1876 George Washington Pressed Wood Token Coin Great International Exhibition

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I am selling a fantastic 50 year collection of World War 1 & 2/Militaria/Americana/Native American items. These items are special to me because they came from one of my mentors. This gentleman is a fanatic collector who only purchased the best of the best. Do not miss this once in a lifetime chance to own a true piece of American history.
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Up for your consideration we have this 1876 Centennial pressed wood medal/token/coin George Washington from the Great International Exhibition in Fairmount Park, Philiadelphia.
George Washington Centennial Medal (large head), 1876. 61mm. (10mm). Black Walnut. Holland, 14; Frossard, 17; Haseltine, 329; Spangenberger, 1876-3.
OBVERSE Large Washington bust (27mm wide) in center facing R. Upper border, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Lower border, BORN FEB. 22, 1732 / DIED DEC. 14, 1799.
REVERSE Around border, THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDNCE, Center, GREAT / INTERNATIONAL (wavy) EXHIBITION / FAIRMOUNT PARK / PHILADELPHIA / 4TH OF JULY / 1876.
The design for the obverse of this medal was either by Anthony C. Paquet (Second Series Obverse) or by Charles E. Barber after the design of Pierre Simon DuVivier of Paris. Holland suggests the die for this medal was engraved by William H. Key (1820-ca. 1902). 22 William Key, born in Brooklyn, was a diesinker and engraver in Philadelphia from about 1844 to 1860 and an Assistant Engraver to William E. Barber at the Philadelphia Mint from 1864 to 1885. Rulau & Fuld note the obverse of this portrayal of Washington greatly resembles “the earlier U. S. Mint series of medalets which were intended for public sale purposes during the Centennial
The Ornamental Wood Manufacturing Company continued in existence until 1889. However central was the 1865 invention of Henry May and its use in products of the Ornamental Wood Manufacturing Company, it appears the technology for the embossing of wood should properly be credited to Philander Shaw of Boston who five years earlier in 1860 was granted Patent #28,309 titled Method of Preparing and Molding Wood into Different Forms. Shaw stated “my invention consists in submitting wood to the action of heat while confined in a compressed state within a mold and also in so treating the wood …filling it either wholly or partially, with resinous or oily or other moisture repelling matter, or with metallic or mineral salts, or any preservative chemical, or dye. … I submit the … blanks of wood to the action of high pressure steam within a strong closed vessel … and by the condensation of the steam within the vessel I can obtain a vacuum in the pores of the wood. After a vacuum has been produced I admit into the vessel in a fluid state, oily, or resinous or other water-proof material, or any metallic or mineral salts or other preservative chemical. … Where I desire to have the injected matter thoroughly forced into the wood, I apply any required amount of pressure to the contents of the vessel. … When the blanks are removed from the vessel they are submitted to the action of heat to evaporate from the wood any moisture which may be therein and any solvent of the injected matter, which may be condensed and preserved. … The blanks of wood are now compressed into molds by a screw or any other suitable press. I prefer to have the blanks and molds in a warm or heated state. …The molds with their contents are next removed from the press, and submitted to the action of heat, which I prefer to apply in ovens. I have used from 200º to 300º F. for this purpose.
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Very good antique condition with minor age related wear.
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