103670 | UNITED STATES & SWEDEN. Wall Street Washington Statue bronze Medal.

103670  |  UNITED STATES & SWEDEN. New York City. Wall Street Washington Statue bronze Medal. Issued 1884/5 in commemoration of the centennial of Evacuation Day (57mm, 82.88 g, 12h). By Charles Osborne [designer] and Lea Ahlborn [engraver] (after John Quincy Adams Ward) for the American Numismatic Society, and struck at the Stockholm mint.

 

Convex field, with statue of cloaked George Washington left; 1783 - 1883 across central field, with rays in background and 13 stars (representing the original 13 colonies) around // TO COMMEMORATE / THE / CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY / OF THE EVACUATION OF NEW YORK / BY THE BRITISH / AND THE ERECTION / BY THE / CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OF THE / WASHINGTON STATUE / IN / WALL STREET in 12 lines; three medallions (seals of New York City, the city's Chamber of Commerce, and the ANS) across central field, with laurel branch and palm frond in background, and with 38 stars (representing the current number of states) around. Edge: Plain.

 

Musante GW-981 (citing a mintage of 181); Baker = Rulau/Fuld S-319, Miller ANS-6; Marqusee –; Olsén p. 288. Choice Mint State. Alluring red-brown surfaces, with pleasing brilliance throughout. One of just 332 produced.

 

Featuring the statue of Washington that stands in front of New York City's Federal Hall, this American Numismatic Society-published medal was intended to celebrate the centennial of "Evacuation Day," which marked the 100 year anniversary of the departure of British troops from the city on 25 November 1783 (following the Treaty of Paris and the end of the American Revolutionary War). Designed by ANS member Charles Osborne and engraved by the chief engraver at the Royal Swedish mint in Stockholm, Lea Ahlborn, this medal didn't actually get produced until late 1884 and into 1885, meaning that it missed the centennial celebration in late 1883. Following the issuance of this medal, Ahlborn was elected as an honorary member of the ANS on 20 January 1885. While the piece was resoundingly celebrated by the press domestically, in Sweden it was met with some criticism, with Olsén writing that Magnus Lagerberg considered the drapery on Washington to be arranged in an unsuccessful tapestry manner and his right arm to be too long. Of note, while Musante references official mint records that 181 were struck in bronze, Miller cites different figures, with a total of 332 struck in bronze over four different strikings between November 1884 and October 1885. As such, we have cited a mintage of 332 here in this listing.

 

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