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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1215793, member: 19423&quot;]Thanks for the nice comments everyone.&nbsp; I posted the same post over on Collectors Universe and a few members there help me out with the following information.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;F&quot; which follows W Barber at the base of the obverse portrait stands for &quot;Fecit&quot; which means &quot;I made it&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the 1870 Elliott medal is listed in the book Medals of the U.S. Mint by Julian and is cataloged as AM-50.&nbsp; Accordingly, it is likely that the medal was not made by Tiffany &amp; Co., but was instead made by the U.S. Mint.&nbsp; It is probable that the box was purchased from Tiffany &amp; Co. for the presentation of the medals to the winners of the Academy exhibitions.&nbsp; The book also lists that examples of the AM-50 medal were made in both silver and bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2">Until today, I didn&#039;t even think of searching eBay for any other medals similar to my new purchase. Just so happens that a pair of First Prize and Second Prize medals from the same National Academy of Design are being auctioned right now and ending today. The medals are of a different design, with Suydam on the obverse but they are still dated 1870. The First Prize medal from the 1916 exhibition is silver and the Second Prize medal from the 1919 exhibition is bronze. Both medals were won by Maxwell Simpson and neither appears to come with any box. I don&#039;t know the seller and I&#039;m not a bidder, but here are the links if anyone would like to check them out:</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/330582377533" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/330582377533" rel="nofollow"><b><font size="2"><span style="color: #000080">First Prize 1916 Silver Medal</span></font></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/330582372024" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/330582372024" rel="nofollow"><b><font size="2"><span style="color: #000080">Second Prize 1919 Bronze Medal</span></font></b></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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