Phillips.] QQ* [Oct.*, 



wet; thai on the right, a spear. Inscription, Nederland 12 mki 1849^ 

 exergue, Je mainliendrai. 



Reverse, a female uncovering a male portrait before a throne, and a 

 kneeling female inscribes upon tablet xxv Jaar. Inscription, Nederland 

 12 mki 1874; exergue, Jubilceum. 



A fine bronze medal exhibits a beautiful laureated bead of Napoleon 

 within a wreath tied with ribbands on which are inscribed, Wagram, Tivoli, 

 Pyramids, Marengo, Luneville, Amiens, Codes, Lejion d'konneur, Auster- 

 ! it:, .lean, Tilsit, Simplon. 



Reverse, a view of tin; Island of St. Helena, with ships in t lie foreground, 

 setting sun to right, eagle on branch in air. Inscription, II MOCRUT BUR 

 UN uociier. Exergue, lie Ste Helene. 5 Mai 1821. 



A gilt medal bears on obverse, a male bust in costume of the fourteenth 

 century and inscription, Joan Galeatius vice com. a ftxdamentis ix- 



CUOAVIT AN. MCCCLXXXVI. 



Reverse, the Cathedral at Milan with the inscription, Latus, eccl. 



METROP. MEDIOLANI. 



A bronze medal bears on the obverse a Cathedral with date in exergue, 

 1342—1516. Inscription, Dek Vater prommer Sinn rief men ins leijex. 

 Reverse, the rear of the same building in a ruined, incomple:e condition ; 

 in exergue, zcrstort am 7 Mai 1812. Inscription, Vereinte kraft wird 



WURDIG DICII ERHEBEN. 



A white metal medal, on obverse an unfinished Cathedral with date in 

 exergue, 1242. Inscription, as follows : 



Das alte Coi.n hat einst gegrundet 

 Dies Wundervolle Gottesuaus ; 



Reverse, the same finished with inscription, 



Dock Deutschland hat rich jetzt verbundet 

 Und baut mit Gottes Hulp' es ads. 



Exergue, the date 1842. 



Mr. Isaac F. Wood, of New York city, has presented to the Numismatic 

 and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, a number of medals in white 

 metal and copper, issued by himself commemorative of various events, and 

 which have been placed in the exhibition. One of Haverford College 

 (Series B. No. 2), bears on the obverse a well executed head of William 

 Penn, with an inscription, and on the reverse a view of the college build- 

 ing. Another bears on the obverse the head of Washington in a keystone 

 with dates 1732-1799; on the reverse, the inscription, "Washington, fit 

 keystone in the triumphal arch which spans the nation's century.' 1 



Another (Series C, No. 4), has on the obverse the head of Washington 

 surrounded by the inscription, " The lover of peace he espoused the sword 

 for the colonies' birthright. 1775 — KM! years —1875 ; " reverse, a repre- 

 sentation of a house and trees with inscription, " The Washington Elm, 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts; June 3d, 1875. Centennial Celebration." 



Another bears the head of Washington with the inscription, "True, and 



