Name/Title
Pony Express 21st Commemorative Coin-Medal, Photos, 1967Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.384Description
Pony Express 21st Commemorative Coin-Medal, Photos, 1967. Photograph (b/w), closeup and full views in box, of commemorative coin proofs by National Commemorative Society.
96.1P.384-387 = "Platinum Proof No. 1. The Pony Express Coin-Medal. Twenty-First Commemorative Privately-Struck by the National Commemorative Society. Sculptured by Michael Lantz." Coin depicts rider with gun in his hand, looking backward, from his galloping horse. Pony Express, 1860-1861.
96.1P.388-390 = "Platinum Proof No. 1. The Pony Express Coin-Medal. Twenty-First Commemorative Privately-Struck by the National Commemorative Society. Sculptured by Michael Lantz." Coin depicts rider with gun in his hand, looking backward, from his galloping horse, against mountain background, a stream running in center of coin. He is shooting at an Indian on horseback, who is shooting an arrow. 1996 miles 10 day, NCS, 1966.Made/Created
Date made
1967Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express CoinsProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by SJM staff photographer.
