MISCELLANEOUS ISAAC F. WOOD ISSUES
Fredericksburgh Lodge Medal
Baker 298, bronze, 51mm
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Baker 298A, white metal, 51mm
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Baker 298B, gilt white metal, 51mm
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Mount Vernon Chapter Medal
Baker 306, silver, 31mm
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Baker 306A, bronze, 31mm
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Baker 306B, aluminum, 31mm
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Baker 306C, white metal, 31.5mm
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Fit Keystone Medal
Baker 408, silver, 31mm
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Baker 408A, bronze, 31.5mm
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Baker 408B, white metal, 31mm
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Baker 408C, copper, 31mm
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New York Medal Club Series No. 1
Baker 200, silver, 31.4mm
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Baker 200A, bronze, 31mm
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(image courtesy of Stacks Bowers)
Baker 200B, copper, 31.5mm
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New York Medal Club Series No. 2
Marvin 280, silver, 31.5mm
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Marvin 280, bronze, 31mm
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Marvin 280, copper, 31mm
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Taber / Parsons Wedding Medal
NY-Tg 1, silver, 27.6mm
Woods had George H. engrave and strike this medal for the wedding
of his friend Edward Parsons. Very scarce, I only know of this piece
and another silver example in the ANS collection. George H. later muled
the reverse die with 3 of his Washington dies; these are listed in
Medallic Washington as GW-847, 848, and 849.
NY-Tg 1, silver, 27.6mm
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Woods had George H. engrave and strike this medal for the wedding
of his friend Edward Parsons. Very scarce, I only know of this piece
and another silver example in the ANS collection. George H. later muled
the reverse die with 3 of his Washington dies; these are listed in
Medallic Washington as GW-847, 848, and 849.
General U.S. Grant Civis Edinburgensis Medalet
Silver, 21mm
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NY-NY 395, brass, 21mm
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NY-NY 395A, copper, 21mm
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An auction catalog description of this medal says it was
struck in conjunction with ex-president Grant's visit to Edinburgh
Scotland as part of his Grand Tour around the world.
struck in conjunction with ex-president Grant's visit to Edinburgh
Scotland as part of his Grand Tour around the world.
General U.S. Grant Civis Londiniensis Medalet
Type 1 - no "I.F.W DES."
Silver, 21mm
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Brass, 21mm
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Type 2 - with "I.F.W Des."
Brass, 21mm
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Copper, 21mm
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reverse of this piece is a pun referring to the destruction of the CSS
'Alabama' off the coast of France. "Civic Grant for Alabama Claims
Civis Londiniensis June 15 1877" and signed "I. F. W. Des". The
'Alabama' was a screw sloop-of-war built in Liverpool in 1862 for the
Confederacy, and was used as a commerce raider. For two years it caused
great damage to merchant vessels as it sailed the oceans, and by 1864
was the world's most famous naval vessel. In June 1864 it put into
Cherbourg, France, and when it came out of port it was sunk by the USS
'Kearsarge'. The legal claims surrounding the CSS 'Alabama' were in the
courts for over a decade.
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General U.S. Grant Born at Point Pleasant Medalet
Silver, 21mm
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Copper, 21mm
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Brass, 21mm
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| A note from Joe Levine indicated that in Chapman's 1894 sale of the I.F. Wood Collection there were 5 silver, 43 copper, and 42 brass pieces offered. |
White metal?, 21mm
An example of this piece
described as white metal was in a PCAC Auction in December of 1991. I
have seen no others and have not see a white metal example of the other
two in the series.
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1850 Large Cent with Grant die overstrike, copper, probably unique
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(image courtesy of Stacks-Bowers)