Currency/Medallions


John W. Snyder Commemorative Medal, c.1945

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00073
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00072-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

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.

Silver Benjamin Rush Commemorative Medal, c.1970

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00064
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00063, AC 00065-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Sterling silver medal featuring Benjamin Rush, name, and dates on obverse, and image of Rush at his desk with inscription on reverse, issued by Abbott Laboratories.

Roger Brooke Taney Commemorative Medal, 1969

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00062
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00061, AC 00063-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Silver medal featuring Roger Brooke Taney on the obverse side and his estate on the reverse, issued for the re-dedication of the estate in 1969.

James Buchanan Doré Coin, 1856

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00061
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00060, AC 00062-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

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.

Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal, 1929

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00076
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00075, AC 00077-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Plaster cast of medal with President Woodrow Wilson, produced in 1929 for the 50th anniversary of Wilson's graduation from Princeton University.

William Wood Gerhard Commemorative Medal, c.1925

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00077
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00076, AC 00078-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze medal featuring  an image of William Wood Gerhard and his birth and death dates on the front, with the words "THE PHILADELPHIA PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY HONORS ZEAL IN RESEARCH" on the back. 

Mendeleev Institute Medal, c.1995

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00078
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00077, AC 00079-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze medal commemorating the Mendeleev Institute featuring a bust of Dmitri Mendeleev against a table of elements on one side, and an inscription in Russian on the other which says "Order of Lenin and Order of the Red Banner of Labor" which the Institute was awarded by the Soviet Union. The medal was given to the College by the Institute, where Dickinson sent students to study during the early years of the Dickinson in Moscow Program.

James Buchanan Commemorative Medal

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00059
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058, AC 00060-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Silver commemorative medal featuring the profile of James Buchanan on the obverse side and Wheatland, Buchanan's house, on the reverse.

James Buchanan Presidential Coins

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00507
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

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.

Beta Delta Plaque, c.1960

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00103
Location
Shelf 2

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.