A lovely near-Gem with bright, satiny, silver white surfaces. Direct viewing angles also reveal modest semi-reflective tendencies in the fields, and a razor sharp strike is also fully appreciable. Although the exact identification of this medals engraver, Twigg, has so far eluded numismatic researchers, the basis for the obverse portrait has been identified as a sketch that Joseph Wright made of our nations first president. This is one of the nicest examples of the type that we have offered in recent memory, and it is sure to command a premium among astute Washingtoniana collectors.,,,Purchased from Anthony Terranova.