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(ca. 1834) Par Nobile Fratrum Medal. By James Bale. Musante GW-144, Baker-202. Silver. MS-64 (PCGS).

27.3 mm. 150.8 grains. Deep gray silver with pleasant mottling of blue, gold and rose iridescence on both sides. Traces of prooflike reflectivity are strongest in outlining the obverse portraits and add to the excellent visual appeal. Sharply struck throughout, with no marks worthy of mention. Quite rare in silver and a type that was missing altogether from our landmark offering of the William Spohn Baker collection in 2019.

Ex Virgil M. Brand; Jane Brand Allen Estate; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Virgil M. Brand Collection, Part II, June 1984, lot 1132.

Estimate: $ 1000