(1758) Medal Betts-406 Louisburg, Brass MS(PCGS#613669)
(1758) Medal Betts-406 Louisburg, Brass MS (PCGS#613669)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8090
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 9,612
- 详细说明
- 1758 Boscawen at Louisbourg Medal. Betts-406. Pinchbeck, 37.5 mm. AU-55 (PCGS). 199.6 grains. An absolutely superb example of this attractive variety, a medium format between the larger Boscawen medals of this general type (Betts 403 and 404) and the smaller formats (Betts-407 and 409). Glossy dark olive brown with lustrous golden color still remaining in some protected areas. Choice aesthetic appeal on both sides, natural and attractive. A single old horizontal scratch is noted in the right obverse field, but no serious marks. This would be very challenging to duplicate and nearly impossible to upgrade. Since the Ford sale, we've had exactly one offering of this very scarce Betts number: this exact medal 14 years ago. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Fred Baldwin to John J. Ford, Jr., June 1965; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 28; our (Stack's) Philadelphia Americana sale, September 2009, lot 6044. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 613669.