BIRTH AND DEATH
Fideli Certa Merces Medal
Obverse: Nude bust of Washington facing right, LOVETT / PHILA in
small letters below bust, inscription around GEORGIUS WASHINGTON
PRAES. PRIM. RER. CONF. AMER. MDCCLXXXIX.
Reverse: In center seated Minerva with right hand outstretched
holding a wreath, script RL on the seat, below the seat palm leaves and
MDCCCLX, inscription around NATUS FEB. XXIIMDCCXXXII
OBIT DEC. XIV. MDCCXCIX.
Musante GW-354, Baker 135, silver, 53mm
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(image courtesy of Stacks Bowers - the Baker Collection)
Musante GW-354, Baker 135A, bronze, 53mm
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Musante GW-354, Baker 135B, gilt bronze, 53mm
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(image courtesy of Stacks Bowers)
Baker list a brass version and Neil Musante in "Medallic
Washington" repeats this but notes it is possibly gilt bronze.
Musante GW-354, Baker 135C, white metal, 53.2mm
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Baker 135C var., silvered white metal, 53mm
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(image courtesy of Stacks Bowers)
Baker 135D, lead (die trial), 53mm
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Original dies for the Fideli Certa Merces Medal
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(image courtesy of
Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum) The obverse die was also used to produce a medal to commemorate the opening of the Japanese Embassy in 1860 (GW-355) and the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia (GW-356). I suspect GW-354 was the original use, Robert Jr. later recycling it for the other two medals.
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Birth, Death Medalet
Baker 136, silver, 31mm
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Baker 136A, bronze, reeded edge, 31.22mm
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Baker 136B, bronze, plain edge, 31mm
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Baker 136C, copper, reeded edge, 31mm
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Baker 136D, copper, thick planchet, 31mm
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Baker 136E, white metal, reeded edge, 31.25mm
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Baker 136F, white metal, plain edge, 31mm
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Baker 136G, copper, blank reverse, 31mm
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