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1799 MEDAL Washington Funeral Urn Medal AU55 NGC. Bake

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1799 MEDAL Washington Funeral Urn Medal AU55 NGC. Bake
<B>1799<MEDAL> Washington Funeral Urn Medal AU55 NGC.</B></I> Baker-166. Gold. Plain edge. 29.3 mm. 13.4 grams. George Washington was a favorite subject of medalists over the years, and a wide series of death medals were produced. The Funeral Urn medals were part of a series of gold, silver, and tin medals produced by Perkins. This example is from the comprehensive John Ford Collection, which contained nearly two dozen such pieces.<BR> The obverse features a profile of Washington within a closed wreath, around, the inscription HE IS IN GLORY, THE WORLD IN TEARS. The reverse has a large funeral urn with script GW. The outer legend reads: B.F.11.1732 G.A.ARM.'75.R.'83.P.U.S.A.'89. The interior legend reads: R.'96 G.ARM.U.S.'98.OB.D.14.1799. This abbreviated legend essentially provides Washington's life history! In essence, it states that Washington was born on February 11, 1732, was General of the American Army from 1775 to 1783, President of the United States of America from 1789 to 1796, General of the Army of the United States in 1798 and died December 14, 1799.<BR> This is a pleasing example with reflective bright yellow-gold surfaces. A few faint hairlines and light abrasions are noted on both sides, the most significant being a thin scratch from Washington's chin. It is holed at the top as nearly always (19 of 22 funeral medals in the Ford Collection were holed). A minor planchet depression is visible at the right end of the pedestal below the urn.<BR><I>Ex: F.C.C. Boyd Estate; John J. Ford, Jr. (Stack's, 5/2004), lot 170.</B></I> <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. This lot is being auctioned in conjunction with a live floor auction by Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers. All final auction and invoice information will be supplied by Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers, and all other information should be considered preliminary. Lot:198 <BR><BR><B>Winning Notification and Billing:</B> After the FINAL session in this auction is complete, Heritage will send e-mail and snail mail invoices. This process normally takes several days. All final auction and invoice information will be supplied by Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers, and all other information should be considered preliminary. <BR><BR>This auction will be conducted on a live auction floor and over the Internet through eBay Live. If you choose to place an absentee bid, please take a moment to <font color='#0000ff'><u><a href='http://pages.ebay.com/liveauctions/help/before/laabsentee.html'>learn how eBay Live absentee bidding works</a></u></font><font color='#000000'>