Opening of the Panama Canal medal, United States, 1913
date: label: Date made
content: 1913
name: label: editor
content: Panama Canal Commission
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Opening of the Panama Canal medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1913
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Female figure on ship with eagle figurehead, flanked by globes of eastern and western hemispheres.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: PROSPERITY / TO ALL NATIONS
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Seal of the Canal Zone at top; tablet engraved with serial number at bottom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: COMMEMORATING / THE OPENING / OF / THE / PANAMA CANAL / TO THE / COMMERCE OF THE WORLD / THIS MEDAL COPYRIGHTED AND BEARING / A SERIAL NUMBER IS ONE OF 50000 CAR- / -RIED ON THE VESSEL MAKING THE FIRST / PASSAGE THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL / AS AUTHENTICATED IN CERTIFICATE / SIGNED BY GEO. W. GOETHALS / CHIEF ENGINEER / AND CHAIRMAN / ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION / 4 / COPYRIGHTED 1913 J. F. NEWMAN
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: 1991.0009.1027
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.1027
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
label: catalog number
content: 91.9.1027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38.4 mm; x 1 1/2 in