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Medal - Theodore Roosevelt Charles Edward Barber

Location United States
Year 1962
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Composition Bronze
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Reverse description Complex allegorical composition centered on a large five-pointed star in relief, surrounded by a border of small stars. At upper center, an American eagle with shield perches above a scroll bearing an inscription. To the upper left is a laureate Liberty Head bust; to the upper right a standing female figure (Pan-Pacific allegory) holding a cornucopia and a lyre. At lower left is a bust of Christopher Columbus, and at lower right a crowned queen's bust (Isabella quarter design). A cartouche at center reads ONE STELLA. The designers' credits T. JOHNSON and R. SCHABEL appear along the left and right rims respectively, with the letter B at bottom.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering CHARLES E. BARBER
THE SIXTH CHIEF ENGRAVER OF THE
U.S. MINT
MDCCCXL-MCMXVII
.... UNEXCELLED AS
A STEEL ENGRAVER.
HE CONTINUED HIS
FATHER'S WORK AND
DESIGNED MORE COINS
THAN ANY ARTIST...
ON THE OBVERSE IS
DEPICTED HIS SPLEN-
DID MEDALLIC OF
THEO. ROOSEVELT
ONE
STELLA
© 1962
COIN MEDALS T.JOHNSON
R. SCHABEL
B
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