Heraldic Art Medals
1965 Eli Whitney


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Set Details
Coin Description:
Grade: NGC MS 69
Owner: Don "Smitty" Smith
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Heraldic Art Medals
Slot Name: 1965 Eli Whitney
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

The origional selling price of the early sterling silver medals was $2.95 for single pieces or $5.50 per pair. The obverse design on this medal features "The sculptor's conception of the tranquility and appeal of the islandspictures a singing native girl in traditional grass skirt and lei, with rolling surf in foreground and lush mountains in the distance. Framing the scene are flora representing the main elements of the Hawattan economy: blossoming sugar cane at the lower left, pineapple plant at the right; above, paln branches and lei blossoms represent the importance of tourist visitations. Legend surrounding: HAWAII ADMITTED TO THE UNION . 1959." The reverse has "Hawaiian Liberty" (one oftwo figures which support the shield of the Hawaiian coat-of-arms....the other is King Kamehameha I, as shown on the Hawaii-Cook Sesquicentennial half dollar of 1928, from the statue at Honolulu holding her Hawaiian flag, with Union Jack canton for the English discoverers and the red, white and blue stripes for America. She displays a starfish, emblematic of the fiftieth star in the United States flag.In the field are the principal aslands. Legend above: HAWAII/FIFTIETH STATE: below, the Hawaiian motto UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONO, noble words of liberal Kamehameha III, "The life of the land is perpetuated by righteousness".

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