Reference | HK-223 (view) |
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Date | 1893 |
Grade | MS 62 BN |
Price | $235.00 |
Item # | 3306 |
Metal | Bronze |
Designed By | Augustus St-Gaudens Charles E. Barber |
Engraved By | Augustus St-Gaudens |
Obverse designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the reverse designed by Charles Barber. The obverse features a full-length figure of Columbus stepping ashore on the soil of the New World. On the obverse, the hooded figure with beard and a hooked nose to the right of Columbus is none other than Augustus Saint-Gaudens himself, his only known self-portrait. Barber’s reverse features a plaque in the center with an inscription and an insert below for the name of the recipient. Above the plaque is a globe flanked by two semi-nude females, below the plaque is a sailing ship, the Santa Maria. There are torches on either side of the plaque. This is the C. Emmerich & Co. reverse insert.