(1766) AE Medal Betts-516, William Pitt, BN SP(PCGS#698195)
(1766) AE Medal Betts-516, William Pitt, BN SP (PCGS#698195)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10014
- 等级
- SP63BN
- 价格
- 5,734
- 详细说明
- (1766) William Pitt Medal. Betts-516, Dies 1-A (Kraljevich 1). Copper. SP-63 BN (PCGS). 40.1 mm. 361.0 grains. 2.3-2.4 mm thick. Lustrous chocolate brown with abundant highlights of original mint color around design elements and peripheries. Sharp and pleasing, with only a few little specks at Pitt's eye and a couple of short scratches beneath TT of PITT to note. Two varieties of this Pitt type were struck in 1766: this one, described as Dies 1-A in the January/February 2016 issue of the MCA Advisory, and Betts-517, described as Dies 4-D or Kraljevich-5 in the same paper. Betts defined his 515 as lacking Thomas Pingo's signature under the bust and 516 as having T. PINGO F. at the truncation - but this obscures the fact that two copy obverses were made ca. 1863, one of which lacked the signature (Betts-515) and one of which had it (Kraljevich Obverse 2). The variety offered here is unquestionably of 18th century vintage. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 381. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.