Medal of Baltimore Monument - George Washington

1829

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 7.35 g, 12:00, 20.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Henry Champion, B.A. 1860, M.A., LL.B. 1863
Accession Number: 2001.87.20023
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: WASHINGTON BORN 1732 DIED 1799. Undraped bust facing the left.[Same obverse as No. 95]

Reverse Description: MONUMENT AT BALTIMORE all within a wreath of olive leaves. Elevation of the Washington Monument at baltimore.

Provenance

Henry Champion, to about 1867; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1867 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

William S. Baker, Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd (Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay, 1885), 136, no. 323

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