Location | United States |
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Type | Coin patterns › Mint token |
Composition | Gilding metal |
Weight | 20 g |
Diameter | 34 mm |
Thickness | 3 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Number | N# 167498 |
Portrait profile of George Washington.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
1789
Recreation of John Dunsmore’s 1914 oil painting, “Washington Inspecting the First Coins.”
Martha Washington with lorgnette in hand, sitting before a tray of silver coins held by Henry Voight. In the distinguished group around her are President Washington; his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson; and Treasury Secretary and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Tobias Lear, private secretary to the President, watches David Rittenhouse, newly appointed Mint Director, offer a coin from the tray for the First Lady’s inspection. Adam Eckfeldt surveys the proceedings from his post at the coining press
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES MINT
PHILADELPHIA
1792-1971
Smooth
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