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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy9, post: 1513633, member: 8360&quot;]some further info</p><p>This is not &quot;just a bicentennial medal&quot;. this design represents the first medal authorised by the Continental Congress. The reverse of this medal depicts George Washington overlooking Boston with the cannons that he had captured from Fort Ticonderoga beside him. It is titled Washington before Boston and represents his victory over the British on March 17, 1776 (evacuation day is how Bostonians justify taking St Patricks day off from work). Just eight days after this victory, on March 25, 1776, Continental Congress authorised that a gold medal be designed to commemorate the occasion. the medal wasn&#039;t produced until 1798 and was presented to Washington March 21 1790 at mount vernon. The origional medal was 68 mm wide.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were reprints made from the origional dies in Paris in 1880. Here is one that I recently imaged for the Boston Numismatic Society.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]196221.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>the origional gold medal now presides in the Boston Public Library</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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