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Washington Inaugural Button Thin Planchet Gilt

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George Washington Inaugural Button Thin Planchet With Gilding

(1789), George Washington Inaugural Button, "Long Live The President" with Wreath Type, Albert WI-17B, Thin Planchet, With Original Gilding in Letters, Choice Extremely Fine.
Rarity-5; 15 mm. In this type of Washington Inaugural Button, the inscription "Long Live The President" surrounds a wreath with an empty interior. This type comes in 2 sizes, the button offered here being the smaller of the two varieties. This button has been made using a thinner planchet than on other examples of Albert WI-17B we have seen. Most of the original gilding is still present in the letters and the wreath, and traces of it also show on the back. The original shank is present on the back. An example of this variety, in choice condition, sold in Stack's January 21, 2003 sale for $5,250 (hammer price). Another example in Extremely Fine was sold by Heritage in February 2007 for $5975.



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