Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5684317
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
USA NYU Hall Of Fame - Frances Elizabeth Willard 1969
Value
Year
1969
Collection / set
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
The Hall Of Fame For Great Americans At New York University 1969
Reverse
Frances Elizabeth Willard 1839 - 1898
Privy mark
Mint mark
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
44
Number
Details
Frances Elizabeth Willard 1839 - 1898 The Hall Of Fame For Great Americans At New York University. Obverse is a bust of the women's suffragist and temperance leader. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University was begun in 1900 with bronze portrait busts of the honorees lining an open-air colonnade. Beginning in 1962 medals were issued to honor the existing and future inductees. Medals were issued in two sizes: 76mm in Bronze and 44mm in both Bronze and Silver. Ninety four different medals were issued by the Medallic Art Company.