“1789” (early 20th century) George Washington Peace and Friendship medal. White metal, silvered. Julian-Unlisted, Prucha-60, variant. Choice Very Fine. 76.1 mm. 2476.2 grains. Pierced for suspension with a flat, wide loop affixed. Light silver gray with some deeper patina in the recesses and some losses to the silver plating on the higher points where the dark gray core composition shows through. A couple of rim bumps and a thin scratch right of Washingtons nose are noted. An interesting piece and a mate to that offered above, as the styling of the letters is the same. These two probably came from the same shop, but seem to have traveled different paths early on, though they have been together since F.C.C. Boyd had them, in the first half of the 20th century. They went from Boyd to Ford. We sold them in consecutive lots in 2006, and they were both purchased for the E Pluribus Unum Collection in that sale. <em>From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the F.C.C. Boyd Estate; John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stacks) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XVI, October 2006, lot 181.</em><em></em>
