1876 Medal Baker-427A Bronze International Exhibition-Danish Medal
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The 1876 Medal Baker-427A Bronze International Exhibition-Danish Medal is filed under WASHINGTON BEFORE BOSTON Medals in the Washington Pieces (1783-1800) series. On March 25, 1776 Congress voted Washington a gold medal for the recovery of Boston. The dies were cut in Paris in 1786 by Pierre Simon Duvivier, with a bust modelled on Houdon's, and the gold piece passed to the Boston Public Library in 1876 (Baker). Baker lists the original reverse (No. 47), a second reverse whose dies stayed at the Paris Mint, which went on striking from them (No. 48), and United States Mint pieces from dies copied from a medal in 1860 (No. 49); Musante numbers the Paris and Mint issues GW-09-P and GW-09-US. It is catalogued as Baker-427A, Musante GW-932. PCGS lists it as #528921.
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Baker-427A; Musante GW-932
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1776) Medal Baker-47B Brz. Original Washington Before Boston
(1776) Medal Baker-49J Bronze Washington Before Boston
(1864-73) Bronze Medal GW-09-US1, Washington Before Boston
(1880-1910) Silver Medal GW-09-P4, Repaired Dies Washington Before Boston
(c. 1830) Medal Baker-48, Musante GW-09-P2A Washington Before Boston
(c.1789) Medal GW-09-P1 Obv Cliche White Metal Washington Before Boston
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