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(1800) Washington Funeral Urn Medal, Silver, AU50 NGC. Baker-166A, Fuld 1-B, Musante GW-70. 29.3 mm, plain edge. Small hole at 12 o'clock, as issued. Massachusetts engraver Jacob Perkins made the Funeral Urn medals for mourners to wear at Washington's February 22, 1800 civic funeral procession in Boston. This lightly circulated but problem-free example has wheat-gold toning with glimpses of powder-blue near the rims.
(1800) Washington Funeral Urn Medal, Silver, AU50 NGC. Baker-166A, Fuld 1-B, Musante GW-70. 29.3 mm, plain edge. Small hole at 12 o'clock, as issued. Massachusetts engraver Jacob Perkins made the Funeral Urn medals for mourners to wear at Washington's February 22, 1800 civic funeral procession in Boston. This lightly circulated but problem-free example has wheat-gold toning with glimpses of powder-blue near the rims.