(1720) AE Medal Betts-145, Louisbourg, RB MS(PCGS#614114)
(1720) AE Medal Betts-145, Louisbourg, RB MS (PCGS#614114)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8040
- 等级
- MS63RB
- 价格
- 34,952
- 详细说明
- 1720 Louisbourg Founded Medal. Betts-145. Copper, 41.2 mm. MS-63 RB (PCGS). 500.5 grains. A spectacularly attractive medal, with rich mint color still bright at peripheries and around devices and lustrous fields toned in blue-tinted brown. Flashy and attractive, with only trivial evidence of handling. This obverse is distinctive, less era-appropriate than the obverse of Betts-144, which actually depicts Louis XV as a child (and was probably the original portrait used on the medal). An 18th century medal with this kind of color and eye appeal is a sight to behold. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII, January 2006, lot 836. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 614114.