1797 WM Med. GW-65var, Presidency Resigned MS(PCGS#887578)

November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

10118

等级

SP61

价格

64,985

详细说明

Another 1797 Presidency Resigned By Wyon Different Obverse Die Circa 1800 Presidency Resigned medal by Thomas Wyon. Musante GW-65 var. Baker-66 var. Tin (XRF tested as pure tin). SP-61 (PCGS). 37.5 mm. 289.7 grains. Light pewter gray with gentle fading in the most handled areas, but still retaining bright and lustrous texture in the protected recesses. A few scattered marks include an arcing scratch beneath the portrait and a few small reverse nicks, but none is very distracting on this otherwise very pleasing medal. A couple of small superficial oxidation spots are noted on the reverse but appear just as darker patina areas. Excellent quality for the type and very aesthetically pleasing. As noted in the previous description, though Baker only assigned a single catalog number to this type, there are four different die varieties known. This is the one also overlooked by Musante and is thus missing from his Medallic Washington. All of these variants are similar and easily overlooked, mostly due to the fact that this is such a rare type that few would think to look for more than even a single pairing. As it happens, it is this variant that is plated in the Rulau-Fuld revision of Baker, published in 1999. We are aware of three pieces from these dies, including the Yale University specimen that has been there since the 1930s. That specimen is probably one of the very finest of all the Wyon Presidency Resigned medals. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.