Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal Tom Thumb
| Location | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Year | 1844 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Pewter |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | CHARLES S. STRATTON. KNOWN AS GENL TOM THUMB. 25 IN. HIGH. ALLEN&MOORE F: BIRM. 1844 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE QUEEN AND COURT OF ENGLAND GENL TOM THUMB BORN JAN: 11. 1832 AT BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT U.S.A. AT HIS BIRTH HE WEIGHED 9LB 2OZ AND WAS A HANDSOME, HEARTY, AND PROMISING BOY. HE INCREASED IN SIZE AND WEIGHT TILL 7 MONTHS OLD, AND THEN WEIGHED 15LB AND MEASURED 25IN, SINCE WHICH TIME HE HAS NOT INCREASED IN SIZE OR WEIGHT IS PERFECT AND ELEGANT IN HIS PROPORTIONS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN GOOD HEALTH. PUB: BY P.T. BARNUM. AMERICAN MUSEUM NEW YORK. 1844 |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |