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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8208143, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1969 Augustus Saint-Gaudens</b></font></p><p><b>New Hampshire Statehood</b></p><p><b>Medallic Art Co.</b></p><p><b>Bronze Medal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1439194[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Like most of my president and statehood Medallic Art Co. medals they reside in a small box and some have accompanying literature.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1439195[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus Saint-Gaudens began his artistic career as an apprentice cameo cutter in his teens. He immigrated from Ireland.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A cameo bracelet he cut.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439204[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He sculpted many beautiful and famous statues, busts and medallions over his lifetime.</p><p>Most coin collectors admire the Ten Dollar Indian and Twenty Dollar Double Eagle and consider them a pair of the most beautiful United States coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439192[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439193[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am fortunate to own two graded example in MS63 for my type set.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a large silver medal of Diana the Huntress. These don&#039;t show up very often.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439190[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1975 rather scarce sterling medal from the Treasures of American Art set of 100 medals.</p><p>It has an image of a beautiful sculpture of the famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diana – also known as Diana of the Tower – is an iconic statue by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.</p><p>The first version was destroyed by fire and what was left of the top half was either lost or discarded. I wouldn&#039;t mind finding that!</p><p>Once a famous New York City landmark, the second version stood atop the tower of Madison Square Garden from 1893 to 1925. Since 1932, it has been in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature in Roman mythology, associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy.</p><p>Diana was known as the virgin goddess of childbirth and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, along with Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry.</p><p>Oak groves and deer were especially sacred to her. Diana was born with her twin brother, Apollo, on the island of Delos, daughter of Jupiter and Latona. She made up a triad with two other Roman deities; Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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