April 26, 2024
1962 BRENNER MEDAL+1909VDB CENT+UNIQUE SCULPTOR'S MODEL
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THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REPRESENT THE DESIGN BEGINNING AND FINAL MEDALLIC STRIKE OF THE BRENNER COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL.THE LARGE MODEL WAS PREPARED BY THE SCULPTOR ROBERT STEPHEN SCHABEL. IN THIS 12" DIAMETER FREE-HAND INTERPRETATION OF TOIVO JOHNSON'S DESIGN; HE BROUGHT OUT THE SIMPLE ORIGINS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND VICTOR BRENNER. THIS IS THE ONLY MODEL USED AND HAS BEEN IN MY COLLECTION SINCE RETURNED BY METAL ARTS CO. NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO. THIS MODEL WAS THE ORIGINAL AND THE HIGH RELIEF FEATURES WERE REDUCED MECHANICALLY TO PREPARE A 76mm. STEEL MASTER POSITIVE HUB, WHICH IN TURN WAS 'HUBBED' TO MAKE A NEGATIVE DIE TO STRIKE THIS MEDAL (BRIEF EXPLANATION). YOU WILL NOTE A CUSTOM MEDAL HOLDER WITH THE BRENNER MEDAL IN 76mm COPPER AND A 1909 VDB FIRST YEAR LINCOLN CENT IN NICE BROWN PATINA. THE HOLDER MEASURES ABOUT 5 X 8 INCHES, JUST TO SHOW THE RELATIVE SIZES THE BRENNER MEDAL WAS THE 2ND IN A SIX MEDAL SERIES. OTHERS WERE: ST GAUDENS, BARBER, GOBRECHT, EUAENETOS AND LONGACRE-MORGAN. THESE 76mm MEDALS WERE STRUCK IN .999 SILVER AND COPPER FROM 1961 TO 1964.
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