Eli Whitney Hall Of Fame For Great Americans Medal, 1964 By Eleanor Platt
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Eli Whitney Hall of Fame for Great Americans Medal, 1964. Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University. Bronze, 76mm. By Eleanor Platt. Obverse: Portrait of Eli Whitney, great American inventor, taken from a painting by Samuel F.B. Morse. Reverse: The first trial run of Whitney's invention of the cotton gin. Struck by the Medallic Art Company, New York. Condition: EXTREMELY FINE. Comes with descriptive pamphlet.
The... Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University was established in 1900. Bronze portrait busts of the honorees were commissioned and placed in an open-air colonnade, and starting in 1962 medals, struck by the Medallic Art Company, were issued to honor the inductees. The series was discontinued in 1975 with 94 medals having been issued.
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The... Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University was established in 1900. Bronze portrait busts of the honorees were commissioned and placed in an open-air colonnade, and starting in 1962 medals, struck by the Medallic Art Company, were issued to honor the inductees. The series was discontinued in 1975 with 94 medals having been issued.
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