Can someone please tell me about this coin / medal

As others have said, the Pewter versions are quite cheap. You shouldn't pay more than a few dollars for any of them.

Original Comita Americana (in bronze) start above $3,000. A bronze John Stewart (the only one not minted in Pewter) will set you back $50,000+ (assuming you could find one). 19th Century restrikes are much much cheaper (hundreds to thousands of dollars).

Original silver examples run much, much more (a Washington example just went for $282,000). Likewise, 19th Century silver restrikes are much much cheaper ($5,000 - S20,000).

While Gold examples do exist, they are virtually all in museums.

If you are really interested, get a copy of John Adams' Comita Americana book

 

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Are those the 3" medals? I believe the one the OP posted is one of the smaller, pewter medals. You could buy them individually or as a complete set for very little.

Chris

 

Chris the medals are between 47mm to about 56mm not quite 3 inches. They are more like 2 inches to 2 1/2 inches.

 

The actual Comita Americana medal sizes vary:
Geo. Washington ~69 mm
Gates ~56 mm
Wayne ~55 mm
deFleury ~46 mm
Lee ~45 mm
Stewart ~46 mm
Morgan ~56 mm
Wm. Washington ~46 mm
Howard ~46 mm
Greene ~56 mm
Jones ~56.5 mm

 

Had no idea that the Washington one was that large. I would love to see that one in gold.

 

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It's at the Boston Public Library

 

Do they do 'inter-loans'?

 

Would be nice. Must be worth at least a million dollars and probably more.