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Circa 1878 Solomon's Lodge medal by George H. Lovett. Musante GW-951, Baker-304. Silver. Plain edge. MS-65 (PCGS).
34.1 mm. 235.4 grains. Lovely blue-green iridescence mottled over most of the obverse while the reverse retains much more original silver, with soft golden brown and blue accents toward the rims. Sharply struck, boldly prooflike and quite rare in silver. W.T.R. Marvin, writing in 1878, reported the mintage to have been just 15 pieces.
PCGS# 785355.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from George Fuld; Herbert I. Melnick, February 1984, lot 2096.
Estimate: $750
Price realized | 420 USD |
Starting price | 1 USD |
Estimate | 750 USD |