Raynor HCA 2014-08
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/7/2014
1862 GREAT SEAL OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, FEB 22 1862 - DIO VINDICE, BRONZE, 3-1/4" diameter, copper, presented in a modern frame. It depicted Thomas Crawford's equestrian statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia, with the date 22 February 1862, Jefferson Davis's inauguration day, and the motto Deo Vindice ("God will vindicate"). Struck by Samuel H. Black, a New York electrotyper in the 1870s using the original confederate seal now on display at The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia. It is believed that only 1,000 pieces were struck and coated with either gold, silver or bronze and sold by John T. Pickett with all generated revenue going to the benefit of Southern widows and orphans of the civil war.
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