1776 (ca. 1890) Washington Before Boston Medal. Second U.S. Mint Issue. Bronze. 68.5 mm. Musante GW-09-US2, Baker-49B, Julian MI-1, Adams-Bentley 3. With Sons of the American Revolution Edge Inscription. About Uncirculated.The edge engraved H.D. POPE SECOND PREST. BOSTON CHAPTER S. A. R. 1896 MAR. 17. 1897 in script and block lettering. Semi-reflective medium brown patina blankets both sides. A few minor toning spots and handling marks in the fields are easily overlooked, ones eye drawn instead to the sharply rendered devices. This iteration of the famous Washington Before Boston medal was struck in the United States Mint from entirely new dies engraved by Charles E. Barber. According to R.W. Julian, 167 examples were struck in bronze between 1892 and 1904.Ex Phil Keller Collection. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.
