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Description
A selection of medals commemorating the centennial of Washington's death. Included are:
(1) Washington Monument Association first reverse medal, AU. Bronze. 40.3 mm. Rulau-Fuld 1825. This is the most artistic reverse design of this series, depicting an angelic being carrying a torch. Struck in the U.S. Mint.
(2) Another as the last. Washington Monument Association first reverse medal, AU. Bronze. 40.3 mm. Rulau-Fuld 1825. Struck in the U.S. Mint.
(3) Washington Monument Association, second reverse medal, AU. Bronze. 40.3 mm. Rulau-Fuld 1826. Struck in the U.S. Mint. This reverse depicts a surveyor's instrument.
(4) Washington Monument Association, third reverse medal, AU. Bronze. 40.3 mm. Rulau-Fuld 1828. Struck in the U.S. Mint. This reverse depicts an antique fire wagon of the Friendship Fire Co.
(5) Washington Monument Association, fourth reverse medal, AU with a scratch on Washington's cheek. Bronze. 40.3 mm. Rulau-Fuld 1829A. Also struck in the U.S. Mint. According to researcher and writer Bob Julian this medal series was authorized by Congress in 1899 to honor the centenary of Washington's demise, but were not struck at the Mint until 1904. Catalogers Rulau and Fuld state that these individual medals of this series seldom appear at auction, and it is certainly an occasion to be able to offer specimens of all four reverse varieties and an additional specimen so their common obverse may also be simultaneously displayed.
Auction Info
2001 February Long Beach Signature Sale #248 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2001
22nd-24th
Thursday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 3
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