<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" class="extiw" title="w:Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a> voted for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" class="extiw" title="w:George Washington">George Washington</a> by Second Continental Congress 25 March 1776.
Jules Jaquemart
<cite class="book" style="font-style:normal" id="Reference-Loubat-1878">Loubat, J.F.; Jules Jaquemart, ill. (1878)      <i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21880/21880-h/21880-h.htm#page001">Medallic History of the United States of America</a></i>, New Milford:  N. Flayderman &amp; Co., Inc.  <small></small></cite>