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Currency/Medallions
Round, sterling silver medal on black ribbon engraved with image of basketball player and “Dickinson College Champions 1917.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00561
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 0022-00225, etc.)
Subject: Athletics, Award Medals
Format: Currency/Medallions
Small gold medal for the Belles Lettres Society Sophomore Prize for Oratory won by Montgomery Porter Sellers in 1891.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00167
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00161 - AC 00180)
Subject: Literary Societies, Oratorical Contests, Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
A Belles Lettres gold medal engraved with the society's symbol and motto, hung from a black crepe ribbon. This medal was awarded to Edgar Rohrer Heckman for winning the Sophomore Oratorical contest in 1895.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00189
Location: Shelf 17 (housed with 00190-00193)
Subject: Award Medals, Oratorical Contests, Literary Societies
Format: Currency/Medallions
Silver platter with ornate trim inscribed with the recipients for the “Highest Scholarship on campus, Beta Delta, 1958-1960". This is possibly referring to the Beta Delta chapter of the Phi Mu sorority, which existed at Dickinson at that time.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00103
Location: Shelf 2
Subject: Greek Life, Honors and Awards, Plaque
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze medal featuring Benjamin Rush, name, and dates on obverse, and image of Rush at his desk with inscription on reverse, issued by Abbott Laboratories.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00065
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Three award medals from the Dickinson College Center for Public Speaking.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00458
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Oratorical Contests
Format: Currency/Medallions
A certificate mounted in a gold frame listing the date, medals and position awarded to Thomas Edward Munce, Jr. for his service in World War II. Under the crest printed in orange, the text reads "The Under-Secretary of State for War presents his compliments and by Command of the Army Council has the honour to transmit the enclosed Awards granted for service during the war of 1939-45. 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, with 8th Army Clasp, Italy Star, War Medal, 1939-1945." This item belonged to Thomas Edward Munce, Jr., class of 1939.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2005.5_2
Location: Shelf 34
Subject: certificate, Award Medals, Military, World War II
Format: Currency/Medallions, Ephemera
A gold medallion in a wooden base labelled "Christopher Award Philip Capice 1978." The back has the inscription "Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." Capice is a member of the Class of 1952.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_10
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 3)
Subject: Film Award, Honors and Awards
Format: Currency/Medallions
Smaller copper medal featuring West College on obverse with Susanna Wesley and son John on reverse; larger copper medal featuring John Wesley and inscriptions, both produced for centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00084
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Methodist Church, West College (Old West)
Format: Currency/Medallions
A silver tarnished star shaped medallion with white, blue, and green enamel attached to a faded blue ribbon. Awarded to Charles M. Steese (class of 1907) for his service in the aftermath of World War I.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2002.4_3
Location: Shelf 32
Subject: Award Medals, Military, World War I
Format: Currency/Medallions
Oval, brass medallion with an engraving of Old West on the front and the name "Bob Weinstein '50" on the back.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00822
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00414)
Subject: Founder's Society, Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze medal with President Harry S. Truman on obverse and the White House on the reverse. Produced by the U.S. Mint in honor of his presidency.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00071
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold medallion in a wooden case with an English and French inscription. Opposite the medallion is a note indicating that Raphael Farber, Director General of the Israel Ministry of Tourism, presented this award to Philip Capice (Class of 1952) in 1982.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_14
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 4)
Subject: Honors and Awards, Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
Large bronze medal featuring James Buchanan's profile and “1857” on obverse, issued by the U. S. Mint. The reverse side of the medal features a farmer leaning on a plow, talking with a Native American Chief while an American flag flies in the background. Gift of Dan Bechtel, class of 1975.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00060
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Two gold coins commemorating President James Buchanan's birth place.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00735
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00607)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold one dollar James Buchanan presidential commemorative coin released by the US mint in August 2010.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00607 and AC 00887
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00059-00063)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Silver commemorative medal featuring the profile of James Buchanan on the obverse side and Wheatland, Buchanan's house, on the reverse.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00059
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze coin featuring James Buchanan bust and “No Sectionalism” on obverse and symbol for 31 states on reverse, issued for the 1856 presidential campaign. Donated by Boyd Lee Spahr, class of 1900, in 1960.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00061
Location: Shelf 3
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Political Campaign, Politics
Format: Currency/Medallions
Two Presidential commemorative coins (one silver, one gold) featuring James Buchanan in profile on the front with the dates of his term in office and a picture of the White House on the reverse.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00507
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze medal with Jeremiah Atwater and Middlebury College symbols, produced for the 150th anniversary of Middlebury in 1950. Atwater was President of Dickinson from 1809 to 1815.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00074
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Anniversaries
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold metal medallion featuring the profile of a bust of a man embossed in the center. Around the bust is the embossed text that reads "JOHN DREW MAR-XXII MDCCCLXXIII-MCMXXIII".
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2012.12_4
Location: Shelf 34
Subject: Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This original solid gold medal was presented to the college, along with 18 gold plated replica medals, by John Yeagley. The replicas were meant to be presented to future Glover Lecturers. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00067
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507)
Subject: Honors and Awards, John Glover Award
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This gold plated replica medal was presented to the college, along with an original solid gold medal and 17 other gold plated replica medals, by John Yeagley. The replicas were meant to be presented to future Glover Lecturers. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00068
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Honors and Awards, John Glover Award
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This medal presented to Edward Uhler Condon in 1962. It was returned to the college by the American Philosophical Society in 1974 after Edward Condon's death. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00069
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507)
Subject: Honors and Awards, John Glover Award
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze Medal with bust of John W. Snyder, inscription, and treasury seal. Produced by the U.S. Mint. John W. Snyder was the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman. Snyder delivered an address during the 1949 commencement exercises and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00073
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
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