ISAAC F. WOOD'S MEMORIAL SERIES MEDALS
Wood's Memorial Series Medal - Boston Numismatic Society / N.E. Historic Geneological Society
Type 1
Ma-Bo 13, brass, 31.3mm
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Ma-Bo 13B, copper, 31.3mm
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Ma-Bo 13C, silver - 100%, 31.3mm
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The Memorial Medal of the Boston Numismatic and New England
Historic-Genealogical Societies, noticed on the last page of the
American Journal of Numismatics for January, 1874. The obverse bears a
fac simile of the seal of the Boston Numismatic Society, date of
incoqjoration, etc.; legend, " Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant," "
1873," the four stars on each side of the date indicating the military
rank of the Chief Magistrate during whose administration the medal has
been struck. On the reverse is an elaborate reproduction of the seal of
the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, with a legend referring
to both societies, "Twin delvers in the garden of history." The size
is 20. The dies were executed by George H. Lovett, of New York, for
Mr. I. F. Wood, the medal being the fourth of his "series." The issue
in silver is strictly limited to twenty-five, price $ 2 each. In brass
or copper, 60 cents each, or $1 the set of two. Early application is
solicited from those desiring the medal, as the dies will shortly be
canceled, Mr. Wood's invariable rule where any issue is limited, in
order to protect collectors from fraud, and the possibility of future
muling.
(from "The Banker's Magazine and
Historical Register, Volume Twenty-Eighth, from July1873 to June 1874
inclusive", published by I. Smith Homans, Jr., New York)
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"The Standard Catalog of United States Tokens" list an
example of this medal in silvered brass but this may have been done
later as the above article does not mention this version.
Type 2,
Copper, 31.25mm
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Brass, 31.3mm
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