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Washington Before Boston Medal: A Die Emission Study Requires Direct Observation of the Medals Themselves

Washington Before Boston Medal: A Die Emission Study Requires Direct Observation of the Medals Themselves

I am happy that my article about the Die Varieties of the Washington Before Boston medal has sent people back to their collections to look at the medals.  I hope that more people will report their findings.  A die emission sequence can only be theorized and verified by looking at the medals themselves. John Adams’ […]

October 10, 2012
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Die Varieties of the “Washington Before Boston” Medal

Die Varieties of the “Washington Before Boston” Medal

September 8, 2012:  Washingtonia was the topic of this year’s gathering of the colonial coin elite at Rodger Siboni’s home in New Jersey.  New finds and discoveries were presented and some significant collections of Washingtonia were displayed. The highlight, in my opinion, was a New Jersey collector’s set of Washington inaugural buttons, in a condition […]

September 26, 2012
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