Hodgkins Medal, Smithsonian Institution, United States, 1895
date: label: Date made
content: 1895
name: label: issuing authority
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: manufacturer
content: Paris Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Hodgkins medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1895
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Personification of Knowledge with torch and scroll, seated on globe.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: PER ORBEM
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Torches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: FOR THE INCREASE / AND DIFFUSION OF / KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN / SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION / WASHINGTON 1846 / HODGKINS MEDAL / COMMITTEE / OF 1895
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place issued
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0399
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0399
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75.4 mm; x 2 15/16 in