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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4545427, member: 17073"]“Miss Gertrude K. Lathrop, of Albany, NY provided the following description for her design:</p><p><br /></p><p>'In 1938 New Rochelle will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding. It was settled in 1688 by French Huguenots from La Rochelle, France. One year later a tract of 6,000 acres, the land upon which New Rochelle now stands, was sold by John Pell to Jacob Leisler, who was for a short time Governor of New York. Leisler was commissioned by these French Huguenots to obtain the land. One of the conditions of the sale was that Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assigns, should give to John Pell his heirs and assigns Lords of the said Mannor of Pelham. . . as an Acknowledgement to the said Manor one fatte calfe on every fouer and twentyth day of June Yearly and Every years forever (if demanded).’</p><p><br /></p><p>The city was incorporated in 1899.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse of the coin is shown a protesting calf being delivered in payment of this debt. The model for the calf was found on the Kenwood farm of Parker Corning, Representative in Congress last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The design for the reverse shows a modern interpretation of the old conventionalized form of fleur-de-lis which has been a symbol of France since 1180. It appears on the shield of La Rochelle, from which the settlers came, and also on the shield of the city of New Rochelle.</p><p><br /></p><p>The commission to make the designs for the coin was given after the New Rochelle Commemorative Coin Committee, of which Pitt M. Skipton is chairman, had seen the Albany coins. The models were approved February 25th by the Secretary of the Treasury, and they are now at the Mint in Philadelphia.’”<b>6</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>6. The Numismatist, New Rochelle Commemorative Half Dollar, April, 1937, p. 305.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4545427, member: 17073"]“Miss Gertrude K. Lathrop, of Albany, NY provided the following description for her design: 'In 1938 New Rochelle will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding. It was settled in 1688 by French Huguenots from La Rochelle, France. One year later a tract of 6,000 acres, the land upon which New Rochelle now stands, was sold by John Pell to Jacob Leisler, who was for a short time Governor of New York. Leisler was commissioned by these French Huguenots to obtain the land. One of the conditions of the sale was that Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assigns, should give to John Pell his heirs and assigns Lords of the said Mannor of Pelham. . . as an Acknowledgement to the said Manor one fatte calfe on every fouer and twentyth day of June Yearly and Every years forever (if demanded).’ The city was incorporated in 1899. On the obverse of the coin is shown a protesting calf being delivered in payment of this debt. The model for the calf was found on the Kenwood farm of Parker Corning, Representative in Congress last year. The design for the reverse shows a modern interpretation of the old conventionalized form of fleur-de-lis which has been a symbol of France since 1180. It appears on the shield of La Rochelle, from which the settlers came, and also on the shield of the city of New Rochelle. The commission to make the designs for the coin was given after the New Rochelle Commemorative Coin Committee, of which Pitt M. Skipton is chairman, had seen the Albany coins. The models were approved February 25th by the Secretary of the Treasury, and they are now at the Mint in Philadelphia.’”[B]6[/B] [B]6. The Numismatist, New Rochelle Commemorative Half Dollar, April, 1937, p. 305.[/B][/QUOTE]
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