Lot 1543
1870 MA HK-13 SC$1. Pilgrim Jubilee Memorial. NGC graded MS-61. Deep multiple color toning on obverse. Trace of old cleaning. Silver plated on a copper planchet.
This medal was struck for a celebration sponsored and staged by Pilgrim Society, chartered in 1819. The Society organized "to. honor memory of Pilgrim Fathers. to procure. suitable lot for erection of a monument" to their "virtues, enterprise and unparalleled sufferings. First meeting held May 18, 1820; on the first Forefathers Day celebration, Dec. 21, 1820, Daniel Webster was principal speaker.
Obverse: Scene depicting Landing of Pilgrims; above Pilgrim Jubilee Memorial; below all 1620 / 1870; to l. of 1870 microscopic J. E. Ellis F; to r. microscopic A. C. Warren.
Reverse: Holy Bible within central wreath, bird above; above all "Whose Faith Follow"; below all microscopic J. E. E.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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