Bidspirit auction | (NUMISMATICS). Isidore Konti. Bronze Medal.

(NUMISMATICS). Isidore Konti. Bronze Medal. Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States. Dimensions: 186.39 g, 76.10 mm. 1905. Obverse: COMMEMORATING THE 250 ANNIVERSARY OF THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES., Isidore Konti S.C. Standing personification of Justice with seated Liberty triumphing over Intolerance. Reverse: 'Freedom is Heaven-born, Justice and Righteousness are the Foundations of her Throne' [Hebrew]. History stands, inscribing the anniversary dates 1655-1905. “In 1654 a ship from Recife, Brazil, carrying Jewish refugees of Spanish and Portuguese descent, reached the shores of New Amsterdam. The following year, thanks to the intervention of the Dutch West India Company, they were allowed stay as permanent residents in the city. 250 years later, the Jewish sculptor Isidor Konti was commissioned to design a medal celebrating the anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States. 286 bronze medals were struck for the occasion.” (MFA Boston).