1878 Medal HK-136 Baker-449 Ag Valley Forge Centennial MS (PCGS#642368)
November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 20679
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 40,425
- 详细说明
- Superb Silver Valley Forge Centennial Medal
Circa 1878 Valley Forge Centennial medal. Musante GW-959, Baker-449, Julian CM-48, HK-136. Silver. MS-64 (PCGS).
40.6 mm. A really outstanding silver example of this popular medal. Delightful rose and lilac through the central medallion are framed by a ring of intense pale blue and green. The reverse is similarly toned, but more mottled with a lovely array of light pastel tones over light silver gray. Beautifully reflective with just a minor trace of handling in the fields. No marks are worthy of individual mention. Silver impressions were among the first struck in fiscal year 1877/1878, but as need arose, more were made. The vast majority were bronze, but according to our survey of the records assembled by Robert Julian in his Medals of the United States Mint, 62 were struck in silver by fiscal year 1903/1904. Based on the source, this and the bronze that follows must be among the earlier pieces made. A superb piece that is very much in demand as it appeals to collectors of Washingtoniana, U.S. Mint medals and so-called dollars.
Provenance: Ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897.
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