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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8336884, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="5"><b>1969 Martha Washington</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>SCFC Sterling Silver Medal</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1478129[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1478130[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Commissioned by the Societe Commemorative de Femmes Celebres. (SCFC)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the more popular issues, number 22 in the set of 50 medals struck to honor famous women. I believe that 3,220 of these were minted in sterling silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martha Washington She had first married wealthy Daniel Parke Custis, with whom she had four children. Daniel was 20 years older than Martha and he died suddenly. Martha was widowed by the age of 25.</p><p><br /></p><p>George Washington probably knew both Martha and Daniel Parke Custis for some time before Daniel&#039;s death.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martha became a rich young widow at age 25, with independent control over a dower inheritance for her lifetime, and trustee control over the inheritance of her minor children. She was left in custody of some 17,500 acres of land and 300 slaves, other investments and money. She capably ran five plantations left to her, bargaining with London merchants.</p><p>Two of her four children by Custis survived to young adulthood.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mary Custis Lee, was Martha Washington&#039;s great-granddaughter, step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, and was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martha and George Washington had no children together. Martha Custis, age 27, and George Washington, age 26, had a grand wedding on January 6, 1759.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Martha Washington joined her husband during the Revolution for all the Continental Army&#039;s winter encampments. Before the revolution began, she had kept close to home; during it, she traveled thousands of miles to be with her husband. Martha was not fully supportive of Washington&#039;s agreeing to be President of the newly formed United States.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This has been hanging on the wall forever.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some suspicion this artwork will be some kind of Sunday newspaper insert from maybe 1926 Sesquicentennial or perhaps even earlier. This thing is OLD and it is could be brittle. It measures about 21 x 13.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now it&#039;s no Rembrandt, I know, but it has some great American character and I must preserve it while I can.</p><p>There are many Valley Forge pictures but I cannot find another of this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I did get the job done. Unfortunately the paper was permanently glued to the cardboard.</p><p>I cleaned everything up and put it back together.</p><p>There is a crease down the middle so it came from some kind of book or magazine or newspaper. No other clues are available. Somebody did write lightly in pencil</p><p>&quot;Washington at Valley Forge&quot; on the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is clean and back on the wall. It still is a pretty neat picture. Looks better than presented here.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478143[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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