AUB Main Gate - 1 LBP (Small)

Item

Title
AUB Main Gate - 1 LBP (Small)
Denomination
Date
2016
TID
C12.1
Material
Silver 999
Silver
Weight (g)
31.1
Diameter (mm)
40 x 40
Description
1901 – AUB’s Main Gate has welcomed generations of students to the University, irrespective of race, creed, or national origin, and throughout all circumstances. The University’s motto “That they may have life and have it more abundantly” is etched on both facades. Designed by New York architect Edward Pearce Casey, who worked on Washington’s Library of Congress, it was first known as the Gate House, which housed the President's Office as well as a reception and business room for visitors, the treasurer’s and the gateman’s offices, and later the offices of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the general secretary of the Alumni Association. Its restoration in 2015 was the first phase of AUB’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Today, it houses the protection offices, AUB’s Workers and Staff Syndicate, and the Visitors Bureau.
The Main Gate was backdrop to many scenes of AUB’s eventful history; the Olympic Torch passed by on the way to Tokyo in 1964, it watched over waves of passing student demonstrations and political protests through the years, and it was a stop for the tramway from 1909 to the 1960s. (Source: Official AUB 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coins website)
COA Number: 210
Official AUB 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coins website
BDL Public Announcement
Mintage
1000
Rarity TRS
Monetary Value
Issued Price: USD 167
Peculiarity
Diamond shape, agate insert and antique finish.
Bears Date
2016
Axis
Medal Alignment (12 h)12 hr
12 hr
Shape
Diamond
Edge
Appearance
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Stated Authority
Numismatic Type
Numismatic Group
Provenance
Abdallah Absi
Mohammed A. Absi
AUB
Banque du liban logoBANQUE DU LIBAN

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