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Hall of Fame Medal
Anton Scharff (Austrian, 1845–1903)
1900
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: .072; .004TH.
Credit Line
Gift of Mauritius David, N.Y.
Accession Number01.6214
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionVermeule: "Obv: Bust of George Washington, facing slightly left / GEORGE WASHINGTON. BORN 1732. DIED 1799. / signed A. SCHARFF. Rev: View of the Hall of Fame, inscribed above HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS. ERECTED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1900 / below on a tablet NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. CHARTERED MDCCCXXXI. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. PURCHASED MDCCCXCI. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REMOVED MDCCCXCIV. THIS HALL OF FAME WAS COMPLETED MCM IN HONOR OF GREAT AMERI - CANS.
Stuck to commemorate the opening of the Hall of Fame, 1900. OBV: Bust of Washington turned towards right slighty. Inscription- "George Washington Born 1732. Died 1799. A Scharff". REV: The Hall of Fame. Inscribed above- "Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Erected in the City of New York in 1900". Below in a tablet- "New York University. Chartered MDCCCXXXI. University Heights. Purchased MDCCCXCI. University College removed MDCCCXCIV. This Hall of Fame was completed MCM in honor of Great Americans."
Stuck to commemorate the opening of the Hall of Fame, 1900. OBV: Bust of Washington turned towards right slighty. Inscription- "George Washington Born 1732. Died 1799. A Scharff". REV: The Hall of Fame. Inscribed above- "Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Erected in the City of New York in 1900". Below in a tablet- "New York University. Chartered MDCCCXXXI. University Heights. Purchased MDCCCXCI. University College removed MDCCCXCIV. This Hall of Fame was completed MCM in honor of Great Americans."