(1799) Washington Funeral Medal, Gold, Baker-169, Musante GW-75, R.7, MS65 PCGS....

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(1799) Washington Funeral Medal, MS65
The Finest Known Baker-169
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(1799) Washington Funeral Medal, Gold, Baker-169, Musante GW-75, R.7, MS65 PCGS. The February 1954 issue of The Numismatist, carried an article titled "Washington Funeral Gold Medals" by Margaret W. Brown, the association curator of the division of civil history at the U.S. National Museum. Her article provides much of what is known about these medals today, including details of an advertisement that Eben Moulton placed in contemporary newspapers in January 1800 indicating that Jacob Perkins designed these medals to be placed in jewelry for ladies who mourned the death of President Washington.

When she prepared the article, Ms. Brown was aware of four examples including one in the Smithsonian Institution. Soon thereafter, Michael Zeddies announced in the August 1954 issue of The Numismatist that a fifth medal was included in his grandfather's collection. Zeddies was the grandson of Horace Brand. That fifth example is the one that is offered here.

This important gold funeral medal is one of approximately a dozen pieces that are known to us, and it ranks among the finest of those. In addition, the provenance extends back to 1893. One other example, certified MS65 NGC, rivals the quality of this piece, as does the Smithsonian medal. This exceptional example is sharply defined and exhibits brilliant yellow surfaces with no hole or other damage, unlike several others.
Ex: J.W. Scott and Company (6/1893); Virgil M. Brand; Horace Brand; Abner Kreisberg and Hans Schulman (3/1964), lot 1104; Marshall Fields (Chicago, 4/1965); John J. Ford, Jr. (Stack's, 5/2007), lot 564 and held privately for the past 16 years.
From The Del Mar Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 597419)

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