Medal - Centennial Auburn, Maine
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1969 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 22.69 g |
| Diameter | 38 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled (high relief) |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 535522 |
Commemorative issue
100th Anniversary
Obverse
Scenic small waterfall with bridge in background, inset image of "The Knight House" to the left, surrounded by the legend & date.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
AUBURN, MAINE CENTENNIAL
1869 - 1969
Reverse
Images include; City of Auburn municipal boundary with Androscoggin River to the right, clock tower of the municipal building with weather vanes on far right, All America City award logo to top left and city seal with the city motto to bottom left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ALL AMERICA CITY
ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER
VESTIGIA NULLA RETRORSUM
Translation:
ALL AMERICA CITY
ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER
NO STEPS BACKWARD
Edge
Plain
Comments
There is a sterling silver version.
"The Knight House" dates back to 1796 and more info can be found here.
According to Wikipedia, "The City Seal, depicting a spindle with different types of shoes at each outside point, with the adopted Latin motto Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (loosely translated as "No Backward Steps"), was designed when Auburn was positioning itself as the shoe manufacturing center of Maine in the mid-19th century."
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||||||||
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