Nassau Hall - Princeton University Bronze Coin - 1896

Nassau Hall (Aula Nassouica), Princeton University bronze coin issued in 1896 for the sesquicentennial (150 years) of the founding of the university. The coin was designed by Thomas S. Clarke (Princeton class of 1882).

Measures 3 inches (7.5 cm) in diameter. Made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. The coin comes with its original medal box.

The front of the coin depicts Nassau Hall as seen through four trees leading and says in Latin: "Aula Nassouica," which translates to Nassau Hall.

The rear of the coin says in Latin: "Dei subnumine vicet quod antea fuit collegium neocaesariense nunc annis ci Impletis universitas princetoniensis saeculum spectat novium," which roughly translates to: "What was once the College of New Jersey, now fulfills one hundred and fifty years, and as Princeton University beholds a new age."

This rare coin is in the collection of the National Museum of American History, the Princeton University Library and the Columbia University Library.

The production of the coin was a follows: one copy in pure gold, thirty copies in silver and five hundred copies in bronze. 

Because the coin has been stored in its original box for 125 years in remains in excellent condition.

Rare.