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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE A DUVIVIER PUZZLERChester Sullivan submitted this numismatic puzzle for E-Sylum readers. Thanks. -Editor A PUZZLER IN THREE PARTS 
This magnificent Comitia Americana medal, Washington Before Boston, was designed and engraved by Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier from anatomical details obtained by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. When Duvivier crafted the Washington Before Boston medal he was serving Louis XVI as Graveur des médailles de Sa Majesté. But on July 9, 1791 (owing to Revolutionary turmoil) he lost that title and its monetary compensation. His reputation as a medalist enabled him to continue working. For years he produced jetons and medals like the sensitive portrait of Jean Duvivier (his father) who'd preceded him as Graveur des médailles de Sa Majesté. He made this preparatory drawing sometime in the month of July of 1796. The work was done on private commission and it's indeed unique. It poses three questions to puzzle-minded numismatists: 
Photo credit: Bibliothèque National de France
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