Washington’s Inauguration

CNG 94, Lot: 2011. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. George Washington. 1732-1799. Æ Medal (47mm, 40.82 g, 1h). Commemorating Washington’s Inauguration as First President of the United States, 1789. First obverse. By S. Brooks and J. Manly. Dated 1790. GEO. WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA., FEB. 11./1732. in two lines in exergue, Head of Washington left in military uniform; B[ROOKS F] on truncation of bust / GENERAL/ OF THE /AMERICAN ARMIES,/[17]75/RESIGNED,/1783/PRESIDENT/OF THE/UNITED STATES/1789. in ten lines; star above, ornament below; J. MANLY & C. 1790 in exergue. Baker 61B; Ford Collection (Part II, Stack’s, 11 May 2004), lot 72. Near VF, brown patina, some weakness of strike on reverse,, some field marks, typical roughness found on this type due to being struck on a cast flan. A rare and important piece of Washingtoniana.