Medal - Italian-American Exposition Genua
Features
| Location |
Italy
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1892 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 52.09 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 423150 |
| References | KaiserAuss# 111 Bernd Kaiser; 2013. Ausstellungs-Medaillen Medailleure / Volume 2 = Exhibition Medals, Medallists. Self-published, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.Wolfgang von Wurzbach; 1943. Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons = Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Catalogue of my collection of medals, plaques and tokens. Amalthea, Zürich, Switzerland. , Eglit# 55 Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published. |
Commemorative issue
Italian-American Exposition on the four hundredth anniversary of the Discovery of America.
Obverse
Half-length figure with hat in a laurel wreath facing.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CRISTOFORO COLOMBO 🟌 NATO 1456 🟌 MORTO 1506 🟌
Reverse
Crowned arms of Genoa with Griffin supporters over view of the exhibition building with allegorical figures to the right of America and of Italia.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
RICORDO DELL' ESPOSIZIONALE ITALO - AMERICANA GENOVA ✠ 1892 ✠
1492-1892
IV. CENTENARIO
Mint
Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., Germany (1861-date)Comments
Augustin 466
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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