Image Information
| Type | Medal |
| Title | Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York |
| Date | 1853 |
| Country | United States |
| Side | obverse |
| Composition | gold |
| Diameter | 51 mm |
| Weight | 86.1 gm |
| Description | Alan V. Weinberg comments: I've owned 3 or 4 of this established 1849 NY Benevolent Lifesaving gold medal by Lovett but this 1853, thick and deep yellow gold, is the earliest I've seen. As the years progressed, the gold planchets became thinner and likely a bit less pure until a superb gem 1906 I've owned was almost 1/2 the thickness of the 1852 and noticeably a paler gold than the deep yellow 1853. |
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| Image Collection | Alan V. Weinberg Collection (Lifesaving Medals) |