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[tucky_tector]

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Found this with the trusty Ace 250, But can't figure it out. Its the same size and weight as a quarter, and seems to be made of silver or nickle. Has the same head on each side. Can't make out all the writing on it. Someone drilled a hole in it probably to make a neckless. Found it at an old campsite in the hills of Kentucky.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Is the date 1791?

Bill

 

[tucky_tector]

n/t

 

[DavHut]

[size=small]...a George Washington commemorative piece of some kind. The vast majority of them have been privately struck over the years, although the US Mint produced some 250 year anniversary commemorative Half Dollar coins. The pieces have been made to remember all sorts of GW anniversaries, from his birth to his term as the 1st president. Yours likely is one of the latter, since he ended his second of two terms in 1797 (1789-1797). He died in 1799.

The biggest commemoration of the man was on his 200th birthday, in 1932. Every sort of doodad and gimcrack was made for the jubilee, including tokens like yours... I suspect yours dates from that moment in time, if not later. And youre right, it has been "holed" for a neck loop.

Even the US Mint got in on the act that year, creating the first ever US circulation coin designed from the outset as a commemorative of a person. This commemorative was created for inclusion in that single year, and it was expected that the Mint would revert back to the coin which had been replaced after 1932.

However, the commemorative was so immensely popular that it remained in production - and has been with us ever since. We of course know this commemorative as the Washington Quarter Dollar.[/size]

 

[tucky_tector]

Thanks Dave, I think you're probably right. I cleaned it some more and can make out the inscription across the top(1789 1st President USA 1797)
On the bottom it says(George Washington 1709)
Thanks for the info, You never know what the Ace 250 will latch onto.
Bud

 

[Uncle Willy]

Wonder why they reversed the image when they went to the quarter.

Bill

 

[DavHut]

Huh? I checked. the older (197 and new (2002) both face left.

 

[Uncle Willy]

The image on his coin faces right.

Bill