Medal - George Washington "No Good"
Features
| Location |
Canada
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertising medallions › Satirical medals |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (German Silver) |
| Weight | 4.11 g |
| Diameter | 23.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 557110 |
| References | TAMS# Can-1 Token and Medal Society (http://www.tokenandmedal.org/) , Baker# C 599E Medallic Portraits of Washington (3 volumes). |
Obverse
Portrait (George Washington) facing left, surrounded by 13 stars & denticles.
Lettering: (None)
Reverse
Central text with ornaments above & below, surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves & denticles, crown at gap in wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NO
GOOD
Edge
Reeded
Comments
A puzzler for both the US & Canada, as described in TAMS Journal, Vol. 47, No. 5 (pg. 19), 10/1/2007;
"To our knowledge the token was first shown in an article in the Coin Collectors Journal in the late 1940s where it was placed for identification. It was listed by Howard Kurth in Revised List of American Game Counters in the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine in 1952 as Kurth 85 A. It was listed by Rulau and Fuld in American game counters in the TAMS Journal of December 1972 as Can 1. It was listed again in Rulau and Fuld s Medallic Portraits of Washington (A revision of William Baker's Medallic Portraits of Washington (1885)) as a game counter as (Baker) C 599E. The question remains is the bust Washington or is it a Canadian token because of the reverse crown (& maple leaves)".
An example of the"NO GOOD" token is described at the University of Notre Dame website (477-Washington Medals 1850-1859.pdf).
With a maximum of three identified specimens catalogued in collections, the current rarity rating for this medal (token/counter) is R-8 to 9.
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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