Stack's Bowers Galleries

November 2020 Auction  –  11 - 14 November 2020

Stack's Bowers Galleries, November 2020 Auction

Live Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 1: We, 11.11.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
Part 2: We, 11.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: We, 11.11.2020, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 4: Th, 12.11.2020, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 5: Th, 12.11.2020, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 6: Fr, 13.11.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
Part 7: Fr, 13.11.2020, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 8: Sa, 14.11.2020, from 1:00 AM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

Washingtoniana
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

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Price realized 420 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 750 USD
The auction is closed.
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