(c.1883) Medal GW-981 Bronze, ANS Washington Statue at Wall Street, BN MS(PCGS#659535)

(c.1883) Medal GW-981 Bronze, ANS Washington Statue at Wall Street, BN MS (PCGS#659535)

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详细说明: 1883 ANS Medal - Evacuation Day, Washington Statue at Wall Street. By Charles Osborne, Engraved by Lea Ahlborn. Musante GW-981, Baker S-319, Miller-6. Bronze. MS-65 BN (PCGS). 57.5 mm. Designed in America by Charles Osborne, but struck at the Royal Mint in Stockholm, Sweden. Although plans for a medal for the Centennial of Evacuation Day were set into motion well before the event, the backdated medals were not produced until late the following year and into the next. In all, 332 bronze specimens were produced. They feature an unusual concave obverse depicting the George Washington statue on the steps of the Sub-Treasury Building on Wall Street. The reverse with a more traditional rendering of the seals of the City of New York, the New York City Chamber of Commerce, and the American Numismatic Society. A medal very popular with competing groups of Washington collectors and A.N.S. Medal collectors. Provenance: From the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation. Earlier from our ANA Auction of August 2016, lot 4051. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.