Erie Canal medal, United States, 1826
date: label: Date made
content: 1826
name: label: obverse designer
content: Robertson, Archibald
label: reverse designer
content: Robertson, Archibald
label: obverse engraver
content: Wright, Charles Cushing
label: reverse engraver
content: Wright, Charles Cushing
label: editor
content: City of New York
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Erie Canal medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1826
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Seated figures of Pan and Neptune with cornucopia; lighthouse and ocean in background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: UNION OF ERIE WITH THE ATLANTIC / R. DEL. / W. SC
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: New York State coat of arms with view to left of section of canal, to right of New York City from the water.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ERIE CANAL COMM. 4 JULY 1817 COMP. 26 OCT. 1825 / EXCELSIOR / C. C. WRIGHT SC. / 1826 / PRESENT'D BY THE CITY OF N. YORK
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: 1991.0009.1028
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.1028
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
label: catalog number
content: 91.9.1028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative
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: .2 cm x 4.43 cm; 3/32 in x 1 3/4 in