ARGENTINA, Republic. 1816-present. Cast AR Plaquette (60x90mm, 154.00 g, 12h). Issues with designs related to Motherhood. Municipal Savings & Loan Bank. By Erensto de la Cárcova (1866-1927). Dated 1909.

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The Monica J. Kern Collection of Motherhood Art Medals, Silver

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ARGENTINA, Republic. 1816-present. Cast AR Plaquette (60x90mm, 154.00 g, 12h). Issues with designs related to Motherhood. Municipal Savings & Loan Bank. By Erensto de la Cárcova (1866-1927). Dated 1909. Poor woman with child at side receives loan from personification of Bank standing slightly to left, while pushing away dejected money lender; artist’s signature to lower right / Child seated left putting coin in savings bank; artist’s signature to right; BANCO / MUNICIPAL / DE PRÉSTAMOS / CAJA DE AHORROS in two lines on tablet with bank emblem in center; INAUGURACION DEL NUEVO EDIFICIO /1878 - 1909/PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA/DR. JOSÉ FIGUEROA ALCORTA/INTENDENTE MUNICIPAL/MANUEL J. GÜIRALDES/DIRECTORIO/PRESIDENTE ENRIQUE PEÑA/VLES. JOSÉ G. BALCARCE - JOAQUIN J. VEDOYA/ANTONIO M. LYNCH - EMILIO ZORRAQUIN/DIRECTOR GERENTE ANGEL J. BERGEIRE in eleven lines below. Edge: PLATA. Toned, some marks. EF. Includes photographs with information attached.

From the Monica J. Kern Collection of Motherhood Art Medals.

CNG is pleased to present the Monica J. Kern Collection of Motherhood Art Medals. This collection offers a number of interesting items that depict the various aspects of Motherhood, including some that may not be obvious at first glance. Because of her role as nurturer, the mother has been an important cultural and artistic tropes throughout human history. While many of these medals feature the Madonna, the symbol of the True Mother, they also depict the State as mother, in political, social, and economic aspects. Finally, those showing mother and child demonstrate the fundamental bond commemorated by Mother’s Day. For a more detailed discussion, see A. Hamlin, “Nurturing in Numismatics,” ANS Magazine (Winter 2010), pp. 24-35.

Monica J. Kern was born in 1961 in Seattle, Washington, but spent most of her childhood in Garden Grove, California. She obtained her B.A. in psychology from the University of Riverside of California in 1983. She earned her Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University in 1987, where she worked under the supervision of Robert Rosenthal on the topic of interpersonal expectancy effects. She then joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky, where she published over 50 scholarly articles and book chapters, and edited books on the topics of expectancy effects, meta-analysis, and bullying and peer victimization. After 25 years she retired and enjoyed the next 7 years devoting her time to family, quiz bowl team coaching and other life goals. She always said her proudest achievement was raising her two children, Athena and Isaac Kern and her stepdaughter Dr. Larissa Hufnagel. Her love of family is exemplified in her personal collection of medallic art celebrating motherhood. Monica had hobbies and passions besides a career in academia and dedication to family. She was an avid runner in her 20s and would routinely place in her age group in local races. Her proudest moment running was qualifying for the Boston marathon with a time of 3'33".

Monica also enjoyed writing. She served as a community columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader for a year, and she always liked to joke that more people read and appreciated her opinion columns than any of her highly specialized scholarly research articles. Monica also wrote a weekly editorial column for the Appalachian News Express from 2011-2012, and in 2014 her writing for the ANE won third place in the Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers award given by the Kentucky Press Association, for the "Best Column" category in a multi-weekly newspaper. She was also a member of the Amazon Vine program, wherein she was offered free products in exchange for writing useful and informative product reviews. At the time of her death she was ranked in the top 350 nationally. One of her main passions in life was music, both listening to and playing. She actually constructed and taught a psychology course entitled "Your brain on music". She indulged a midlife crisis and accomplished one of her long held dreams by buying a grand piano and learning how to play it. Many of her performances are on Youtube entitled "PianoMonica". She particularly loved the music of Ludovico Einaudi and traveled around the world to hear him play live in concert. She is survived by her two children and her husband Jonathan K. Kern who she assisted at dozens of coin shows throughout their 24 year marriage.

Rest in peace Monica, we miss you and will love you always.

Jonathan K. Kern, her husband

Closing Date and Time: 22 April 2020 at 13:20:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.