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George Washington (Draped bust)
Early American (1700–1832)
dated 1783
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 11.3 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.4 oz.)
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1151
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 1192? or copy?
DescriptionObv: WASHINGTON & INDEPENDENCE / · 1783 · around a large laureate draped bust of Washington, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Rev: UNITED STATES (curved) over a seated liberty with cap and pole, holding a laurel wreath, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: plain
Rev: UNITED STATES (curved) over a seated liberty with cap and pole, holding a laurel wreath, the whole surrounded by a beaded rim
Edge: plain
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.