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William H. Key Medals

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School award medals engraved by William H. Key, Philadelphia circa 1860-1885 (along with one by his father Frederick C. Key). Dick Johnson's catalogue of American medalists includes an entry on the engraver William H. Key (see TAMS Journal, December, 2008, page 192):

KEY, William H. (c1820-c1902) diesinker, engraver, Philadelphia (c1844-50); U.S. Mint (1864-1885). Born Brooklyn, New York (circa 1820). Learned engraving from his father, Frederick C. Key and in business with him (1854-60) as F.C. Key & Son, then in partnership with John C. Odling, as Key & Odling (1863-67). Employed at Philadelphia Mint after Civil War, he was dismissed in 1885. Listed as engraver in city directories until 1885, but afterwards as engineer, until 1902. William Key signed dies with full initials WHK (and one die KEY F, often misattributed to his father, Frederick. Many uniform diameter dies were often muled, frequently with their own F.C. Key & Son storecard die; other mules of William Key and George Hampton Lovett dies. Key may have engraved the dies for Lingg & Brothers American Centennial 1876 medalets. Philadelphia medalist William Warner acquired many dies Key had produced privately (no Mint dies) and struck these on his own. Key was one of the most productive American engravers (and possibly some unsigned dies of the U.S. Mint and Warner were his creations).

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58 items (showing items 1–20)

	Reward of Attention And Industry/ Rev. James Dolan. Philadelphia, c. 1860. White metal. Diameter 39.7mm, 29.5 grams. Engraved by Frederick C. Key (signed F. C. KEY below the beehive).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c. 1875. Copper. Diameter 38mm, 36.9 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c. 1875. Copper. Diameter 38.2mm, 33.9 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c. 1875. White metal. Diameter 38.1mm, 19.9 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Narrow Wreath. Philadelphia, c. 1875. Copper. Diameter 38mm, 24.8 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/"Whatsoever Thy Hand...". Philadelphia, c. 1875. White metal. Diameter 38mm, 13.6 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Woman With Cross. Philadelphia, c. 1875. White metal. Diameter 38mm, 18.1 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Good Conduct in Sunday School. Diameter 37.9mm, 17.8 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "Those That Seek Me...."/Presbyterian Memorial. Philadelphia, 1884. Diameter 37.8mm, 22.9 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the girl).
	Girl Praying "They That Seek Me...."/Merit (copy of Key design). Brass. Diameter 25.3mm, 7.5 grams.
	Athena "Scientia Est Potentia"/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c. 1865. Copper. Diameter 38mm, 31.9 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below bust).
	Athena "Scientia Est Potentia"/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c.1865. White metal. Diameter 38.0mm, 20.2 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below bust). Obverse: Portrait bust of Athena facing right, with the legend SCIENTIA EST POTENTIA around. Reverse: REWARD OF MERIT on an elaborately folded ribbon, within a closed wreath of oak (left) and laurel (right).
	Athena "Scientia Est Potentia"/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c. 1865. White metal. Diameter 38mm, 22.4 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below bust).
	Athena "Scientia Est Potentia"/Carrollton Public Schools. Philadelphia, c. 1870. Copper. Diameter 37.8mm, 20.5 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below bust).
	Minerva "Scientia Est Potentia"/Merit Within Wreath. Philadelphia, c. 1880. White metal. Diameter 37.8mm, 14.4 grams. Attributed to William H. Key.
	Minerva "Scientia Est Potentia"/Curlicue Border. Philadelphia, 1885. Silver. Diameter 37.8mm, 25.1 grams. Attributed to William H. Key.
	Minerva "Scientia Est Potentia"/Niagara Falls Reservation. Philadelphia, 1885. White metal. Diameter 38.0mm, 14.8 grams. Attributed to William H. Key. Obverse: Scientia Est Potentia. Reverse: The Surrender/Of The/Niagara Falls/Reservation/To The State/-Of-/New York/June 15, 1885.
	Martin Luther/Merit Within Wreath. Philadelphia, c. 1875. White metal. Diameter 38.4mm, 24.5 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed W.H.KEY. F. below the bust).
	George Washington/Reward of Merit. Philadelphia, c.1860. Baker 354. Brass. Diameter 38.0mm, 31.3 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below bust). Obverse: Portrait bust of Washington in military uniform facing right, with the legend GEORGE WASHINGTON around, and a ribbon below on which is inscribed BORN FEB 22 1732/DIED DEC 14 1799. Reverse: REWARD OF MERIT on an elaborately folded ribbon, within a closed wreath of oak (left) and laurel (right). Provenance: Stack's
	George Washington/Curlicue Border. Philadelphia, c. 1860. Baker unlisted (see 354). Copper. Diameter 38.1mm, 29.7 grams. Engraved by William H. Key (signed KEY F. below the bust).