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Amerigo Vespucci

Victor David Brenner (American (born in Lithuania), 1871–1924)
1903

Medium/Technique Silver
Credit Line Gift of James Loeb
Accession Number04.249
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

Catalogue Raisonné Smedley 51
DescriptionVermeule: "Obv: Half-figure to the right with a map and a view of the American coast / AMERIGO VESPVCCI, 19 - 03 A. N. S. seal. Rev: A globe and Amerigo Vespucci or another explorer in a boat on the seas. A wind-god puffs to the right. Vespuccis's signature appears on the tablet below / AMERICI VESPVCCI on a ribbon on the reverse / MARE GLACIALE on the seas at the lower left