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Lot:2080 1798年华盛顿季节奖章 PCGS AU 50 1798 Washington Seasons Medal

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USD 75000

SBP2022年10月#1/2-Sydney F. Martin集藏

2022-10-28 00:00:00

2022-10-29 09:00:00

PCGS AU50

USD 132000

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Circa 1798 Washington Seasons Medal. The Home. Early reverse die state. Musante GW-69, Baker-172, Julian IP-52. Silver. AU-50 (PCGS). <p>48.2 mm (without the loop). 710.4 grains. This medal holds the record price for any single Seasons medal sold at auction (at $96,000, which it realized in our November 2019 sale) and, like the silver Sower medal offered previously, it has arguably the most illustrious provenance a Washington medal can have—to William Spohn Baker. A remarkable opportunity to acquire a rare and historic medal, but also to include this rare provenance in any collection, as the majority of the sale went to a single bidder who donated it all to the <em>Money Museum</em> of the American Numismatic Association in Colorado Springs.<p><p><p>Light bluish gray toning over much of the obverse, with a small area of rosy golden brown at the upper left and in some of the intricacies of the design. The reverse is light silver-gray with just a hint of faint champagne toning around the devices and pale blue close to the rims. This is very similar to the appearance of the other silver Seasons medals from the Baker cabinet, indicative of their long stay together. This is among the very rare examples to have been awarded, worn, and yet still have its original suspension loop intact. Indeed, there are numerous small nicks, fine scratches and even gentle edge bumps, but the loop held firm through it all, and it is among very few survivors known with this feature intact. As with the silver <em>Sower </em>above, this was also struck from the early state reverse die and the commentary regarding the Cherokee in that lot applies here as well. It is impossible to decipher the precise history of course, but the possibility and evidence that this medal may have specifically fulfilled a direct promise and wish of George Washington is an intriguing one. Lightly cleaned as typical, but suggestions of the original reflectivity remain. Sharp, attractive and at least as desirable as it is rare. We have only sold two examples of this medal in silver across more than a dozen years, and this is one of them. The other was an unlooped collector piece. For a purist collector of the Indian Peace medal series who desires the ideal awarded specimen, the unlikely reappearance of this medal is an incredible opportunity.<p><p><p>One question posed in our Historical Society of Pennsylvania sale remains unanswered and intriguing, “The fact that the three designs of the Seasons medals correspond with Washington’s three different suggested goals for the advancement of the Cherokee raises an interesting question: Were the various designs awarded for advancements in the areas they depict? Did the family who learned to spin wool receive the <em>Home</em>, whereas the farmer who expanded his crops get the <em>Sower</em>?”<p><p><p>This is one 13 survivors known to the writer. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex the William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897; our sale of Washingtoniana from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, November 2019, lot 20052.

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