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Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), [1] [2] also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada , in addition to bronze ...
Paintings by Charles Marion Russell Image Title When the Land Belonged to God, 1914 For Supremacy, 1895 (Intertribal warfare among the Blackfeet, Crow, and Sioux) The Tenderfoot, 1900 Smoke of a .45 (A shootout at a saloon) Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than Lead (Cowboys in Montana catch a bear harassing the herd.)
On March 3, 1893, Congress duly passed an act authorising the souvenir coin, which was to be to the specifications of the quarter struck for circulation, and with a design to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Total mintage of the special quarter would be limited to 40,000 specimens.
Many coin collectors also believe in the historical significance of the coin. Some older folks have mentioned how finding certain coins will bring them back to childhood.
List of most expensive coins Price Year Type Grade Issuing country Provenance Firm Date of sale $18,900,000 1933 1933 double eagle: MS-65 CAC United States: King Farouk of Egypt: Sotheby's [1] June 8, 2021 $12,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair dollar: SP-66 CAC United States Neil, Carter Private sale [2] January 24, 2013 $9,360,000 1787 Brasher ...
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida Tiffany later based a stained glass window on the painting. The window is also in the Morse Museum's collection. Cobblers at Bouferik Algeria Summer Street in Algiers: Watercolor Otto Toaspern Music: Oil on canvas ca.1892 Stacy Tolman The Etcher [240] Oil on canvas ca.1887-90
The most famous paintings, especially old master works created before 1803, are generally owned or held by museums for viewing by patrons. Since museums rarely sell them, they are considered priceless. Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting.
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Columbian half dollar: Christopher Columbus: Port view of the Santa María above two hemispheres flanked by the date 1492 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized: 5,000,000 (max 1892-1893 total) Uncirculated: 950,000 (P) 1892 [2]