SANSOM'S PRESIDENCY RELINQUISHED MEDAL REICH, John: USA, 1797 , Bronze, 40 mm John Sansom was a member of a wealthy, influential Philadelphia family who decided to commemorate the American Revolution with a series of medals of his own design. This bust of George Washington is from a drawing by Gilbert Stuart "sketched on purpose". The original dies were struck in the early 1800s. This specimen was one of 308 medals likely executed from dies restruck in 1859. LINK to the American Revolution (from The History Place) |
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