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José Uriburu 80th Birthday
1911
Mint: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height x width: 58 x 39 mm, 58.8 gm (2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in., 2.07 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number2005.1170
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionObv: A rectagular medal with a cartuche and wreath at the top containing bust of José Uriburu at the top facing left. Below is a figure of Liberty with a flag and laurel, seated between allegorical figures of History and Law [LEY]. In the center at the bottom is a wreath enclosing a pair of clasped hands before a liberty cap and pole, the wreath surmounted by a rising sun.
Rev: AL / EMINENTE ESTADISTA / DOCTOR / JOSÉ E. / URIBURU / HOMENAJE / DE SUS / CONCIUDADANOS / EN EL / 80[th] ANIVERSARIO / DE SU NATALICO / (line) / 1831 · 19 NOVIEMBRE · 1911 / (line) / signed at the bottom: J. GOTUZZO Y CA.
Edge: plain.
Rev: AL / EMINENTE ESTADISTA / DOCTOR / JOSÉ E. / URIBURU / HOMENAJE / DE SUS / CONCIUDADANOS / EN EL / 80[th] ANIVERSARIO / DE SU NATALICO / (line) / 1831 · 19 NOVIEMBRE · 1911 / (line) / signed at the bottom: J. GOTUZZO Y CA.
Edge: plain.
ProvenanceSeptember 8, 1990, Collectors Auctions Limited, Danbury, CT, lot 2515 (one of a group of three), to Cornelius C. Vermeule III (b. 1925 – d. 2008), Cambridge, MA; 2005, year-end gift of Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)