Washingtoniana
Circa 1860 Equestrian / Valley Forge Headquarters Medal by George H. Lovett. Musante GW-285, Baker-175B. Bronze. Reeded edge. MS-65 BN (PCGS).
31.5 mm. 261.5 grains. Deep chocolate brown on the obverse with highlights of pale blue. The reverse is similar but with some golden undertones. Sharply struck with prooflike fields and satiny devices. A few light hairlines are noted in the fields, but largely muted by the pleasing patina. Struck from a later state of the dies than the piece illustrated by Musante, with a large rim break around about half of the reverse that nearly swallows the dentils.
PCGS# 681689.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Ruddy's) sale of the Stanley DeForest Scott Collection, June 1975, lot 495 (part).
Estimate: $250