"1799" (ca. 1800) Washington Resumed Command Medal. By Thomas Wyon.

Extremely Rare Baker-67 Variant of Wyon's Resumed Command Medal Only Three Confirmed in Private Hands "1799" (ca. 1800) Washington Resumed Command Medal. By Thomas Wyon. Musante GW-85A (unlisted muling of GW-85 obverse and GW-86 reverse), Baker-67. White Metal. VF-30 (PCGS). 37.2 mm. Deep gray surfaces with the motifs a bit lighter which, on the reverse, increases the visual clarity of the small legends. This is a fairly well-handled specimen with numerous small nicks, scratches and bumps, many of which are old enough that they have been smoothed by wear. Apparently, this was carried as a prized memento for a time (and dropped more than once!). Still, while there are a few minor deposits close to the rim, the surfaces really aren't pested and the marks are consistent with the grade for a piece in this soft composition. Overall, this is a rather nice example and it is very rare. In 2002 it was discovered by George Fuld ("Early Washington Medals" in the American Journal of Numismatics 14) that there were three different die marriages for this type, while just two were cataloged in the most recent revision of Medallic Portraits of Washington (1999). Detailed examinations of the dies are given in our catalogs of the Ford and Norweb examples. In brief, the obverses are known with a space above the portrait or with WASHI(NGTON) above, and with two different date of death representations, 14 DECEMBER or DECEMBER 14, respectively. The two reverse dies differ in placement of the letters of the legend, though the text is identical. One has the letter G in GENERAL directly over the letter T in THE, while the other has the G over the space between TH(E). There are other differences as well. It is curious that two dies were cut for each side, yet the medal is among the rarest of the era today. Just four of this die pairing (Baker-67) are known, and the only one with a bronzed surface is the Mickley-Garrett-Steinberg medal that most recently appeared as lot 1148 in our Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction. Only the Lucien LaRiviere specimen from our (Bowers and Merena's) November 1999 sale is finer than the Garrett piece. The other two known are the somewhat rough William Spohn Baker Collection specimen from our November 2019 sale, reoffered here, and the well worn, badly scratched and holed one in the Smithsonian. For some yet unexplained reason, the various Wyon medals in this series are all both rare and more often than not in unusually rough condition. They are all very challenging issues for collectors, and rare enough that until relatively recently the various existing die combinations had been incompletely documented. Provenance: Ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897; our sale of Washingtoniana from the Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania featuring the Collection of William Spohn Baker, November 2019 Baltimore Auction, lot 20072. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

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