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COMMEMORATIVE SILVER MEDAL FROM THE AMERICANINSTITUTE OF NEW YORK. AWARDED TO PIERCE AND WOOD FOR THE “BEST SPECIMEN OF SHOVELS” 1836. CO. PETER PIERCE WAS ONE OF MIDDLEBORO’S LEADING BUSINESS MEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY, AND MANUFACTURED SHOVELS. THE MEDAL DEPICTS AN EMBOSSED FIGURE OF LIBERTY WITH AN AMERICAN EAGLE,...