anyone know anything about this George Washington commemmorative?

twcagle

ms70

Here you go: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces96867.html

This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.

Zoins

George Washington - American Fabious Medal - Scovill Manufacturing - Smithsonian Specimen

The Numista information is copied from the Smithsonian. Here's the Smithsonian page and their specimen. It looks like this was donated in 1981 as the Smithsonian id and catalog numbers are the same: 1981.0296.1271.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1382265

And I love the word FABIOUS!

Goldminers

Interesting for sure. I looked up Fabious and this is a result. Major WOW mount for gamers.

Zoins

I wonder if it's possible to identify the engraver at Scovill that did this?

Camille L. Chapelle was pretty prolific at Scovill but he used his initials C.L.C. on his pieces there.

jesbroken

American Fabious(sp?) meaning per Wikipedia was a nickname of Washington for utilizing Fabian Strategy as in:

The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided ... Washington, sometimes called the "American Fabius" for his use of the strategy during the first year of the American Revolutionary War.

Jim

Zoins

@jesbroken said:
American Fabious(sp?) meaning per Wikipedia was a nickname of Washington for utilizing Fabian Strategy as in:

The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided ... Washington, sometimes called the "American Fabius" for his use of the strategy during the first year of the American Revolutionary War.

Jim

Good info! Sounds like a precursor to guerrilla warfare?

ricko

@Zoins ... What is the metal used in that specimen? The link does not specify....Looks like brass or gilt brass. Cheers, RickO

Zoins

@ricko said:
@Zoins ... What is the metal used in that specimen? The link does not specify....Looks like brass or gilt brass. Cheers, RickO

I'm not sure but it looks pretty nice. I also haven't been able to find a Baker or Musante catalog number.

NGC indicates they certified an aluminum specimen called "29mm GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICAN FABIOUS MS" attributed to 1953 here, but they don't have any photos.

https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/washington-tokens-and-medals-baker-pscid-211/undated-aluminum-29mm-george-washington-american-fabious-ms-coinid-980406

ambro51

The OP piece looks like a cast gift shop copy.

Zoins

Apparently there are two types with a Fabius spelling too.

American Fabius - Type 1

Photos courtesy of chestercountycoinsncurrency on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-20th-Century-George-Washington-Brass-Medallion-1st-President-1797-Fabius/164040450008?

American Fabius - Type 2

Photos courtesy of bakerbreakstsu on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-George-Washington-1st-American-President-American-Fabius-Token-Coin/284068192736?

Zoins

Seems like this may have been part of a full set of Presidents.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/86328445_grover-cleveland-commemorative-medals-118063

ELVIS1

@Zoins said:

@jesbroken said:
American Fabious(sp?) meaning per Wikipedia was a nickname of Washington for utilizing Fabian Strategy as in:

The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided ... Washington, sometimes called the "American Fabius" for his use of the strategy during the first year of the American Revolutionary War.

Jim

Good info! Sounds like a precursor to guerrilla warfare?

Things he learned as a Major in the French and Indian war..