UNITED STATES. Cast Æ Medal (115mm, 405.50 g, 12h). On the Centennial of Washington’s First Inauguration. By Philip Martiny and Augustus St. Gaudens. Cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Dually dated 30 April 1789 and 30 April 1889 (in Roman numerals

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United States Medals, Bronze

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UNITED STATES. Cast Æ Medal (115mm, 405.50 g, 12h). On the Centennial of Washington’s First Inauguration. By Philip Martiny and Augustus St. Gaudens. Cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Dually dated 30 April 1789 and 30 April 1889 (in Roman numerals). Half-length bust of Washington left; fasces to right; GEORGE WASHINGTON above, PHILIP MARTINY · MODELER · DESIGN · AND ·/COPYRIGHT · BY · AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAVDENS in two lines below bust; PATER PATRIAE/MDCCL XX XIX in two lines across fields; thirteen stars in border; triangular stops in legends / Eagle, head left, standing facing with wings spreadon bundle of arrows and olive branch; shield with stripes and inscribed E/PLVRIBVS/VNVM on breast; TO COM MEMORATE above, THE INAV GVRATION/OF GEORGE WASHINGTON/AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE/VNITED STATES OF AMERICA/AT NEW YORK APRIL XXX/MDCCLXXXIX in six lines below; below civic coat-of-arms of New York City to left, BY AVTHORITY OF/THE COMMITTEE/ON CELEBRATION/NEW YORK APRIL XXX in five lines to right; MDCCCLXXXIX below; thirty-eight stars (= number of stets in 1889)in border; triangular stops in legends. Musante GW-1135. Brown surfaces, a couple of edge marks. As made.

Purchased by the consignor from Capitol Coin and Stamp, 21 August 2002.


Closing Date and Time: 28 June 2023 at 14:27:40 ET.

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