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George Washington
dated 1776
Mint: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 70 mm, 167.0 gm (2 3/4 in., 5.89 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.204
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Loubat 1; Betts 542; Julian MI-1
DescriptionObv: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA in exergue, around a bust facing right. Signed DV VIVIER / PARIS. F. below the shoulder.
Rev: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / in exergue: BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI
Edge: plain
Struck with the first obverse die (there is an accretion at about 7 o'clock) and the first reverse die (1A) which shows four legs under the horse, has the perfectly round "O"s and the correct roman numeral date. There are no signs of die rust on the obverse so it is an early strike.
Rev: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / in exergue: BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI
Edge: plain
Struck with the first obverse die (there is an accretion at about 7 o'clock) and the first reverse die (1A) which shows four legs under the horse, has the perfectly round "O"s and the correct roman numeral date. There are no signs of die rust on the obverse so it is an early strike.
ProvenanceSamuel Abbott Green, Boston, by March 1866; to the MFA, February 1917, gift of Samuel Abbott Green.