Medal Commemorating General Washington and the Centennial Liberty Bell Artist: William H. Key (American, active 1864–92)
Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732–1799, LL.D. 1781

1876

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

22.73 g, 12:00, 38 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

2001.87.20757

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: GEORGE WASHINGTON Bust in uniform, facing the right; beneath the bust, KEY. F. and on a scroll below, BORN FEB 22, 1782 DIED DEC 14 1799 in two lines. [Same bust as No. 369]

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF. The bell. In two bands at the top partially shown, LEV XXV VX PROCLAIM LIBER - PHILADA BY ORDER OF THE - and in the centre, PASS AND STOW PHILADA MDCCLIII in three lines; to the left 1776. to the right 1876; aboev LIBERTY BELL and below, LEV XXV VX.
Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York, about 1930; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1930 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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