(1758) Medal Betts-405 Louisbourg, Brass MS(PCGS#921145)
(1758) Medal Betts-405 Louisbourg, Brass MS (PCGS#921145)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8092
- 等级
- VF30
- 价格
- 2,796
- 详细说明
- 1758 Boscawen at Louisbourg Medal. Betts-409. Pinchbeck, 24.1 mm. VF-30 (PCGS). 61.0 grains. Attractive brassy gold with nice surfaces and an accumulation of darker patina around the peripheries. As a cheaply made, small size medal, this type was clearly marketed at a low price to a relatively unsophisticated audience, thus many of these ended up damaged, holed, or lost (and then found with a ground patina). Nice examples are very scarce, and this is nicer than most. Some truly trivial scattered hairlines are seen, natural striking flaw in the lower right obverse field, some microscopic pits and specks. Very pleasing and nicely preserved for the type. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Paul Bosco, January 2018. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 921145.