Washingtoniana
Circa 1876 Declaration of Independence medal by George Lovett and Abraham Demarest. Musante GW-830, Baker-388, var., HK-75a. Silver. Plain edge. MS-64 (PCGS).
42.2 mm. 354.0 grains. Light silver gray beautifully complemented by mottled blue, red, violet and golden brown iridescence. Prooflike through the fields and satiny on the devices. Nicely preserved and very attractive. Though no compositions are common, this is very rare in silver. We do not have a single example in this precious metal in our archives.
PCGS# 826590.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Ruddy's) sale of the Stanley DeForest Scott Collection, June 1975, lot 564.
Estimate: $2000