COMITIA AMERICANA

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  1. Jim Dale

    Jim Dale Well-Known Member

    WOW! And thank you for sharing and the information. I downloaded Audible's "Washington" by Ron Chernow. It took a long time to listen to it in my car while I was travelling. If you love history, this book will tell you more about General George Washington than you ever knew. Not one minute was wasted listening to this "book".
     
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  3. Larry49

    Larry49 Active Member

    For Washingtoniana there the classic Baker, of course, and then Rulau and Fuld, and now the gorgeous 2-volume work of Neil Musante, Medallic Washington.
     
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  4. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    I also found the Comitia Americana book by Adams and Bentley to be well researched and easy to read. It seems like I found it on eBay and the price was a little negotiable.

    I have three others I am wading through including the Musante and Fuld/Rulau. A bit of confusion, and study, is that everyone seems to have their own classification methodology. I ran into an auction listing that had more than six or seven classifications on the listing. Your observation on the Musante book is spot on. I believe it to be high quality printing, great color images, and solid research.

    The killer book by Julian was a back breaker. Difficult to find and boy are people proud of them. I will never confess to my wife what I had to pay.

    But I will sort it out in time.
     
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  5. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    Well 99.999999% of us are never going to have an opportunity to own one of the originals of this medal, so the recent Paris Mint restrikes are a good way to gain an appreciation for this medal commemorating Washington's victory over the British at Boston.

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  6. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    I am finding that there are a number of the JPJ medals out there for purchase. But what I am not finding is auction records that would document reasonable prices and they seem to swing widely.

    I assume not replicated as often as the Libertas Americana, but there seem to have been a number of reissues.
     
  7. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    I just picked this one up and my first in the JPJ medal group. I have several more to send into PCGS for grading, but I had a chance to pick this NGC one up and it looked to me to be under graded.

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  8. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    I recently had PCGS grade a number of Washington Before Boston medals with some good result. Several of these had no examples in the database, so hopefully we advanced the hobby a little with good, solid examples.
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    c. 1890 GW-09-US2 SP63BN
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    c. 1890 GW-09-US2 SP62
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    c. 1880 - 1910 GW-09-P4 SP63
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    C. 1950 GW-09-US3 SP64
     
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  9. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    A 2x2 "mini" holder (perhaps with enough depth to put the label & holographic seal there) would be a useful innovation. I somewhat prefer the ANACs slabs for their slim form factor.
     
  10. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    Here are my latest additions to the collection
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    This is a Bronze 5th Reverse GW-09-P5 (c. 1910-30) Paris Medal, Graded SP64

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    This is a Bronze Repaired Dies GW-09-P4 (c. 1880-1910) Paris Medal, Graded SP61

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    This is a Bronze Restrike J-NA-1, Graded SP63
     
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  11. Jim Dale

    Jim Dale Well-Known Member

    I thought that I was in a small group of people that love Washington memorabilia. Each entry above are beautiful. I think that you all opened Pandora's (sp? box of Washington. Thanks to all.
     
  12. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    I am just getting into these and I find the medals fascinating. Great history in addition to great art.
     
  13. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    Latest Acquisition

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    From Great Collections and not a rare item, but so far the only one PCGS has seen. It graded out as SP65.
     
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  14. HawkeEye

    HawkeEye 1881-O VAMmer

    I picked this one up at the latest Heritage Auction and it improves my grade in this issue to SP64
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