1776 (ca. 1860) Washington Before Boston Medal. U.S. Mint Gunmetal Dies. Bronzed Copper. Julian MI-1, Musante GW-09-US1, Baker-49. Specimen-63 (PCGS).Beautiful dark chocolate bronze surfaces with gentle olive highlights and scattered flecks of lighter tan visible under magnification. Glossy, with subtle and uniform reflectivity on both sides. Struck on a nice thick flan with sharp rims making for an impressive medal even beyond the important theme and lovely artistic execution of the Washington Before Boston in general. A slight undulated texture in the fields is characteristic of these particular early U.S. Mint dies, as are swirling die finishing lines across the portrait and in the reverse fields. This is the first iteration of this famous medal produced in the U.S. Mint.
