"Token of Esteem" Game Counter With Laureate Bust of George Washington Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1890

Medium: Brass
Dimensions: 3.84 g, 6:00, 25.5 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.2939
Geography: Possibly made in Canada
Culture: Canadian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Laurel wreath tied with bow around laureate bust of George Washington [?] facing right.

Reverse Description: Around top, TOKEN OF ESTEEM above crowned shield of arms, letter C at left, N at right and P beneath.

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), 242, no. 599

Object copyright

Additional information

brass (alloy), tokens

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