Watch List notes:

UNITED STATES:1904, bronze medal, Kreuger-14, Unc, 67mm, Commemorative Award Medal struck at the United States Mint, and designed by Adolph A. Weinman, VNIVERSAL LOUISIANA EXPOSITION SAINT LOVIS VNITED STATES OF AMERICA, two standing female figures. The taller is Columbia, arms spread wide holding the United States. The youthful maiden represents the Louisiana Purchase Territory. Emblematic of her reception into the union, the maiden is divesting herself of the cloak of France, the material decorated with bees, the emblem of Napoleon. In the background is the rising sun, marking the dawn of a new era of progress to the nation, date MCMIV below // eagle over architectural tablet with inscription SILVER MEDAL / LOVISIANA PVRCHASE / EXPOSITION, two dolphins symbolizing the nation's eastern and western ocean boundaries frame the tablet on the sides, in original red velvet box of issue embossed UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION / 1904 / SAINT LOUIS. The Saint Louis Award Medal is one of Weinman's earliest commissions for a struck medal, and one that made him justifiably famous. It is the second lowest mintage of the five Award Medals given by the Exposition Jury, only the "Grand Prize" medal has fewer struck. Weinman is remembered as the designer of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar and the "Mercury" dime along with various medals for the Armed Services of the United States.

Estimate: 100-150 USD