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Circa 1871 Metropolitan Carnival Medal. Musante GW-815, Baker-367. Lead. Plain edge. AU Details—Environmental Damage (PCGS).
74.1 mm. 3809.9 grains. Mostly dark gray lead with some patches of lighter gray oxidation mostly around the portrait on the obverse. The reverse is largely free of these areas, aside from a light peppering of similar tiny spots. Some ancient abrasions on the portrait and in the obverse fields will be seen under close study, but the overall impression is very good. Sharply detailed throughout. A slight bend is noted in the thick but soft flan. Not quite as sharp as the curiously “bronzed” (or otherwise patinated) Baker specimen, but nicer than the other two we have handled in the last decade. One was heavily oxidized and the other, the Rulau-Fuld plate medal, was heavily nicked. Quite rare in any condition!
PCGS# 826401.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Ruddy's) sale of the Stanley DeForest Scott Collection, June 1975, lot 557.
Estimate: $500