1790 Manly medal. Original Dies. Musante GW-10, Baker-61A. White Metal. SP-58 (PCGS).

49.4 mm. 605.2 grains. Uniform light pewter gray with a few scattered light patina flecks noted under close study. Evenly and fairly sharply struck on a flan of good quality, though some trivial roughness in the surface remains where the dies did not fully strike out the texture of the cast flan. A couple of small nicks are noted near and on the reverse rim, while a gentle edge bump can just be discerned from the obverse near 10:00. There is also a very slight bend noted in the flan. Considering the soft composition that tends to oxidize, this is a very choice example and easily among the more pleasant we have handled. It has been off the market since our May 1992 sale of the Gilbert Steinberg Collection. Just two "nice" examples have appeared in our sales in recent years in this composition, but both had the Manly name tooled off the reverse. This has the name boldly struck up, one of the few benefits of impressions in this softer metal, as this finer detail is often very weak on bronzes. We are aware of just 24 specimens from the original dies in white metal.

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from Gil bert Steinberg (said to be "Probably ex Fuld"); our (Stack ' s) sale of the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, May 1992, lot 18.