(ca. 1867) AE Medal JAB-29, Daniel Webster, BN MS(PCGS#636733)
(ca. 1867) AE Medal JAB-29, Daniel Webster, BN MS (PCGS#636733)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10227
- 等级
- MS66BN
- 价格
- 5,352
- 详细说明
- Bolen's Able Defender in Copper Undated (ca. 1867) Webster / The Able Defender medal by J.A. Bolen. Musante JAB-29. Copper. Marked “B” on edge. MS-66 BN (PCGS). 25.3 mm. 170.4 grains. The obverse is richly toned in mottled blue, violet and soft green, while the reverse maintains considerable deep rosy red that is starting to mellow to violet and blue in places. A few faint lines in the fields appear to be erratic die lines rather than from handling. Softly prooflike and very attractive. Nicely struck on a thick flan, in the early die state. The Bowers Collection specimen was an early die state medal, and the two medals are of virtually identical weight. This one is certainly a Bolen original, and Bowers' medal probably was as well. It is believed that Bolen struck either 14 or 16 in copper, depending upon the source. A very pleasing example of this patriotic type. Board Position: D 2/3 Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the personal reference collection of John Adams Bolen.