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Alias: Maine.
Occasion: To help defray cost of Maine Centennial Celebration, Portland.
Designs: State arms: moose couchant, behind him a pine tree; supporters, Agriculture with scythe, Commerce with anchor; crest, the Blazing Star with motto DIRIGO, 'I lead.' Rev.. wreath of some kind of long-leaf pine; Maine = "Pine Trcc State." The moose apparently alludes to the fur trade, the pine tree the lumber industry; the scythe suggests some aboveground crops (potatoes would have been harder to emblematize). the anchor Maine's fisheries and lobster trappers. Devices were apparently prescribed by the Centennial Commission, modeled by Anthony de Francisci. altered by Morgan and/or Sinnock.
Authorizing Act: May 10, 1920,
Mintage: Authorized. 100.000; coined, [50,000 + 28 assay]. They were sold through much of 1921. by the State Treasurer, long after the celebration ended.
Profs: Matte finish; forgeries exist, authentication mandatory.
Grader r to UNC. The public spent many, mishandled many others. Central details on moose and pine tree were flat in the original model, no better even on proofs (Swiatek-Breen, p. 150). Faces arc always weak.
First Wear Points: Hands adjacent to shield; bow knot.
Occasion: To help defray cost of Maine Centennial Celebration, Portland.
Designs: State arms: moose couchant, behind him a pine tree; supporters, Agriculture with scythe, Commerce with anchor; crest, the Blazing Star with motto DIRIGO, 'I lead.' Rev.. wreath of some kind of long-leaf pine; Maine = "Pine Trcc State." The moose apparently alludes to the fur trade, the pine tree the lumber industry; the scythe suggests some aboveground crops (potatoes would have been harder to emblematize). the anchor Maine's fisheries and lobster trappers. Devices were apparently prescribed by the Centennial Commission, modeled by Anthony de Francisci. altered by Morgan and/or Sinnock.
Authorizing Act: May 10, 1920,
Mintage: Authorized. 100.000; coined, [50,000 + 28 assay]. They were sold through much of 1921. by the State Treasurer, long after the celebration ended.
Profs: Matte finish; forgeries exist, authentication mandatory.
Grader r to UNC. The public spent many, mishandled many others. Central details on moose and pine tree were flat in the original model, no better even on proofs (Swiatek-Breen, p. 150). Faces arc always weak.
First Wear Points: Hands adjacent to shield; bow knot.
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