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Annual Assay Medal
1871
Designed and engraved by William Barber (American, 1807–1879)
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Catalogue Raisonné
Julian AC-9 or AC-10
Accession Number
98.1538
Medium or Technique
Metal (could be gold, silver, or bronze)
Not On View
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Classifications
Storer: “Annual Assay”
Obverse: Archimedes framed in archway of classical bathtub facing left / J. POLLOCK DIRECTOR in exergue (of AC-9, AC-10 has no director’s name)
Reverse: ANNUAL / ASSAY / 1871 within a wreath
Edge:
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society