(1766) AR Medal Betts-515, William Pitt MS(PCGS#889696)
(1766) AR Medal Betts-515, William Pitt MS (PCGS#889696)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8117
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 9,612
- 详细说明
- (1863) William Pitt Medal. Betts-515. Silver, 40.4 mm. MS-63 (PCGS). 435.7 grains. Kraljevich 3-C. Even slate gray with some lustrous golden highlights. Glossy and attractive, some marks on the reverse but very nice eye appeal overall. The Betts listings have been the source of misinformation and confusion for years. All pieces categorized as Betts-515 were actually struck in New York in 1863. Among those cataloged as Betts-516, with the T. PINGO F. signature on the bust, some were struck in 1766 (see a silver one below) but others from a different die with a crude rendition of the signature were also made in New York in 1863. An article in the MCA Advisoryissue of January/February 2016 by John Kraljevich lays out the die marriages of this small but intricate series. According to Edward Groh, writing in the American Journal of Numismaticsin 1901, this piece was made "at No. 29 Rose Street on a large screw press, operated by a German, in the year 1863." Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Christopher B. Young, May 2011. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 889696.