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Medal - Haym Salomon
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Haym Salomon in high relief, with the sculptor's signature P. VINCZE visible in the left field. The surrounding legend reads PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND with the biblical reference LEV. 25:10, and the subject's name and life dates HAYM SALOMON 1740-1785 appear along the lower periphery. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic allegorical scene depicting Haym Salomon kneeling at a writing desk by candlelight, quill in hand, with a musket or rifle leaning against a tree stump beside him. In the background above, a cavalry charge is rendered in low relief with diagonal rays suggesting battlefield action. The date 1776 appears in the exergue, and the sculptor's signature P. VINCZE is inscribed in the lower right field. |
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