Washingtoniana
Circa 1876 Moore's Creek Bridge Medal. George Lovett's Battle Series, No. 1. Musante GW-884, Baker-440, HK-90. Silver. Plain edge. MS-65+ (PCGS).
34.1 mm. 226.4 grains. A superb specimen with bold prooflike surfaces and lovely mottled rose, blue-green and golden toning. Just one tiny area of faint hairlines is noted. Exceptional eye appeal and rarity. While white metal and, to a lesser degree, bronze specimens from this series appear occasionally, silver pieces are almost never seen. We have just one in our online archives, a #7, Fort Washington, that brought just over $3,700 more than a decade ago. In our Garrett sale description of the partial set this piece comes from, another lone piece in silver was noted as having been in our 1975 Stanley Scott sale. We are aware of one other example of this particular medal in silver, from our Jack Collins fixed price list, the only example from this series in silver offered therein. We are aware of this nearly complete set from Garrett, and just a couple of other one-off offerings. This suggests that the total mintage in silver might have been just two sets from this series.
PCGS# 642234.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Ruddy's) sale of the Garrett Collection, March 1981, lot 1881 (part).
Estimate: $1500