1900 Abram Stevens Hewitt 78th Birthday Medal. Paris Mint. By Louis-Oscar Roty, published by Tiffany & Co. Bronze. About Uncirculated, Light Residue.68.5 mm. <strong>Obv:</strong> Bearded bust of Hewitt right in frock coat, the pioneering iron and steel industrialist, intimate of Peter Cooper, later New York reform mayor defeated by his own Nativist fervor in a largely Irish city. <strong>Rev:</strong> State Chamber of Commerce tribute to Hewitts role in promoting transit including subway, surface trolleys, and elevated railways. <strong>Edge:</strong> Marked TIFFANY & CO at 6 oclock.From the Dick Johnson Collection.
