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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 727959, member: 6763&quot;]next:</p><p>&quot;&quot;We all have our hobbies&quot;&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>G.H. Lovett</p><p>Used on the reverse of a Washington medal, Baker 635B&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>GH Lovett: a&nbsp; New York City diemaker [actual name: George Hampden Lovett]</p><p>1824-1984, Born in Philadelphia</p><p>His father, Robert, and brothers John D. &amp; Robert were also die makers.</p><p>Lovett was a famous die maker, and was very popular in his day.</p><p>He designed medals, CWT&#039;s, and others.</p><p>The number of designs is probably in the hundreds.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>He advertised his wares in the American Journal of Numismatics.</p><p>He is famed for his medals for the Centennial Exposition (1876), The Cotton Centennial&nbsp; Expo , of New Orleans, 1885, [I have this one and it is a beauty!]</p><p>also; The North, Central&nbsp; and South American Expo, New Orleans 1886, the Piedmont Espo, Atlanta, 1887; The American Expo, London, 1887; and (my favorite) the Columbian Expo of 1892-93. Plus others.</p><p>His works commemorate battles and events of the Civil&nbsp; &amp; Revolutionary Wars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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