LostDutchman Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 picked this guy up yesterday... I must say that i really like this coin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I like the protrait of Washington, what is its denomination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Matt, is that a coin or a medal? Whatever it is, it's very nice. Different too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted July 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 its called a Washington portrait piece with a large military bust. and its technically a post colonial issue. A lot of these were English made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Beauty!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 It appears to be Baker 4 with a large military bust, one of several variaties of the Washington & Independence series, some of which likely circulated as cents in the 1850s. The bust on Baker 4 is actually that of the Duke of Wellington. T.W.I. on the reverse is Thomas Wells Ingram, maker of Birmingham, England. E.S. is Edward Savage, painter, Philadelphia.Rulau and Fuld note that Thomas Haliday created the obverse dies, Ingram the reverse, and Edward Thomason struck them. The Wellington bust is the punch used for the Canadian token cataloged as Breton 987. Struck about 1820. There are 9 varieties of the large bust and 2 of the small bust. (Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd Edition, Rulau and Fuld) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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