George Washington Before Boston, France, 1820 (Paris Mint)
date: label: date made
content: 1820
label: original issue
content: 1790
label: associated date
content: 1776 03 17
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: issuing authority
content: Congress of the United States
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal, (Comitia Americana)
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States (France), 1820
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier, galvanos from first strike, Paris, circa 1820.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: France
label: place of issue
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: related event
content: Siege of Boston
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1987.0697.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0697.0016
label: accession number
content: 1987.0697
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: galvano (electrotype) (overall production method)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: circular (overall shape)
label: Physical Description
content: shells joined (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68.5 mm; 2 11/16 in