1864 J.A. Bolen Store Card with Liberty Cap. Musante JAB-9. Oreide. Marked “B” on edge. MS-63 (PCGS).

27.8 mm. 187.2 grains. A second example of this attractive card. Rich blue and violet toning accents the prooflike fields while generous outlines of mellowed red are seen through the reverse legends, and elsewhere to a limited degree. Very similar in appearance overall to the example offered above, marked as oreide on the edge, but on this one the underlying metal seems to be slightly browner. This is a factor of patina, as per an XRF text, the core composition is virtually identical to that in the specimen offered in the previous lot, just under 95% copper and just over 5% zinc, technically "brass" but clearly much different than those Bolen referred to as brass which would have much higher zinc content and thus a light golden color. A spot in the field and a few light hairlines are noted on this example. One of perhaps just 25 struck in this composition. Board Position: A 2/2

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the personal reference collection of John Adams Bolen.