Reference | HK-110 SH 2-63 WM |
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Date | 1876 |
Grade | MS 63 DPL |
Price | $495.00 |
Item # | 3418 |
Metal | White Metal |
Engraved By | George Hampden Lovett |
This same medal, in a lower grade, PCGS SP 62, sold for $699 in eBay in June, 2023. This one is $200 less and in a higher grade!!! Only four graded DPL and only two finer. The seventh in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington engraved and issued by George Hampden Lovett to commemorate George Washington’s Revolutionary Battles of 1776. After defeating the Continental Army under the command of their Commander-in-Chief, George Washington, at the battle of Whit Plains, British General William Howe looked to capture the last American stronghold, Fort Washington, on Manhattan. The Battle of Fort Washington was a decisive British victory and the entire garrison of 3,000 men were forced to surrender.