Circa 1830 Series Numismatica Medal by Vivier. WASINGTON. Musante GW-100, Baker-131A. Copper. MONACHII edge. SP-63 BN (PCGS). 41.0 mm. 604.2 grains. Light olive brown with traces of underlying rose. Some faint hairlines and faint overtones of pale blue-green are noted in the fields. Well-struck in bold relief, as all seen. This variant, struck in Germany sometime between 1826 and 1844, bears the MONACHII edge mark indicating Munich as the place of production. Only one die pair has been observed with this spelling of Washington, while the reverse is that used on the earlier impressions with the proper spelling of the name, as in the case of the previous lot. This piece was clearly struck later than that one, as the reverse die has now developed a break near the rim at 5:30. Cataloged as “Rarity-9” by Rulau and Fuld, but in reality this variant is more commonly seen with the MONACHII edge mark than without. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from the Jack Collins Fixed Price List, lot 124; David Hirsch Collection; Presidential Coin and Antique’s sale of June 2011, lot 184.
