CNG 100, Lot: 1171. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. AV Medal (76mm, 233.4 g, 12h). Centennial of the Archdiocese of New York. By J. Roine for the Medallic Art Company, New York. Dually dated 1808 and 1908. + · CARD · ABP · M^CCLOSKY + ABP · M · CORRIGAN · + · ABP · J · hVGhЄS · +/ · BP · J · DVBOIS · + · BP · CONCANЄN · O · P · + · BP · CONNOLLY · O · P, busts of bishops R. Luke Concanen, John Connolly, and John Dubois, and archbishops John Hughes, John McCloskey, Michael Corrigan around central medallion bearing bust of archbishop John Farley, with legend JOhN · M · FARLЄY *ABP * within wreath ornamented with cross; dove above / ThЄ · ЄSTABLIShMЄNT OF · ThЄ · DIOCЄSЄ OF · NЄW · YORK, view of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, two additional churches in bacgrkound; all within wreath adorned with ecclesiastic coats-of-arms; 1808 1908 below. Superb EF, matte surfaces. In original case of issue. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.