1914 Commercial Tercentenary of New York Presentation Medal. By Tiffany & Co. Bronze. About Uncirculated.77.4 mm. <strong>Obv:</strong> Dutch merchants purchasing Manhattan from Native Americans for a trunk of beads, legend THE / COMMERCIAL / TERCENTENARY / OF NEWYORK 1614 1914 above. <strong>Rev:</strong> Modern Manhattan skyline, five shields, plaque at top inscribed to recipient W.W.C. WILSON, signed TIFFANY & CO. along the lower right border. <strong>Edge:</strong> Marked BRONZE / M at 7 oclock. Wilson, a native of Canada, was a noted coin collector of the period whose collection was cataloged by Wayte Raymond and sold in 1925-1927 by Anderson Galleries.From the Dick Johnson Collection.
