Circa 1793 Washington Success Token. Large Size. Third Obverse. Musante GW-43, Baker-265 var., Breen-1288. Brass. Plain edge. AU-55 (PCGS).

Glossy golden brass and olive brown with areas of deeper color in some of the obverse recesses. Weak at the central reverse, as usual, but quite sharply detailed on the obverse. Patches of advanced spalling on the reverse, as on all seen. An easy variety to spot for the large obverse die break that crosses Washington's head diagonally upward to the right, not to be confused with the more commonly seen variant with an equally severe break that terminates much higher on the left and much lower on the right. This die pairing had not been documented by Baker in 1885; considering that he would have necessarily relied upon note taking and memory and could easily have not noticed the differences in these two dramatic obverse breaks, this omission might simply have been an oversight.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of August 2007, lot 52.