(c.1862) Medal F-760A-1b, JAB-5 Brass Young America MS(PCGS#627839)
(c.1862) Medal F-760A-1b, JAB-5 Brass Young America MS (PCGS#627839)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10189
- 等级
- MS66
- 价格
- 21,407
- 详细说明
- J.A. Bolen's Own Young AmericaCard Struck in Brass 1862 Young America / J.A. Bolen Store Card. Musante JAB-5. Brass. Marked “B 75 BRASS” on edge. MS-66 (PCGS). 27.8 mm. 143.8 grains. An exceptional specimen of this desirable card. Rich olive and gold dominate the obverse, while soft blushes of violet, blue and golden brown generously highlight the prooflike field in places. The reverse is more deeply toned with strong blue-green and violet mottled over most of the surface. Strong prooflike reflectivity makes for superb eye appeal on both sides, though they are markedly different in tone-a likely result of this having been seated in Bolen's custom boards for more than a century. This is Bolen's own medal, as evidenced by his edge punches that indicate the mintage of 75 pieces in this composition. Mason or Edwards may have made restrikes from these dies, as they are believed to have both owned them for a time, but this is certainly not one of them. George Mason gifted a brass one to the ANS in 1864, which would make for an interesting and perhaps telling comparison to this piece, though it is not imaged on the ANS site. Board Position: A 1/2 Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the personal reference collection of John Adams Bolen.