James Ross Snowden medal, United States, 1859
date: label: Date made
content: 1859
name: label: obverse engraver
content: Paquet, Anthony C.
label: reverse engraver
content: Paquet, Anthony C.
label: issuing authority
content: United States Mint
label: manufacturer
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) James Ross Snowden medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Snowden bust, facing.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: PRESENTED TO JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, DIRECTOR OF THE MINT, BY HIS PERSONAL FRIENDS, / AS A MARK OF REGARD FOR HIM AS AN OFFICER, AND THEIR ESTEEM FOR HIM AS A CITIZEN / 1859
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: U.S. Mint building.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / PHILADELPHIA / BUILT 1832, / RENDERED FIREPROOF 1856.
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: 1991.0009.0490
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0490
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
label: catalog number
content: 91.9.490
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 80.2 mm; x 3 3/16 in