Token - Evacuation Day (Boston) 1901 front Token - Evacuation Day (Boston) 1901 back
Token - Evacuation Day (Boston) 1901 photo
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Token - Evacuation Day Boston

1901 year
- 15.5 g 38.10 mm
Description
Location
United States
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1901
Weight
15.5 g
Diameter
38.10 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#128204
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

Legend in stacked lines, encircled by a wreath of olive braches tied with bow tie at bottom. Dentiles inside of rim

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SOUVENIR
125TH
ANNIVERSARY
EVACUATION DAY
BOSTON, MASS.
1901
W&H Co. Newark, NJ,

Edge

Plain

Comment

NGC Collectors Society Comments from owner of NGC MS63BN, Cert# 1826726-005
OWNER COMMENTS: Medal, 1901, Copper, EVACUATION OF BOSTON, 125TH ANNIVERSARY, United States, Boston, MASS, So-Called Dollar, HK-131, NGC MS63BN, Cert# 1826726-005. These medals were distributed to Boston school children in 1901, they were struck by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, NJ. The reverse of this Issue is a replica of a famous gold medal given to George Washington by resolution of the continental congress March 25, 1776, it was the only gold medal ever granted him by the Federal Government. Obv. Within wreath Souvenir, 125th Anniversary, Evacuation Day, Boston Mass, 1901, with microscopic W&H Co. Newark, NJ, beaded border; Rv. Four Soldiers (including Washington) on horseback on Dorchester Heights overlooking city and harbor from which British vessels were retreating, 2 cannon and shot in foreground, part of fortifications below, "Hostibus primo fugatis, Bostonium recuperatum, XVII martn, MDCCLXXVI (The enemy fled immediately, Boston recaptured March 17, 1796), beaded border.