(c.1849) Medal GW-128 Silver, 2nd Rev C.C. Wright Birth Centennial MS(PCGS#784412)
(c.1849) Medal GW-128 Silver, 2nd Rev C.C. Wright Birth Centennial MS (PCGS#784412)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10128
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 33,640
- 详细说明
- Extremely Rare Birth Centennial in Silver Second Reverse Circa 1849 Birth Centennial medal by C.C. Wright. Second reverse. Musante GW-128, Baker-75. Silver. MS-63 (PCGS). 45.0 mm. 853.9 grains. Deep silver gray dominates both sides, while the fields are accented by soft golden olive toning. Outlines of deep blue-gray mottling tightly surround most design elements and cling to the rims. Boldly struck with sharp definition of all design features, though the die-sinker's signature beneath the portrait is weak, as is customary. It was partly effaced from the die. The obverse is in its later state, again as usual, with some buckling evident in the leftmost field. A very faint series of fine swirling tool marks are noted in the obverse fields, close to the rim between GEORGE and WASHINGTON both above and below the portrait. These are extremely faint, almost appearing to be struck in at some points, but we do not believe they are. They don't have any clear purpose, and they are of little visual consequence. Otherwise, this piece is virtually identical to the lovely Baker specimen sold in our November 2019 sale, the only example from these dies in silver we recall handling. Ford, Garrett, Steinberg, Norweb and LaRiviere were all missing this type in silver. It is a notable rarity. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.