A friend of mine has this plaster cast of a Washington before Boston medal. He hasn’t accurately measured it but is approximately 68 mm. He got it from a descendant of a government official. It was in an expensive old-time frame. We would like some information on it.

Notice “EXERCITUUM “ is spelled with U instead of V. I believe that is a distinct variety.

As Mr. Burd notes, the plaster derives from a matrix that employed the original "U" die. This die was rejected for reasons discussed on page 48 of COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS. Thus, it must have been prepared by a Paris Mint insider who had access to that die or to the BPL cliché referenced on the same page or to the Adams shell mentioned on page 30 . My eyes or the image are not good enough to guess how far removed the plaster is from the die or one of its emissions.

I forwarded this to Neil Musante whose eyes are younger than mine and whose visual recall is far superior than mine ever was.

I think John has it 100% correct.