Description: 1892 NJ HK-627 SO-CALLED DOLLAR PHILLIPSBURG COLUMBIAN CELEBRATION NGC MS 64 BN THERE ARE ONLY (7) MS 65 BN'S AND (1) MS 66 BN LISTED AS FINER IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 3/2024. JEFF SHEVLIN HAD AN NGC GRADED MS 63 BN EXAMPLE IN ONE OF HIS PRICE LISTS FOR $275.00. PHILLIPSBURG COLUMBIAN CELEBRATION 1892, PHILLIPSBURG, NJ. ALSO CATALOGUED AS EGLIT-309A. Obv. Statue; above Columbus; below statue Souvenir Medal; at l. border 1492, at r. border 1892 Rev. Male bust facing part r.; above Rev. R. E. Burke, Rector; upper border legend Sts. Phillip & James Church; below bust Oct. 12 1892 / Phillipsburg, N. J. On August 16, 1892, a group of parishioners of St. Philip and St. James Church, Phillipsburg, NJ met with their pastor, Father Emmett Burke, at his request, to decide how to raise the necessary funds to purchase a statue of Christopher Columbus. The statue was to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the landing of Columbus on San Salvador on October 12, 1492. The committee decided to have medals cast and to sell then for $1.00 each to finance the purchase and installation of the statue. Nathan I. Eglit has described the medallions in COLUMBIANA in the following manner: "#309. Landing of Columbus. Inscription above: 400th anniversary of the Discovery of America.Below:Oct 1492-Oct 1892.Center: Full statue of Columbus holding a globe in his left hand and calipers in his right hand, mounted on a base.Reverse Smooth faced. Above: Sts. Philip and James Church. Rev. R.E.Burke, Rector.Below: Oct. 12, 1892. Phillipsburg, NJWhite metal, 38mm. Storer 236.309A. Similar. Copper." The image stands on a nine-ton granite base measuring five feet by five feet. The massive stone was donated by Shanley Bros., Newark, NJ contractors, and carved by J. J. Masterson of Phillipsburg. The stone was taken out of the Goat Hill Quarry near Lambertville. Ex-Assemblyman S.B. Mutchler dressed it and the stone bears the inscription in gold letters: 1492--COLUMBUS-1892. MY NGC REGISTRY SET "BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS" WAS VOTED AS THE BEST CUSTOM SET FOR 2018 BY THE NGC REGISTRY AWARDS. I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND THANKS TO NGC FOR THIS HONOR. PLEASE BE ASSURED OF A FLAWLESS AND EASY TRANSACTION BY MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK WHILE SELLING MANY NUMISMATIC ITEMS IN THE PAST 20 YEARS. I WILL BE LISTING MANY MORE EXONUMIA ITEMS IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING MANY SO-CALLED DOLLARS, DEWITT LISTED POLITICAL CAMPAIGN MEDALS, AND OTHER UNITED STATES HISTORIC MEDALS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY LISTINGS TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
Price: 375 USD
Location: Seguin, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-05T22:47:06.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Type: So-Called Dollar
Composition: Bronze
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
