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Coin, Commemorative

Object number2008.44.4 a-e

Manufacturer Vernon-Benshoff Company

Date1949

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumPlastic; brass; paper; ink

Credit LineIn memory of Allan E. Walker and William Comer

DescriptionCommemorative coin with informational card, and original box with tissue lining.Dimensions(a) Height: 1 ; Length: 3.125 ; Width: 3.125
(b) W: 3 ; L: 6
(c) (folded, as in box) W: 3.25 ; L: 9.25
(d) H: 1 ; W: 3.5 ; L: 3.625
(e) H: 1 ; W: 3.25 ; L: 3.25
Inscriptions(a)
Coin obverse: woman's helmet with "LIBERTY" embossed on it; "1849".

Brass rectangular label below coin, "1849 [shield with banner] 1949 / JOSEPH HORNE CO."

Back of coin: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT".

(c)
Blue print throughout: image of plant with "JHCO", J & H superimposed above image of shield with banner across; at top left corner of shield: "1849", at lower right corner of shield: "1949", on banner, "CENTENNIAL".
Marks(b)
At bottom of card: "Vernon-Benshoff Co., PGH."

Blue print. Front: "A word about your / CENTENNIAL MEMENTO / JOSEPH HORNE CO."

Inside writing about the coin's history; explains the coin "is mounted in / crystal-clear Vernonite, an acrylic plastic." and follows with care instructions.
Historical NotesCommemorative centennial coin souvenir from Horne's Department Store. Part of a collection from Horne's Department Store collected by donors George R. and Mary E. Wazenegger when Horne's was taken over by Lazarus in 1994. The Joseph Horne Company, often referred to simply as Horne's, was a regional department store chain based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The chain ceased operations in 1994, when Federated Department Stores acquired Horne's remaining ten stores and merged them with its Lazarus division, completely ceasing all operations of any store under the Horne's name. Several of the former Horne's stores operating as Lazarus were closed in 1998. Those that remained eventually became known as "Lazarus-Macy's" and in 2006 were joined with Kaufmann's in the nationwide Macy's consolidation.

Related institution Joseph Horne Company (1849 - 1994)

Collector George R. Wazenegger

Collector Mary E. Wazenegger

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