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NENA Twentieth Conference Medal
1964
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Varnished bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 39 mm, 25.9 gm (1 9/16 in., 0.91 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number2005.1167
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CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionObv: GOD PRESERVE NEW ENGLAND / · NENA · around an elephant facing left with 1694 above, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim.
Rev: TWENTIETH CONVERENCE / BOSTON on a raised beaded rim, around two columns entwined with a banner reading MA / SS / ACHUS / ET / TS and superimposed with a codfish facing right, 1964 below.
Edge: plain
The medal is patinated with a thin black varnish.
Rev: TWENTIETH CONVERENCE / BOSTON on a raised beaded rim, around two columns entwined with a banner reading MA / SS / ACHUS / ET / TS and superimposed with a codfish facing right, 1964 below.
Edge: plain
The medal is patinated with a thin black varnish.
ProvenanceAcquired by Cornelius C. Vermeule, III, after giving a presentation at the 1964 New England Numismatic Association conference in 1964; to the MFA, 2005.