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MEDALLIC PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON
HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COINS MEDALS
TOKENS AND CARDS
BY
W.S. BAKER
Copy right 1885 by W. S. Baker
71. SANSOM MEDAL.
Obverse. — Bust in civil dress, facing the right; on edge of arm, r.
Legend G. WASHINGTON PRES. UNIT. STA.
Reverse. — A pedestal bearing upon one side the U. S. shield. [Same
design as No. 70.] Legend COMMISS. RESIGNED: PRESI-
DENCY RELINQ. In exergue, 1797
Size 26. Silver. Bronze. Tin.
A copy of the "Halliday Medal" executed by John Reich for Joseph Sansom, and
published at Philadelphia in 1807, being one of the set of "Sansom Medals," referred to
on page 37. The head of the obverse is closely imitated, but the reverse is quite different
in detail from the original and not so well executed. These dies became useless through
rust, before many impressions were taken, and the medals have become very rare,
especially those in silver.