From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10749 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Monday, February 20 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10749 Today's Subjects: ----------------- NASA: US To Face 100 Years Of Mega Drought! ["Survival Life" Subject: NASA: US To Face 100 Years Of Mega Drought! NASA: US To Face 100 Years Of Mega Drought! http://monstery.us/lBPYpku-HvlhMX5oFTBWpsAwz3-kh_tYFNTW35vn2iGXW_lSog http://monstery.us/HB9V_DwstuoLgfhjJZyoURAINFUx7ngMYNf6wP77ezlTxsJMNA n April 1936, with the bill still before Congress, the Wisconsin Centennial Commission selected David Parsons, a local art student, to design the coin, dictating that the seal of Wisconsin Territory be used for one side, and a badger for the other. The models were poorly executed and in very high relief; they were rejected by the Bureau of the Mint. The Commission asked for the name of a suitable artist, and the Treasury Department referred the issue to the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), which then recruited New York sculptor Benjamin Hawkins. The CFA was charged by a 1921 executive order by President Harding with rendering advisory opinions on public artworks, including coins. On May 14, 1936, the CFA chair, Charles Moore, wrote to Hawkins informing him of the Centennial Commission's requirements and enclosing a copy of the territorial seal. He told Hawkins that the Centennial Commission expected the work to be done within three weeks. Hawkins submitted the finished models to the Mint on June 3, 1936, which were approved by the CFA two days later. The models were reduced to coin-size hubs by the Medallic Art Company of New York. Numismatic author Don Taxay felt it ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10749 ***********************************************