400th Anniversary of Christopher Columbus's Discovery of America — Bronze Medal — 1892

Updated on May 17: This has been sold.

On the front: The Head of Columbia wearing a cap. The word LIBERTY over the forehead and adorned with wheat-ears and flowers. Surrounded by a border of stars. On the bottom, the year 1892.

On the back: Christopher Columbus and his followers stepping ashore, with frightened locals under a palm tree, and the year 1492 in the bottom.

On the border: "DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN HONOR OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA . UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL."

Designed by Adolph Weyl
Engraved by Wilhelm Mayer (initials "WM" below Liberty's neck)
Produced in Stuttgart, Germany, for Wilhelm Mayer Metallwaren Fabrik

About the size of a quarter.

Includes the plastic display stand shown. (It's a little difficult to get open, so we'll ship the coin out of the case and you can assemble and use the case if you wish.)

Shipping: $10. Please allow two weeks for shipping.

Also available: "Journal and Other Documents of The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus" Special 500th Anniversary edition — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition