

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Heraldic Art Company, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A., United States (1947-1978)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1977) 

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