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Lot 573
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$1,625
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Lot Description
[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Long Live the President inaugural button. N.p, 1789.
34 mm stamped brass button with soldered shank (some tarnishing, pitting to verso, shank flattened, verdigris to solder). Arched inscription along perimeter reads "Long Live the President," with "GW" in central oval. Commemorating the inauguration of George Washington in 1789.