Medal - City of Portsmouth Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Medal - City of Portsmouth Portsmouth, New Hampshire
€462,455.00
Location
United
States (US territories United States)
Year
1973
Type
Commemorative
medals
Composition
Bronze
Weight
25.52 g
Diameter
38.0 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge
Plain with embossed serial number Script: Latin Lettering: #223
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
The image is divided into three sections by stylized chains. The sections include a map of the New Hampshire coast with a three-masted ship at the top, a colonial style doorway and artist`s initials on the right, and a church on the left. Where joined in the middle, the chains are superimposed by a strawberry with a ribbon displaying the dates 1623-1973. The image is surrounded by the words `PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE`.
Obverse lettering
PORTSMOUTH
1623-1973
D.S.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A gundalow in a river with the shoreline and town`s skyline in the background and the artist`s initials in the three o`clock position.
Reverse lettering
350th
A.T.
ANNIVERSARY
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
V. H. Blackinton Company, Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts, United States (1852-date)
