Circa 1800 Westwood medal. Second reverse. Musante GW-83, Baker-80B. Copper, Fire Gilt. MS-62 (PCGS). 40.5 mm. 537.0 grains. Satiny light yellow gold surfaces exhibit fine dark flecks and light hairlines through much of the field under magnification. Lustrous and bright with just minor losses to the gilt surface on the highest points of relief and against the upper edges of the letters of the legend. Quite scarce in comparison to the usually seen bronze specimens and most attractive in this format. <p> <p>We have not seen a Westwood medal definitively struck over another coin, but we have long suspected that at least some of them were, as is the case with the Hero of Freedom medals. This shows what appear to be deep filing marks on the reverse rim, beneath the gilding. This is a feature occasionally but not always seen on Westwood medals and is suggestive of an undertype that may have been filed down prior to striking this medal. <em>From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.</em><strong><em></em></strong>
