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E-Auction 23  15 Nov 2017
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Lot 172

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 350 USD
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UNITED STATES. George Washington. Birth Centennial. 1832. Medal (appears silver; noted as tin by Baker). 15.62 gm. 32 mm. An eagle in flight holding a beaded medallion with a bust of Washington; a banner reading PATRIAE PATER / Legend in eleven lines: STRUCK & DISTRIBUTED IN CIVIC PROCESSION FEBRY 22nd 1832...PHILAD. GW (Musante) 130 (listed as white metal; Very Scarce). Baker 160. Good Extremely Fine; attractively toned with lustrous underlying surfaces; neatly holed.

From May 1982 Bowers and Ruddy auction.

Musante notes: "Fewer than 100 are estimated to have survived." The design was restruck but Musante citing Baker notes that the restrikes show "the reverse to be badly cracked."

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