a private firm. Duke Georgii Mikhailovich medal, marking the 140th anniversary of the birth of the famed Russian numismatist, issued in 2002. City of David, second medal honoring the 3,000th anniversary of the city of Jerusalem, issued in 1996 as an artist's limited edition and as a tribute to the Holy Land. Commemorative medals for the Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, N.Y, from 2003 to 2007. J.S. Bach tercentennial medal, issued in 1985, self-standing, 4.5 inches, 1.5 pounds, issued in 1985. Obverse shows a stylized wig forming a baroque frame in the upper left; reverse design, three musical cherubs in extremely high relief flying above an organ in the upper right; and a side view showing the depth of the sculpturing in the lower left. Mintage was limited to 150 pieces. Medals are hand finished, signed and numbered by the artist. American Numismatic Society Trustees Award to numismatic author Q. David Bowers, issued in 2006; silver, uniface portrait medal, with award information engraved on the reverse. George Orwell medal, issued in 1984. 1988 Brookgreen Gardens medal. Variation on the subject of mythical and real world was used, combining the theme of the sculptor at work. Represented on the reverse, the artist is shown dreaming of his creations in a sculpture garden of fantasy. The obverse illustrates scenes of the sculptor's workplace: an artist modeling a small figure, enlarging a figure, and workmen casting a sculpture at an art foundry. This medal, executed in low relief, was the first in the series to be pierced. The hole in the meda1 corresponds to the sun warming the garden on the obverse and the mouth of the crucible from which molten bronze is poured on the reverse. 1986 "One Planet" medal for the Society of Medalists, issued in 1987. The society's director, Joseph Noble, stated in The Numismatist: "We have all seen dozens of peace medals, mostly with pious mottos and floating allegorical maidens holding aloft a panoply of broken swords and olive branches. But Shagin chose a new, dramatic approach - that of viewing our world from outer space - and saying visually that "this is the only world we have." Ronald Reagan flag-like self-standing bronze medallic sculpture, issued in 1985; 3.5 inches tall and 4 inches wide; wavy, evoking a flying United States flag. It weighs more than a pound. Mintage was limited to 500 pieces.~ 1992 American Numismatic Association Glenn