Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Zachary Taylor Presidential Medal
Object Number:
INV.3516
Date:
1850
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 5/16 in. ( 5.8 cm )
Marks:
inscription: below bust, at center: "C.C.WRIGHT F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing nude bust of Zachary Taylor facing right with legend: "ZACHARY TAYLOR." Reverse bears inscritpion withing corded border: "GENERAL/ZACHARY TAYLOR,/BORN/ IN ORANGE COUNTY, V.A./NOVEMBER 2.1784./ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY./MAY 3.1808./ELECTED PRESIDENT OF/THE U.S.DECEMBER1848/DIED JULY 9.1850."
Gallery Label:
There is no proof that this medal was struck in the mint.
Bibliography:
R.W. Julian, Medals of the United States Mint: The First Century, 1792-1892 (The Token and Medal Society, 1977), p. 85 (PR-11).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
