Baldwin & Sons
Argentum Auction Summer 2016 4 June 2016
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WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, LIBERIA, William V S Tubman (1895-1971), politician and 19th President of Liberia, uniface Circular Bronze Plaquette, signed "By Ardavast", bust three-quarters left wearing spectacles, DR WILLIAM V S TUBMAN – EIGHTEENTH [sic] PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, 168mm. Good very fine and very rare.
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman, the longest serving President of Liberia, was elected in 1944 and held the post till his death in 1971. The medallist is unknown to the cataloguers but the portrait is in many ways similar to that on the commemorative coinage for his 70th birthday in 1965, which was struck in Bern, Switzerland.
Estimate: £60-80
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman, the longest serving President of Liberia, was elected in 1944 and held the post till his death in 1971. The medallist is unknown to the cataloguers but the portrait is in many ways similar to that on the commemorative coinage for his 70th birthday in 1965, which was struck in Bern, Switzerland.
Estimate: £60-80