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United States of America, Inauguration of the Washington Cabinet of Medals at the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, 1860, a copper medal by Paquet, bust of George Washington right, rev. bust above display cabinet of medals, 60mm (Julius MT-23; Snowden pl.17, 75; Baker 326). Virtually as struck, attractive (£90-120)

Provenance:
D.E. Litrenta Collection.

Illustrated on the Plates. The official opening of the Washington cabinet took place on 22 February 1860, and in the following year the Mint’s director, James Ross Snowden, published a compendium of the pieces in it, The Medallic Memorials of Washington in the Mint of the United States