KERSHAW, James M. (active 1854-59) electrotyper, hand engraver, Saint Louis.
Artist's name may be spelled "Kenshaw" (and according
to Joseph Levine, signed the Grant Medal below thusly),
however he spelled his son's name Kershaw on a medal
he engraved in his honor.
C A M P A I G N M E D A L S
1881 Grant (Ulysses S.) Old Guard 36 Ballots
Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWitt USG 1880-5
Auctions:. . . . . . PCA 46:167, PCA 58:287, PCA 70:266,
PCA 71:206
M E D A L S
1879-80 Kershaw (J.M.) Medal [hand engraved by Kershaw
in honor of his son, for whom it is named, Dr. J.
Martine Kershaw] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Illustrated: Missouri Jour of Num 15:1 (July 1990) p 21
T O K E N S
1850ca Saint Louis Post Office Check (signed by Kershaw
on rev; other makers exist). . Miller Mo 32, Rulau Mo 32
A R C H I V E S
Mss Smith (Pete) Private Mints in North America.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 484 (3 lines).
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1831.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
S11 {1959} DeWitt USG 1880-5, p 471.
Px {1990} Pfefferkorn (Michael G.) The 1879-1880 Kershaw Medal. Missouri Journal of Numismatics 15:1
(July 1990) pp 21-23, illus.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 192; Mo 32, p 236.
Artist's name may be spelled "Kenshaw" (and according
to Joseph Levine, signed the Grant Medal below thusly),
however he spelled his son's name Kershaw on a medal
he engraved in his honor.
C A M P A I G N M E D A L S
1881 Grant (Ulysses S.) Old Guard 36 Ballots
Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWitt USG 1880-5
Auctions:. . . . . . PCA 46:167, PCA 58:287, PCA 70:266,
PCA 71:206
M E D A L S
1879-80 Kershaw (J.M.) Medal [hand engraved by Kershaw
in honor of his son, for whom it is named, Dr. J.
Martine Kershaw] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Illustrated: Missouri Jour of Num 15:1 (July 1990) p 21
T O K E N S
1850ca Saint Louis Post Office Check (signed by Kershaw
on rev; other makers exist). . Miller Mo 32, Rulau Mo 32
A R C H I V E S
Mss Smith (Pete) Private Mints in North America.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 484 (3 lines).
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1831.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
S11 {1959} DeWitt USG 1880-5, p 471.
Px {1990} Pfefferkorn (Michael G.) The 1879-1880 Kershaw Medal. Missouri Journal of Numismatics 15:1
(July 1990) pp 21-23, illus.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 192; Mo 32, p 236.