Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, France, 1779 (Original die cast)
date: label: Date made
content: 1779
name: label: manufacturer
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Anthony Wayne at Stony Point medal, (Comitia Americana)
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States (France) 1779
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: America, represented as an Indian woman, offers a laurel wreath and a crown to Wayne who humbly receives the wreath while bowing, holding a tri-cornered hat; the American shield and an alligator appear by her feet.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ANTONIO WAYNE DUCI EXERCITUS / COMITIA AMERICANA / GATTEAUX
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Stony Point fort on a high rock, eight British ships in the Hudson River, and infantry attacking in columns as a phalanx.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: STONEY - POINT EXPUGNATUM / XV JUL. MDCCLXXIX / GATTEAUX
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Engraved by Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux, original die cast.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Stony Point
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Comitia Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0550
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0550
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: electrotype (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54.6 mm; 2 5/32 in