1790 AE Medal GW-10, The Manly Medal, BN MS(PCGS#525704)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4264

等级

SP62

价格

25,966

详细说明

Lovely 1790 Manly Medal 1790 Manly Medal. Original. Musante GW-10, Baker-61B. Brass. SP-62 (PCGS). 47.9 mm. 595.3 grains. Lovely light olive brown with light tan mottling from an imperfect alloy, as commonly seen. Scattered tiny pits from the original casting of the planchet, but the strike is quite sharp and even for one of these. The obverse is perfectly centered with high rims, while the reverse is just slightly off in this respect, though the rims are complete and well-developed nonetheless. The details of both sides are well executed, and the reverse elements, which are typically weaker and uneven, are uniformly sharp and clear. Slight double striking on this side has thinned some of the letters, but even the fine imprint of the issuer,” J. MANLY & C 1790” is clearly expressed tightly against the lower rim. A couple of very minor obverse rim bumps are easily forgiven on this otherwise superior quality example. The Manly medal was the first Washington portrait medal issued in this country and it has long been a favorite of collectors. Though the portraiture may be deemed less than genteel, the Manly medal has undeniable appeal and character. Though the originals, as here, were issued in 1790, by the late 1850s, the demand for this medal was either still strong enough or renewed to warrant its reissue, albeit with a different obverse die and apparently from England. The originals are known to exist in gold, silver, white metal, brass, and fire-gilt brass. Though there were several options for buyers, brass examples as here seem to have been the most popular and remain today among the most desired and classic Washington portrait medals. Indeed, among all of the portrait medals struck bearing the portrait of Washington, this is one of the very few issues that Washington himself would have seen. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. PCGS# 525704. 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.