"1834" Temperance Society Statement Medal. Bronze. 43.7 mm. By Joseph Davis, Birmingham. MS-64 BN (NGC).
Obv: Standing man with TEMPERANCE shield, chained drunkard seated on rock behind. Rev: Seventeen-line pro-Temperance statement with facsimile signatures of James Madison, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Glossy golden-brown and olive patina.
From Presidential Coin and Antique Co. Inc.'s sale of the Dan Hansen Collection, November 2002, lot 166; our (Stack's) Rich Uhrich Collection sale, February 2008, lot 3749; our (Stack's) Minot Collection sale, May 2008, lot 704.
Price realized | 280 USD |
Starting price | 1 USD |
Estimate | 400 USD |