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Circa 1878 Valley Forge Centennial Medal. Musante GW-959, Baker-449, Julian CM-48, HK-136. Silver. Plain edge. MS-65 (PCGS).
40.6 mm. 445.0 grains. Intense blue, violet and light gold toning over a backdrop of deep gray silver. Boldly prooflike through the fields with sharp, satiny devices. Very similar in appearance to the Baker specimen and other high-quality pieces we have seen. The silver impressions were among the first struck in fiscal year 1877/1878, but more were produced as need arose. According to our survey of mint records published in Robert Julian’s Medals of the United States Mint, 62 pieces were struck in silver between 1877 and 1904—a rather small number for this popular mint medal.
PCGS# 642368.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from New Netherlands Coin Company at an unknown date.
Estimate: $1500