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Lot 299

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$2,000 - 3,000
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$1,875
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[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Memorable Era, eagle with sun inaugural button. N.p., 1789.


34 mm stamped brass 1-piece button with full shank (shank slightly bent, details sharp, lime green patina). Impressed spread-wing eagle with sun above, with surrounding legend, "Memorable Era March the Fourth 1789." Reverse plain.  Provenance: excavated in Charleston, SC (per consignor). 

Commemorating the inauguration of George Washington in 1789. Albert WI-1A. 


Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”

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