Medal of Mint reproduction in red bronze of Medal commemorating the retirement of George Washington ("Sansom Medal") Yale University Art Gallery

1859

Medium: Red bronze
Dimensions: 35.19 g, 12:00, 41 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.2769
Geography: made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: G. WASHINGTON - PRES. UNIT.STA. Bust of Washington in civilian dress r.; on truncation, R.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: COMMISS: RESIGNED: PRESIDENCY RELINQ. around, 1797 in exergue. Pedestal bearing on one side the shield of the United States; over it a fringed cloth, on which are a bundle of fasces and a sheathed sword encircled by an olive wreath.

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Bibliography

William S. Baker, Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd (Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885), 46, no. 72

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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