Medal - St. Ann's Bay Baptist Chapel

Location Jamaica
Year 1839
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Copper
Weight
Diameter 41 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Façade of St. Ann`s Bay Baptist Chapel
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering BAPTIST CHAPEL ST. ANN`S BAY DAVIS BIRM BUILT 1837. ENLARGED 1839. SEATS 2000 PERSONS. REV.T.F.ABBOTT MINISTER
Reverse description Monument featuring Lady Justice above miniature busts of Reverends Thomas Bromley, Samuel Nichols, and Thomas F. Abbott. On the bottom of the monument are four miniature profiles: a person with their arms outstretched, one knelt on one knee while fishing, one walking to the left, and one holding a baby in the air
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering ETHIOPIA SHALL SOON STRETCH OUT HER HANDS UNTO GOD 68 PSALM 31 V DEO GLORIA ERECTED BY EMANCIPATED SONS OF AFRICA TO COMEMORATE THE BIRTH DAY OF THEIR FREEDOM AUG. 1. 1838. DAVIS. BIRM.
Mintage
Numisquare ID 4312837940
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