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COFFIN, G.Y.  (fl 1871) designer.
          Coffin was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department.

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1871 Robinson (George Foster) Congressional Medal (designed
          by Coffin, engraved by Anthony C. Paquet). Julian PE-27, Loubat 80
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 29:1058; PCA 64:630
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. .  1988.124.286
          Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . .  342:52
          Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . 304
          Illustrated: MA1 {1988} Stahl, Medal In America, p .  86

          L   I   S   T     M   E   D   A   L   S

1871 Robinson (George Foster) Congressional Medal .  List 634
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 33:1205
          Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 136
          Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 136

          C  O  L  L  E  C  T  I  O  N  S

C4  {1912} Comparette 52, p 342.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

M2  {1878} Loubat 80, p 430-433; (Loubat omitted bio).
M25 {1965} U.S. Mint 634, p 257.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 81.
M37 {1977} Julian PE-27, p 219.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 25.
MA1 {1988} Stahl (Alan M. editor)  The Medal In America: ∙Cornelius Vermeule 
          "Medallic and Marble Memorials; Mint to Mausoleum in Victorian America," p 84-86.
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