(1800) WM Med. Washington Funeral, Urn MS(PCGS#410788)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4305

等级

MS63

价格

82,620

详细说明

Prized and Historic Funeral Urn Medal Circa 1800 Washington Funeral Medal. Funeral Urn. Musante GW-70 (Dies 1-B), Baker-166C. White Metal. MS-63 (PCGS). 29.2 mm. 111.3 grains. Essentially brilliant aluminum gray with just the faintest trace of soft golden toning. Lustrous and satiny with just a few minor marks and a small pesting pit on the reverse at the lower right base of the urn. Obverse die crack through the T in THE pointing toward Washington’s eye, but extending only faintly to the outer leaf of the wreath. Reverse cracked from the rim left of the urn’s base to the rim over the G at 10:00, and faintly from the bottom of the base to the rim below. Struck from the same die pair as the second of William Spohn Baker’s own silver funeral urn medals, but in a later die state. Very well preserved for a white metal specimen and unpierced; perhaps it has been in the hands of collectors since the time of striking as it was clearly never worn as most were. Somewhat softly struck through the center, but significantly, GW is easily seen on the urn. There were at least six obverse dies and seven reverse dies used to produce the Washington Funeral Urn medals, suggesting a fairly sizable output but also a considerable amount of work for the Newburyport, Massachusetts engraver, Jacob Perkins, who cut the dies in what was undoubtedly a very short time frame. This might explain why much of the design is from individual prepared punches and not, technically, engraved, allowing for more rapid production. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. PCGS# 410788. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.