Old Sugar House Medal, 1892. Copper, 44.2mm. Attributed to George Hampden Lovett. Uncirculated. Obv. Perspective of 6-story building erected 1763, demolished 1892. Rev. Manacles and key, A BRITISH PRISON DURING THE REVOLUTION. This medal clearly resembles the smaller Augustus B. Sage Old Sugar House Medal of 1860 and has the same reverse inscription, but does not depict the same structure. Deep red-brown patina.
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