Circa 1860 Equestrian / Home of Washington medal by George H. Lovett. Musante GW-279, Baker-114D. White Metal. MS-63 (PCGS).31.5 mm. Essentially brilliant surfaces with some light handling scuff in the otherwise reflective fields. Very rare in any composition.<p>All die combinations in this series in compositions other than silver are said to number no more than two to five, per W. Elliot Woodward. He commented that this (and all in this series) were from dies owned by J. Osborn Emery whose collection of them he had purchased and was selling, and that the dies were destroyed. This is reported in Woodward’s October 1864 sale, page 125.Ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897.